Newslaundry, in collaboration with the India Data Portal project of the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, is organising a series of monthly webinars on specific datasets created by the platform, which is a one-stop open-access portal for journalists to use, interact with and visualise information, data and knowledge on agriculture and financial inclusion. The second webinar, titled “A data-led approach to India’s agri-economy”, was organised on September 25. Moderated by Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, the panelists were Ajay Vir Jakhar, chairman of the Bharat Krishak Samaj; Parth MN, principal correspondent with IndiaSpend; Aparna Karthikeyan, author and independent journalist; and Nidhi Jamwal, environmental editor and head of the English desk of Gaon Connection. Listen! <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

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Webinar: How India’s media covers agriculture and how a data-led approach can help

Tired of loud frothy-mouth, potty-mouth debates on primetime TV? Tired of sad character-limited fights on Twitter where you don't really learn anything?&nbsp; We have something that might excite you. Newslaundry presents a new podcast: NL vs NL.&nbsp; Let's make debates great again! In this episode of NL vs NL, Newslaundry subscribers Atif Adam and Aprajita Singh debate whether the development of artificial intelligence will end up benefiting or harming humanity? Atif argues it will help, Aprajita disagrees. Listen and tell us who you agree or disagree with, and why.&nbsp; Write to us at <a href="mailto:contact@newslaundry.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">contact@newslaundry.com</a>, or reach out to <a href="mailto:aparajitasingh94@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aprajita</a> on e-mail and <a href="https://twitter.com/atifadam1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Atif</a> on Twitter. <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL vs NL Ep 21: Will AI help or harm humanity?

Max Abrahms is an author, associate professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University in the United States, and non-resident scholar at the Quincy Institute.&nbsp;In this interview with Shubh Soni, Max discusses the impending American presidential election, especially in the context of foreign policy, and the influence wielded over it by the news media. Watch the full video on newslaundry.com <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL Interview | Max Abrahms on the US election, Trump’s chances, and the role of the media

Omar Abdullah has served as the chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, as a member of parliament, and as India’s junior foreign minister. He spent months in detention after the Narendra Modi government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of the last vestiges of its autonomy and split it into two territories ruled directly by New Delhi. Over a year on, Abdullah speaks with Abhinandan Sekhri about the situation in Kashmir, and where he and his party, the National Conference, stand in the new scheme of things. Watch the full video on newslaundry.com <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL Interview | Omar Abdullah on Kashmir, Kashmiriyat, and why Modi is no Vajpayee

Anwar Maqsood पाकिस्तानी पॉपुलर कल्चर का सबसे अज़ीम और प्रतिष्ठित नाम हैं. टेलीविज़न की दुनिया में उनके शो व्यंग्य और खासकर सियासी व्यंग्य की उत्कृष्टता का पैमाना माने जाते हैं. जब उनके तंजिया शो की बात हो तो उनके बेहद लोकप्रिय शो Loose Talk की बात करना लाजिमी हो जाता है. पाकिस्तान के मशहूर अदाकार Marhum Moin Akhtar के साथ उनका यह शो सैटायर विधा में शायद सबसे लोकप्रिय और सबसे रचनात्मक शो कहा जाएगा. इसके 417 एपिसोड हुए और सारे शो एक से बढ़कर एक. ऐसी शख्सियत के साथ इंटरव्यू एक सपने के सच होने जैसा था. जाहिर है यह इंटरव्यू उनकी टेलीविज़न के सामने वाली शख्सियत के अलावा उसके इतर पहलुओं की भी पड़ताल करता है. मसलन उनकी पत्नी द्वारा उन पर लिखी गई किताब, उनके बेटे बिलाल मकसूद का मशहूर म्यूज़िक बैंड, हिंदुस्तानी संगीत की महान शख्सियतों के साथ उनका रिश्ता आदि. पूरा इंटरव्यू देखने के लिए क्लिक करे: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVJMUVRVUk9qSm80eDE0dlVYSy1SQlZ2aFFaZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttSlRMRUUxcnlSWFNISXQ3SjVSRm1mZnhJd3pyaFhkbDNVVFhxWm8zSVNNNDFhTGdWOUZhMFNJVEp6cHh0aVl4TV9hZEFqUHNvOWxHQ3hGZDJRanRCdDFMQ1RQMGc3T3dJdlZsYUpza01hcUlPWEItOA%3D%3D&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FNLInterviewAnwarMaqsood&amp;v=jGr6QcSsIXs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/NLInterviewAnwarMaqsood</a> <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL Interview | ‘मैं अक्सर देखता हूं Hindustan के न्यूज़ चैनलों को, और फिर सोचता हूं...’

