Podcast appearances and mentions of sujit nair

Volkswagen China has closed two plants in Tianjin as a result of Covid outbreaks. James Mayger is with Bloomberg News in Beijing, and assesses the impact of China's zero Covid approach on global supply chains. Also in the programme, Twitter is freely available in Nigeria for the first time in seven months. The BBC's Chris Ewokor in Abuja tells us why the social media site had been blocked in the first place, and online food vendor Chef Marvy tells us how Twitter's suspension affected her business. Talks have begun on a multi-billion dollar trade deal between India and the United Kingdom. We explore the likelihood of success with Sujit Nair, who is chairman of the Europe India Centre for Business and Industry. Plus, following a shortage of French fries for Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in Kenya, the BBC's Tamasin Ford explores why multinational fast food chains don't simply turn to local suppliers to meet their needs.

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande are joined by Sujit Nair, co-founder and managing editor of HW News, and independent journalist Sandhya Ravishankar. Sandhya talks about floods in Tamil Nadu, and how infrastructural developments led to the issue in Chennai city. The conversation shifts to pollution in the capital and other Indian cities, and the harm it causes. “It's not just Diwali and stubble burning,” Manisha says. “It's more than that.”To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With Justice Markandey Katju calling the media "shameless" and "rotten" how correct it is for him to sham the media when it merely criticised Justice A K Sikri for him turning down the offer. While the media may have not been completely correct in its approach, but was Justice Katju's approach equally responsible? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his insights on the matter.

It was just yesterday that the selection committee that was led by PM Modi called the shots to remove Alok Verma as the CBI director. And Alok Verma today resigned from his services. What is it that Alok Verma wanted to say through his resignation? What are those allegations that he levied? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his insights on the matter.

BJP cabinet has cleared the 10% quota for 'Economically Backward Class' But is this implementable or would this be just another BJP election jumla? Mr. Sujit Nair ,our Managing editor explains the bill in detail.'

What are the 5 things that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be credited with and should be appreciated for ? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network sums it all in his this Editorial.

Some of the economic policies that Modi government brought in were with good intentions but the execution went haywire since they did not think it through. One such policy was every Indian should have a bank and that of cashless economy. But what about the execution again ? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his takes and insights on the matter.

It was yesterday that one of the ministers from the BJP cabinet C R Chaudhary, who is the state minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, stated in the Parliament that there's hardly anyone who's dying of starvation in India. He does not seems to have his facts straight. How is it that a minister responsible for Food and Public Distribution does not know the actual figures? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his insights on the matter in his this Editorial.

It was just yesterday that DMK leader M K Stalin proposed the name of Congress President of Rahul Gandhi as the PM candidate for 2019 and this statement of his caused a huge political slur. The question is who is M K Stalin, or Sonia Gandho or Amit Shah for that matter to decide that who will be the next Prime Minister of the country? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his insights and takes on this matter in his this Editorial.

In the last couple of days, much has been spoke about the elections. On an afterthought, it is not always that the common man bribes the politician. At times they are the politicians that bribe the masses. What is Mass Electorate Bribery? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network, explicates the concept of Mass Electorate Bribery in his this Editorial.

With the state election results out in the open, lot of the masses have maintained that irrespective of BJP losing in 3 out of 5 states, the Modi-wave has not died down. But what is this Modi-wave business? What is the pattern of this Modi-wave that people opine that it has not died down? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his insights and takes on the matter in his this Editorial.

With Congress winning in 3 out of the 5 states, is it really time for the Congress to rejoice? Does these state elections don't mean that India has always been a secular country? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his take on the matter in his this Editorial.

It was yesterday that Mehbooba Mufti stake claim to form government in the state with support from the Congress and National Conference. Ms Mufti has tweeted a letter that she has been trying to send to Governor Satya Pal Malik, which states that since she is not is Srinagar currently, she will soon be meeting him to stake the claim for forming the government in the state. On the other hand, it was Ram Madhav of BJP who termed the reports of NC, PDP and Congress unethical and said, it was Pakistan that was invoking the Jammu and Kashmir coalition. Was he right in saying this? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network and Mr. Seshadri Chari, Senior BJP Leader and Geo-Political Expert share their takes on the matter in this Exclusive video.

