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TV9 Network to organise ‘What India Thinks Today Global Summit’ in New Delhi on 17 June
MUMBAI: TV9 Network has announced that it will conduct a two-day event What India Thinks Today Global Summit to be held at the Taj Palace in New Delhi on 17-18 June 2022. The two-day event will dwell on the aspiration that binds 130 crore Indians with Vishwa Guru: How Near, How Far being the theme of the inaugural edition of What India Thinks Today – Global Summit.
There will be 75 speakers. Home Minister Amit Shah will deliver the summits keynote address on 17 June while defence minister Rajnath Singh will launch the summits proceedings on 18 June.
The former UK premier David Cameron will speak on the India In The New International Order theme. Former Afghanistan premier Hamid Karzai will address the issue of Terrorism: Enemy of Humanity. Union Cabinet ministers and chief ministers too will address the summit.
The summit will bring together on the platform international and national speakers from the field of politics, governance, economics, healthcare, culture and sports. It will host 75 star speakers spread over two days covering a variety of themes.
It will witness policy makers and cabinet ministers while senior chief ministers representing federal India will address the summit.
In all 15 union cabinet ministers will share their Vishwa Guru vision for India. The chief ministers drawn from across the length and breadth of India will dwell on the core summit theme.
Cameron said, I am delighted to be joining you at this first Global Summit hosted by TV9, bringing together some of the brightest minds in India to tackle some of the great challenges & opportunities that the world faces today. I remain incredibly proud of the strong relationship I helped forge between the UK and India while I was Prime Minister. I brought my first ever trade mission to India back in 2010 to help create a truly modern partnership, alive to the possibilities of the worlds oldest democracy and the worlds largest democracy. It is such a pleasure to return more than a decade on to examine with you a very different world we live in today. The challenges may be different, but the strong bonds that bind our countries together endure. There is no shortage of topics to be covered, so I look forward to joining you at this important gathering.
I am looking forward to participating in the TV9 event and discussing issues of mutual interest between India and Afghanistan, said Karzai.
TV9 Network CEO Barun Das said, With this summit, we intend to catalyse interesting conversations, discussions and deliberations that hope to show a blueprint of Indias journey to become the leader of the new world. The journey isnt without challenges. But the goal is as sacred as it is ambitious, driven by strong leadership, collective will and commitment of the entire nation. The ultimate aim of this event is to generate ideas and thoughts through free-wheeling discussions to achieve a common objective of India becoming the Vishwa Guru.
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CNN-News18 to air live counting day coverage for five state election results on May 4
The channel is rolling out its biggest election coverage machinery yet for results day on 4th May
NOIDA: The votes have been cast. Now comes the reckoning. CNN-News18 is pulling out all the stops for results day on 4th May, when counting begins across five battleground states — West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry — in what promises to be one of the most closely watched electoral verdicts in recent memory.
The channel’s coverage, titled Battle for the States: The Verdict, kicks off at 7am and runs through the day across linear TV, connected television and YouTube. It is the culmination of CNN-News18’s multi-format editorial initiative, Battle for the States, which has tracked the polls from the beginning under the theme Road to Power.
At the operational heart of the coverage will be the Live Results Hub, the channel’s central command centre built to collate, verify and process real-time data flowing in from reporters stationed at counting centres across constituencies. The hub combines newsroom intelligence, analytics and on-the-ground reporting to deliver what the channel promises will be the fastest and most accurate results coverage in English news.
Leading the on-air charge will be primetime anchors Rahul Shivshankar, Anand Narasimhan, Aman Sharma, Nabila Jamal and Shivani Gupta. They will be joined by a wide panel of commentators including author Chetan Bhagat; GVL Narasimha Rao, senior leader of the BJP; Smita Prakash, editor of ANI; activist Saira Shah Halim; political analyst Sumanth C Raman; Abhijit Iyer Mitra, senior fellow at IPCS; Amitabh Tiwari, founder of VoteVibe; columnist Abhijit Majumdar; Nalin Mehta, managing editor of MoneyControl; political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla; senior journalist Subir Bhaumik; and political analyst Manojit Mandal.
Shivshankar, who serves as editorial affairs director at CNN-News18, set out the stakes plainly. “Counting day is one of the most watched events in the electoral cycle, where speed and credibility are tested in real time,” he said. “Battle for the States: The Verdict is built on that promise, combining ground reporting, sharp analysis and cutting-edge election technology to give viewers the clearest and fastest route to the verdict. On May 4, CNN-News18 will once again be the nation’s most trusted channel to witness democracy in action.”
Smriti Mehra, chief executive of English and Business News at Network18, framed the coverage in broader terms. “Elections are defining national events, and audiences turn to brands they trust in moments that matter,” she said. “CNN-News18 has consistently led from the front in every election coverage, and this special programming reflects the scale of our ambition and editorial strength.”
The channel has form here. It claims to have been India’s most preferred English news destination for election results for the past 20 years, covering everything from the 2024 general elections to the Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar and BMC polls on the back of what it calls an “Always First, Always Right” record. Five states, one day, and a nation waiting for answers. The clock starts at 7am on 4th May.