Newslaundry, in collaboration with the <a href="https://indiadataportal.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">India Data Portal</a> project of the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, is organising a series of monthly webinars on specific datasets created by the platform, which is a one-stop open-access portal for journalists to access, interact with and visualise information, data and knowledge on agriculture and financial inclusion. The first webinar, titled “Indian Economy and Covid: Insights from Data” and organised on August 28, was moderated by Meghnad S, associate editor at Newslaundry.&nbsp; The panelists were Paojel Chaoba of the Frontier; Mitali Mukherjee of the Wire; Sukirat, Punjabi writer and columnist; Prerna Mukharya, founder of Outline India; Ashwini Chhatre, executive director of the Bharti Institute of Public Policy. Mukherjee describes the Indian economy as being in a “state of mess” now. Though “economic slowdown” seems to be a vague idea, she says, its impact will be personal for the majority of the people. She points out that the pandemic has caused job losses and salary cuts and limited work opportunities for new entrants into the job market. Further, the service sector, one of the Indian economy’s stronger performers, has been the worst hit. MSMEs have also been disproportionately affected.&nbsp;&nbsp;Talking about the coronavirus situation in Manipur, where he is based, Chaoba points out the people there are living relatively normal lives. This is mainly because they rely on agriculture as the primary source of income. Moreover, since the people of Manipur are used to having limited access to education and healthcare facilities, their daily lives haven’t been affected as much by the pandemic as those in other places.&nbsp; Surkirat says more than the pandemic, the nationwide lockdown imposed in March to contain it did the most damage in his home state of Punjab. There had been only one Covid-19 death in Punjab until then, he adds, but the lockdown led to unnecessary panic, which, among other disastrous consequences, has brought the newspaper industry to the brink of collapse.&nbsp; Mukharya cites an ILO report estimating that the pandemic could push “400 million Indians into object poverty”. A major reason for this is migrants being forced to return to their villages from cities due to the lack of work. There are limited job opportunities for them in rural India and so they face unemployment. She notes that four out of 10 women have become unemployed since March. The virus disproportionately affects women since they work in sectors like education and domestic labour, which are the worst impacted by Covid-19.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lamenting the inaccessibility and unreliability of government data, Chhatre underlines the need for private organisations to enter the data collection space. If data is digitised and made more accessible, he says, it will be harder to manipulate. The India Data Portal is one such endeavour. <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Webinar: What does data tell us about Covid’s impact on India’s economy

In this interview, former Republic TV journalist Tejinder Singh Sodhi sits down with Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande to discuss the events surrounding his resignation letter, which has now become viral on social media. Tejinder Sodhi has been a journalist for about 18 years and prior to joining Republic TV he had worked for organisations like PTI, Hindustan Times and The Tribune. He is also the only Indian civilian to have studied at the US Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth.&nbsp;On the reasons prompting his resignation from Republic TV on 5th August, Sodhi recounts how the organisation has no concept of exit interviews. The company is least concerned about the reasons surrounding anyone’s resignation from the organisation which is why he made it a point to write a separate note outlining his reasons aside from his resignation letter that he sent almost a month later. He says that while there were several reasons for his leaving, the fact that the staff was treated terribly was one of the most prominent reasons. He also cites instances where for a story he was made to compromise his ethics and resort to tactics like protesting with placards outside party offices. With regards to the Sunanda Pushkar case, he recalls how one of his colleagues was under so much pressure for an exclusive story that he suffered a heart attack while in office. Similar events surrounded another resignation from a reporter who was unable to get Rhea Chakroborty’s interview for the channel.&nbsp;On the subject of his time at Republic TV, Sodhi recalls how the channel while campaigning against nepotism also actively supported it. An interview that had previously been granted to Mr. Sodhi was reassigned to a close crony of Arnab Goswami which is what triggered his resignation. He also recalls how reporters were constantly asked to focus on a particular angle while reporting their stories which was centred around bashing a particular political party.&nbsp;With respect to the reporters mandate at Republic, Sodhi says that while he was never explicitly asked to not do a story on the BJP, the manner in which the stories were given prominence via the Mumbai desk made the bias very obvious. Since he headed the Jammu office for Republic, Sodhi recalls how while reporting about Mufti or Abdullah the channel would always focus on the one comment in their speeches that could be utilised to call them anti national and focussed all their energy on that.Watch. <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL Interview: Tejinder Singh Sodhi on what Republic TV asks of its reporters, and why he left