Was it really the interest of women that Trupti Desai decided to pay a visit to Sabarimala or was it a political stunt? Who are the real culprits of the Sabarimala who are playing with the faith of the people? Mr. Sujit Nair,Managing Editor of HW News Network, shares his take on the matter.

With PM Modi's 59-minute loan out in the open, there is a processing fee that is charged. But that's not it. There's more involved to the kind of mismanagement that went on in the whole process. Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network and Mr. Akhilesh Bhargava Business Editor of HW Business and Finance share their insights on the matter.

With massive reports of RBI Governor Urjit Patel likely to resign and with a report in ET says that the government has invoked powers under RBI act in an unprecedented development and separate letters were sent to the RBI by the government which suggest that the government might have invoked Section 7 under the RBI Act, do we smell a conspiracy wherein the current RBI governor has been pushed to a point where he is compelled to resign? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network, and Mr. Akhilesh Bhargava, Business Editor of HW Business and Finance share their insights on the matter.

With an ordinance to be passed on the issue of Ram Mandir, does the BJP have it in them to get the Ram Mandir built? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network and Mr. Seshadri Chari, NEC, BJP share their takes on this hot issue, of Ram Mandir.

The Supreme Court has sought more details into the Rafale fighter jet deal from the government, asking it to submit the pricing of costs and advantages of the deal in a sealed cover within 10 days. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph heard a batch of petitions seeking a probe into the alleged irregularities associated with the deal. An exclusive show with Sujit Nair on Rafale deal

With the spat of CBI out in the open, Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network, discusses, how it all started, how Mr. Alok Verma and Mr. Rakesh Asthana got into a scuffle and what has the government to do with it.

#Sabarimala: While we are on the Sabarimala issue, much has been the rage on the entry of women in the temple, where protesters have been stopping the women aged between 10-50 years. But the question here arises, is the Sabarimala issue really about women's rights ? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his insights in his this Editorial.

It was today that BJP National Spokesperson tweeted that congratulations are in order for the ruling government as it walked the talk of deporting the Rohingyas. But the flipside to this is does it not sound a little strange that out of 1 lakh Rohingyas in the country, the ruling government was able to deport just 7 of them ever since it came to power in 2014? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his take on the matter in his this Editorial.

While the Supreme Court's verdict lifts the ban on women's entry to Sabarimala temple, what is the entire story of the Sabarimala temple and why is it that women between the age limit of 10 years to 50 years were not permitted to make an entry into the temple? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network, shares his insights onto the matter in his this Editorial.

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to re-examine its ‘1994 Ismail Farooqui’ verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi case which stated that Namaz at Mosque is not integral to Islam. In the three-judge bench headed by CJI Dipak Mishra, the majority i.e. 2:1 ruled in favor of its earlier judgment. After clearing the technical issues in the case, the SC has declared that it will start hearing the civil case for land dispute from October 29th. As the Ram Janmabhoomi issue has turned out to be a political one over the years, will the proceeding and timing of the case have any impact on the 2019 elections? In this episode of HW Exclusive, our Managing Editor Mr. Sujit Nair in conversation with BJP's Seshadri Chari tries to find out how will the politics around the Ram Janmabhoomi case unfold in the run up to 2019 Elections.

Is BJP objecting to a JPC probe being transparent? Is their not going against the ethios of democracy asks Sujit Nair

#RafaleStory : It was just yesterday that the former president of France came out in the open and said he did not have a choice but to choose Reliance as the partner for the Reliance deal. Not only did it spark off an explosive backlash from the opposition, it speaks volumes for the loopholes that went into the complete deal that transpired. What is the entire story of Rafale deal? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares the insider on the entire matter in his this Editorial

Dr. Mohan Bhagwat concluded his three-day speech yesterday. His speech reflected a brand transformation and new concept of RSS. The so-called Secularists and self-proclaimed progressive thinker and journalists like Nikhil Wagle, Ashutosh, Rajdeep Sardesai spoke against the ideologies of Dr. Mohan Bhagwat Chief of RSS. When they were for the initiative to offer an olive branch to Pakistan then why not to RSS. If they can trust Pakistan than why not RSS. MR. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his take on the matter in his this Editorial.

