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Al Jazeera steals the show at Hong Kong Human Rights
MUMBAI: Al Jazeera Media Network is celebrating winning the highest number of awards at the 18th Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards, holding first prize for its documentary Wukan: The Flame of Democracy, an intimate portrait of the challenges a rural Chinese community faces in the midst of unprecedented political change towards becoming a fledgling democracy.
Al Jazeera’s 101 East programme also won four first-place prizes for its ‘Scars of Sri Lanka’, ‘Murder In God’s Name’, Sectarian Divide’ and ‘Unhealed Wounds Of Osh’, despite there being a record number of entries this year from across the region with 475 entries. 101 East also earned a Merit for ‘Nepal’s Slave Girls’.
At the 2014 New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards, ‘It’s A Man’s World’ recently won a Gold UNDPI award judged by a special jury from the United Nations Department of Public Information, as well as receiving two other awards: Silver in the “Best News Documentary/Special” category and Bronze in the “Current Affairs” category.
Al Jazeera also won two other Gold medals for Murder In God’s Name and Everest: 60th Anniversary, two Silvers for Nepal’s Slave Girls and Contagion, along with receiving three Finalist certificates.
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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.
