Left, Right & Centre

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a meeting to take stock of the progress of vaccine development, and calls for a system similar to the election mechanism, with everyone's involvement. But what is the reality on the ground? Sarah Jacob talks to Dr Rakesh Varma.

BARC, the agency which tracks television viewership, has said that they will stop the measurement of television news for now. This comes after the ratings scam in which it was seen that confidential data on viewership was being leaked to allegedly influence the TRPs of particular TV news channels. The move has been welcomed by the News Broadcasters Association. But advertisers need TRPs because that's the currency on the basis of which advertisers spend their revenues. So the big question is: at a time when we have seen so much hate and intimidation on television channels, will advertisers, who know that the system is flawed, move away from the hate content that and place a premium on quality journalism.

Executive Vice Chairperson of the Apollo Group Shobana Kamineni joins us on a day when the Apollo group came out with a big announcement saying they are prepared ability to administer up to 1 million COVID-19 vaccines a day.

A Tanishq store is threatened and its manager forced to paste an apology on his store front in Gujarat. The Advertising Standards Council of India, on receipt of a complaint on the ad, says there was nothing indecent, vulgar or repulsive in light of generally prevailing standards of decency and propriety to cause grave and widespread offence. Has Tanishq surrendered to fear and intimidation after it decided to pull an advertisement that celebrated diversity?

A shocker from the International Monetary fund - Bangladesh is likely to overtake India in per capital GDP, which is another key metric on how devastating the Covid crisis has been for our economy. The big question we ask on Left, Right and Centre is: Whether India's economy really be in a position to stage a rebound in 2021 as has been predicted?

On left, Right & Centre: After relentless trolling, Tanishq rolls back an advertisement showing religious unity - is this a by-product of hate politics?

As Bollywood unites to fight against 'media trial', Veteran actor Sharmila Tagore tells NDTV: "Media may have to seriously re-examine its role in our daily lives- when it enters a realm of investigation, it attempts to misplace a fair trial."

Unprecedented show of unity as Bollywood stars unite against a "media trial" with action against top TV anchors.

Speaking to NDTV on the case filed by Bollywood stars against TV channels over the defamation campaign run by a section of the media, actor Swara Bhasker said a shameful narrative was spun by mainstream media channels with inaccurate accusations.

On Left, Right & Centre: Union Minister of Health Dr Harsh Vardhan today cautioned against the possibility of increased coronavirus transmission during winters and also said, "No religion or God says that you have to celebrate in an ostentatious way". This even as the Delhi government has given permission for setting up pandals for Ramlila and Durga Puja.