Dr Suraj Yengde is a scholar, writer, and the author of Caste Matters. He’s a Shorenstein Centre inaugural postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability, Harvard Kennedy School, and the editor of Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion. In this conversation with Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Suraj says the response to his book has been “interesting”. He didn’t expect people to be this interested in caste issues, especially in India, he says, where people tend to consume mostly cheap thrillers and don’t invest too much in such thoughtful subjects. Suraj says he tried to overcome some of his own insecurities in his book by including personal vignettes on growing up in a Dalit community. He also reveals that his hesitance in sharing his personal angst is strongly tied to feeling that he was “exploiting” his own story, because of the way narratives are built around Dalit identities in India. Watch the full interview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FNLInterviewSurajYengde&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkNzZ1BITlZ2UjY3ODRNYktOQjQtbHZWejU0QXxBQ3Jtc0tsYkd6OEpHLVRnVk1TUU5DajhiVzBqZDJkXzJJc29ZRTFOV25HbGxHMnFYM1NCN0NGU3ktNTA0N295V2NsNVVzbUZ3MEJfcjJadFpNMjNOdlliQlhZckotTUVrLXBWcXpiM052MjdkT2hYejJnelZnTQ%3D%3D&amp;v=k_LiLiHaghA&amp;event=video_description" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/NLInterviewSurajYengde</a> <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Suraj Yengde on his book ‘Caste Matters’, Dalit representation, and caste deniers | NL Interview

Barkha Dutt is one of India’s most prominent journalists. Currently, she helms her own news outlet,&nbsp;Mojo Story.She speaks with Abhinandan Sekhri of&nbsp;Newslaundry&nbsp;to talk about her experiences driving across India to cover the coronavirus crisis and the resultant migrant exodus.She also talks about the challenges of donning the hats of journalist and entrepreneur at the same time, her fallouts with promoters and whether small independent news operations can match the impact of the legacy media.Talking about her coverage of the migrant crisis, Barkha recalls that she had not planned to embark on a journey that would eventually take over a hundred days, covering thousands of miles. But the lack of Big Media attention or government intervention made her realise that she needed to give it full attention. “That end of the first week is when I realised that I can't sit inside my office, inside my house and tell the story. I didn't know the scale of what I was going to witness when I set forth, but I gave myself a week in the capital observing this, observing the invisibility of the story," she adds.She recounts some of the stories that impacted and stayed with her, how her team managed to travel and find places to stay in a pandemic while the country was on lockdown, and how it felt being in a PPE for a few hours.Asked why she has changed several organisations over the past few years, Barkha explains that she quit&nbsp;NDTV&nbsp;over the issue of editorial integrity and&nbsp;Tiranga TV&nbsp;because the employees hadn’t been paid their salaries.Barkha and Abhinandan also discuss the future of journalism, the new economic models Indian media are experimenting with, and why she would opt for the "Guardian mode" if she could. Watch the full interview: <a href="https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/08/25/nl-interview-barkha-dutt-on-covering-migrant-crisis-the-media-economy-and-falling-out-with-promoters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/08/25/nl-interview-barkha-dutt-on-covering-migrant-crisis-the-media-economy-and-falling-out-with-promoters</a> <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL Interview: Barkha Dutt on covering migrant crisis, the media economy, and falling out with promoters

Tired of loud frothy-mouth, potty-mouth debates on primetime TV? Tired of sad character-limited fights on Twitter where you don't really learn anything?&nbsp; We have something that might excite you. Newslaundry presents a new podcast: NL vs NL.&nbsp; Let's make debates great again! In this episode of NL vs NL, Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Lipi Vats debate whether India is a secular country or not. Basant thinks it is, Lipi disagrees. Listen and tell us who you agree or disagree with, and why.&nbsp; Write to us at <a href="mailto:contact@newslaundry.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">contact@newslaundry.com</a>, or reach out to <a href="https://twitter.com/Basantrajsonu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Basant</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/VatsLipi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lipi</a> on Twitter. <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL vs NL Ep 20: Is India a secular country?

