Hafta 131: Amit Shah’s assets story, IT raids, Republic TV, Times Now & more

Raman Kirpal, Newslaundry’s new Managing Editor, joins the regular Hafta gang as we discuss TOI Amit Shah’s assets story. Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande, Atul Chaurasia and Raman Kirpal discuss the I-T raids on Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar; Republic TV; NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya’s exit; And, can the minorities be led by the privileged? Listen up, there’s a song dedication in the end too.

For references:

1. A review of #NLHafta from CV Anthony, Shipra Garg and Saikumaar Nagarajan

2. Juggernaut: The Rat Eater 

3. Newslaundry: What got Times Group and DNA to pull down the Amit Shah affidavit story?

4. Newslaundry: Republic TV went full loco on Shashi Tharoor and the Congress last evening

5. Newslaundry: Arnab chooses 80s’ paparazzi to serve public interest

6. NL Interviews: We shouldn’t look to Harvard and Columbia to formulate policy for India: Swadeshi Jagran Manch snubs Panagariya

7. Goodreads: Murdahiya

8. Goodreads: The Little Prince

9. TED: The Empathetic Civilisation 

10. Newslaundry: Gene Therapy

11. RadioLab: Breaking news

12. Medium: Billy Bragg’s Guide to the Music of Dissent

13. Nature: CRISPR fixes disease gene in viable human embryos

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Produced by Kartik Nijhawan and Shubham Mishra. Recorded by Anil. 

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