While an official invitation is yet to be made by RSS to Rahul Gandhi for its event that 'Bhavishya ka Bharat' that is to happen on 17th September to 19th September, everybody has been going in rounds as to whether or not the Congress President will accept the invitation. But what is more imperative here to ponder over is what would PM Modi be thinking about this invitation by RSS to Rahul? Would he be worried over it? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network, shares his take on the matter in his this Editorial.

Yesterday as we marked the Birth centenary of Nana Palkar, a great social worker, Dr. Mohan Bhagwat, Sara Sangh Chalak of RSS along with Ratan Tata shared the same stage to address the crowd on this very occasion. There Was one very distinctive incident that one could prominently observe in the respective event, Dr. Mohan Bhagwat while addressing the crowd said that Dharma to him and to RSS means uniting community to serve the mankind, this view of his as a representative of RSS is contrary to BJP's views. While BJP is trying to politicize the divide and rule policy, RSS is pointing out to the fact that progress is in plurality and not in divisive policy. Is this pointing out that RSS's ideology is gradually diverging from the ideologies of BJP and more importantly from Narendra Modi? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his take on the matter.

Yesterday one of the tallest leader in Tamil Nadu politics M. Karunanidhi died, who was an MLA for more than 60years. He in his tenure never lost an election. this poses a question if a legacy is over in Tamil Nadu? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor and Mr. Seshadri Chari, NCE member of BJP share their take in this exclusive video.

Recently, Shashi Tharoor made a statement, he said, "I ask you, why does our prime minister wear all sorts of outlandish headgear wherever he goes around the country or around the world? Why does he always refuse to wear a Muslim skull cap?" which attracted a lot of criticism. Mr. Shashi Tharoor is not concerned to ask the government about its policies but his attire. Is it a national concern right now? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his take on this matter in his this editorial.

Free media died today, it died with media stalwarts like Punya Prasun Bajpai, Milind Khandekar were asked to resign & a senior journalist Abhisar Sharma asked to go on a leave from ABP news for the controversy surrounded around their show "Masterstroke" which questioned the Skype call that the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi had with a women named Chandramani Kaushik from Chhattisgarh, it revealed the reality of Chandramani's claim of income getting doubled in Chhattisgarh's Kanker Chandramani during talk with PM claimed that her income got double after connecting with a Modi govt's policy. Now the prominent questions that arise are, why is the Modi Government trying to shut the views of the press? Why couldn't Arup Sarkar, Chief Editor of ABP News Network retain the channel's editors? Why did they succumb to the pressure put on them by the government? Why is the government trying to lead the country from democracy to anarchy? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network shares his hard-hitting take on the pressing matter in this Editorial.

With media stalwarts like Punya Prasun Bajpai, Milind Khandekar were asked to resign & a senior journalist Abhisar Sharma asked to go on a leave from ABP news for the controversy surrounded around their show "Masterstroke" which questioned the Skype call that the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi had with a women named Chandramani Kaushik from Chhattisgarh, the question here arises, who is it that is killing the Indian media today? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network and MR. Seshadri Chari, National Executive of BJP shares their hard-hitting takes in this exclusive video.

The RTI Act 2005 empowered people to unearth wrongdoing, corruption, scams and more importantly brought transparency in policy formation and implementation by the government. The Modi govt. however, is trying to amend the act so that government can have a control over certain aspects for example transfer of the Chief Information Officer. Will these amendments take away the power of the citizen to question the government? Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network, shares his take on the matter in this Editorial.

While the BJP government awarded Jio institute the tag of 'Institute of Eminence', the decision attracted a lot of flak, as many called it an unfair decision. The question here arises that how a non-existent Jio University can be awarded the tag of 'Institute of Eminence'. Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network, shares his take on the matter in this Editorial.

While everyone seems to be reaping the benefits of the hard-labor and the toiling done by our farmers, the negligent government does nothing to support their cause. The best they do is give them false promises of loan waiver for a year instead of taking corrective measures to help increase the profitability of their produce. Watch Mr. Sujit Nair, Managing Editor of HW News Network share his insights on the matter in the video.

With fiery statements like ‘Pakistan not wearing bangles to let India take PoK’ to keeping mum on stone pelted by women and kids in Kashmir. Dr. Farooq, finally breaks his silence on issues like Hurriyat, PoK and a lot many topics and answers questions that have been long-awaited to be responded to. Read on to know the never before made revelations in this exclusive interview by HW News Network Managing Editor, Mr. Sujit Nair.