Hafta 92: RNG Awards, Arnab Goswami’s Resignation and Delhi’s Air Pollution

We open this episode of Hafta with a celebratory shout out to Manisha Pande and Sandeep Pai’s 5-part investigative report that won the Ramnath Goenka Award! This week Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande are joined by Sandeep Pai, as they discuss the speeches of Narendra Modi and Indian Express Editor Raj Kamal Jha at the RNG Awards, the #SIMIencounters of Bhopal, Arnab Goswami’s resignation as the Editor-in-Chief of Times Now and the curse on us all… the post-Diwali Delhi pollution! There’s also a song dedication for Manisha and Sandeep at the end.

For references:

1. The stories that won us the Ramnath Goenka Award
2. A Review of #NLhafta from Nishan, Mazahir Plumber and Rahul Pande
3. #JustSports 8: Football Referees, Uniform DRS and the Future of Indian Hockey
4. Swarajya: Deepawali: Selective Shaming Of Hindu Festivals Must Stop
5. Scroll: Is complaining about Diwali cracker pollution really a case of ‘Hindu shaming’?
6. YouTube: PM Narendra Modi at Ramnath Goenka awards
7. Newslaundry: NL Hafta – Episode 37
8. NPR‘s podcast: Planet Money – Episode 732
9. The Guardian: Forget the FBI cache; the Podesta emails show how America is run
10. Newslaundry: The Story That Won Us The Ramnath Goenka Award Was Buried In Two Newsrooms
11. NCBI: Bacteriophage infections of microbiota can lead to leaky gut in an experimental rodent model
12. Newslaundry: Forget Boycott, Engage With Modi Like Raj Kamal Jha Did
13. Conservative Outfitters: Hillary Clinton’s Top 100 Most Damaging Wikileaks (Full List)
14. The Guardian: Latest WikiLeaks dump ties Clinton Foundation to personal enrichment claims

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