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Come ‘Face to Face’ with Medha Patkar on BBC World
BBC World has announced that activist Medha Patkar will be the final guest on Face to Face. The concluding episode airs on Wednesday at 10pm with a repeat on Sunday at 1pm. Host Karan Thapar queries Medha Patkar about the various social issues she deals with according to an official release.
She will talk about the tribal people in Gujarat and how their natural resources are getting depleted by urban consumerist society. She has been associated with the Narmada Bhachao Andolan project for seventeen years the release states.
She said, " Our agenda has always been beyond Narmada and Narmada is symbolic of the development paradigm. Its Narmada Bachao, Manav Bachao, and it's also Desh bachao in the present kind of valueless politics, criminal and communal politics."
She also talks about women empowerment and the setback Andolan received when a Supreme Court judgement a couple of years ago went against it.
has announced that activist Medha Patkar will be the final guest on Face to Face. The concluding episode airs on Wednesday at 10pm with a repeat on Sunday at 1pm. Host Karan Thapar queries Medha Patkar about the various social issues she deals with according to an official release.
She will talk about the tribal people in Gujarat and how their natural resources are getting depleted by urban consumerist society. She has been associated with the Narmada Bhachao Andolan project for seventeen years the release states.
She said, " Our agenda has always been beyond Narmada and Narmada is symbolic of the development paradigm. Its Narmada Bachao, Manav Bachao, and it's also Desh bachao in the present kind of valueless politics, criminal and communal politics."
She also talks about women empowerment and the setback Andolan received when a Supreme Court judgement a couple of years ago went against it.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
