Reporters Without Orders Ep 64: The Yeti scheme of things, Bhopal and Rajasthan poll climate & more

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Cherry Agarwal sits down with Newslaundry correspondent Ayush Tiwari, Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar and Quint‘s Senior Correspondent Aishwarya Iyer to talk about the #Yeti, the Utsav Bains hearing, Elections 2019 and more.

Aishwarya and Ayush were covering elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively. They were gauging support for parties and how people in these places are forming their electoral opinions.

Apart from elections, the panel also talks about the Yeti sighting and its news value. The Indian Army had tweeted out a photo of a trail of footprints in the Himalayan snow, claiming to have found footprints of the mythical creature. The panellists are clearly divided. While Ayush gushes about its history and Gaurav hopes that Yetis exist, Aishwarya and Cherry cannot help but stress on the point that it gained way more attention than it should have. In all the Yeti news, the duo felt a recently-released UN climate report got very little coverage.

Utsav Bains had filed an affidavit claiming that he was approached with a “huge bribe” of ₹1.5 crore to frame the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in a false sexual harassment case. Gaurav shares the details of proceedings, the courtroom drama and more.

Although there is too much news to discuss, Gaurav points out that Game of Thrones didn’t get as much hype as it should have.

For all this and more, listen in!

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Cherry
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References:
The Bamzai Scheme of Things: How the going got rough at IANS
UN report stresses urgent need for nature rescue plan
क्या ग्रामीण औरतों के लिए सेक्स सिंबल हैं नरेंद्र मोदी?
Relieved of Their Veils, Rajasthani Women Open Up On 2019 Polls
How the Utsav Bains hearing unfolded in the Supreme Court

Produced by Parikshit Sanyal, edited by Umrav Singh and recorded by Anil Kumar

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