His Name Is Arnab Goswami, and He Is No Longer a Journalist
Shock across newsrooms in India. Arnab Goswami resigns. Twitter, social media abuzz. But even his latest prime time news show had little news, and more of his convenient narrative. He called the eight dead SIMI terror suspects “ terrorists”. He said they were planning a major terror strike when no evidence of that has still come out. And lastly he implied that all those sympathising with these terrorists... are anti national. Conveniently putting anyone who questions the encounter as a sena and police ka dushman. All this makes for great TV viewing for sure. But is it all at the cost of distorting facts?
Meet the Journos Who Rebuffed Modi at the Ramnath Goenka Awards
The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards instituted by the Express Group was organised on Wednesday. However, this year veteran journalists and reporters, Akshaya Mukul and Anna Vetticad gave the ceremony a miss, in protest against their respective awards being presented to them by Prime Minister Modi. So who are these two senior journalists, and what’s the boycott about? Head on The Quint to find out.
Gasping Yet? Skip Your Morning Jogs If You Want to Keep Breathing
Delhi is shrouded in a sickening, soupy, silver haze. Currently, the level of air pollution in the capital is unprecedented. More than two days after Diwali, the toxic PM 2.5 concentrations are still about 315 micrograms/metre cube concentration in Delhi, 12 times worse than the standard set by the World Health Organisation (WHO). So, yeah, those pictures you see of people braving the thick smog of nearly zero visibility but still continuing with their morning jog? Well, guys, that’s not being fitness conscious, that’s being stupid. The damage which pollution can do to your body is much worse than the benefits of exercise. Children and elderly should especially watch out!
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