Professor Apoorvanand teaches Hindi at Delhi University, commentates on sociopolitical issues, produces literary and cultural critiques, and frequently lends his voices to progressive causes. For his activism, he has sometimes faced heat from the authorities. Early this month, his phone was seized and he was questioned by the Delhi Police about his role in the protests against the Citizenship law which they have alleged caused the communal violence in the city in February. Apoorvanand speaks with Chahak Gupta about his interrogation, his ideological leanings and his position on violence. <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL Interview (Teaser): Prof Apoorvanand on dissent, the Delhi carnage, and facing police inquiry

Tired of loud frothy-mouth, potty-mouth debates on primetime TV? Tired of sad character-limited fights on Twitter where you don't really learn anything?&nbsp; We have something that might excite you. Newslaundry presents a new podcast: NL vs NL.&nbsp; Let's make debates great again! In this episode of NL vs NL, Manisha Pande and Newslaundry subscriber Aishwarya Mahesh debate whether workplaces should provide sick leave to their employees who might be battling mental health issues. Manisha thinks they should, Aishwarya disagrees. Listen and tell us who you agree or disagree with, and why.&nbsp; Write to us at <a href="mailto:contact@newslaundry.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">contact@newslaundry.com</a>, or reach out to <a href="https://twitter.com/MnshaP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Manisha</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/icecoldashes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aishwarya</a>. <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL vs NL Ep 19: Should workplaces provide sick leave to staff for mental health issues?

Can comedy and satire be tools of social change? How does this ecosystem interact with a large democracy like ours? When the perception of what is offensive changes from person to person, how do we define an “offence”? Are Indians too easily offended? To discuss these themes, Roli Pulse, the digital arm of <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rolibooks.com_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=DgsqQPnWbLZZuy3vgP4twQ&amp;m=F9vN5hjJmG2G40a14djMkyL1Gk4IsehAjH_NOvhivtw&amp;s=LMIqJBgLakB3uTbGMgMKW2uCDgPicZAuqPXB9ToEHuM&amp;e=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roli Books</a>, in association with Newslaundry, brought together comedians Vir Das and Aditi Mittal, and Newslaundry co-founder Abhinandan Sekhri, in the sixth and final episode of this specially curated video series on the media landscape. On whether social media has made acceptable certain things that were once unacceptable, Aditi says, “Social media has enabled people to coagulate around things that are socially unacceptable — things that are bigoted, racist, sexist...And so people know now that if I say something ridiculous, I will get an invitation to Bigg Boss. And for a whole lot of people, that is a valid route to infamy.” As consumers of social media, Aditi adds, “we are the monsters that we are fighting. When we hate-share stuff or cringe-watch stuff, we’re adding to it.” Vir says, “If [something] is offensive, does that mean it should not exist, or does it mean it needs to be modified? Is it the only thing that’s offensive?” He also points out that what is defined as offensive changes “every five years or four years or three years or two years..." Listen. <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Webinar: Are Indians too easily offended?

Tired of loud frothy-mouth, potty-mouth debates on primetime TV? Tired of sad character-limited fights on Twitter where you don't really learn anything?&nbsp; We have something that might excite you. Newslaundry presents a new podcast: NL vs NL.&nbsp; Let's make debates great again! In this episode of NL vs NL, Meghnad S and Newslaundry subscriber Abhishek Bagga debate on whether safetyism contradicts liberal values.&nbsp; Meghnad thinks it does, Abhishek disagrees. Listen and tell us who you agree or disagree with, and why.&nbsp; Write to us at <a href="mailto:contact@newslaundry.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">contact@newslaundry.com</a>, or reach out to <a href="https://twitter.com/Memeghnad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meghnad</a>. <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL vs NL Ep 18: Is safetyism a contradiction of liberal values?

N Venugopal Rao is a writer and the nephew of Varavara Rao, the poet who has been arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case. Varavara was arrested two years ago along with 12 other activists. He has been repeatedly denied bail and has been in poor health for the past month, testing positive for Covid on July 16. In this interview with Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Venugopal explains how the family was allowed a 20-minute long video call with Varavara by Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital, where he was shifted for treatment. Varavara appeared both physically and psychologically unwell during the call.&nbsp; Regarding his uncle’s involvement in the Bhima Koregaon case, Venugopal points out how the Elgar Parishad event, which preceded the violence in December 2017, had been organised by retired Justices BG Kolse-Patil and PB Sawant, who have already stated that they were the “main organisers and sole funders”. Varavara had never even visited Pune until the Pune police came to take him to jail in November 2018, Venugopal says. Varavara’s bail plea will be heard by courts today. The family is requesting bail on three major grounds: his age, health, and vulnerability to Covid. The plea was filed before he tested positive for the virus.&nbsp; Watch.&nbsp; <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

NL Interview : N Venugopal Rao on Varavara Rao’s health and bail plea, and the conspiracy surrounding his arrest

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