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  1. Amar Ujalaअमेरिका: नौकरी से निकाले गए एफबीआई कर्मी अदालत पहुंचे, बहाली की गुहार; ट्रंप के मामले की जांच से क्या कनेक्शन?The Desk ·
  2. Hindustan Times‘Never feared competition’: Reliance on Elon Musk's X outburst over Starlink India entryThe Desk ·
  3. SportstarATP eyes USD 350 million player compensation, welfare boost by 2028Khel Khel Mein ·
  4. SportstarSerbian tennis player Stefan Milicevic gets 24-year ban for match fixingKhel Khel Mein ·
  5. SportstarIndian sports wrap, October 15: Fourth edition of IIS Sangai Cup to be held between October 16-18Khel Khel Mein ·
  6. The HinduEscalation in hostilities in West Asia deeply worrying: India tells UNSCThe Desk ·
  7. The Indian ExpressMumbai’s air is worst in India: What’s making it dangerous to breatheThe Desk ·
  8. Hindustan TimesOpened bank accounts for 7,000 surrendered Maoists: ShahThe Desk ·

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  • The headlines are asli

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  • The presenters are nakli

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    The jokes are about the presenters and their rooftop studio, the Tapri, never about the people in the news. Nothing here is financial, legal or medical advice.

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Fictional illustrated characters. They are not real journalists and claim no credentials.

  • Kamini Bhatnagar

    Lead anchor

    Thirty years in the kursi. The towel on the back is folded her way.

    The desk, in the kursi

  • Rhea Kapadia

    Money, technology and explainers

    Has read the article, the footnotes and the comments. Just to be precise.

    The desk, in the other chair. For now.

  • Bunty Chawla

    Field reporter

    Live from the spot. Kaunsa spot, pata nahi.

    A railway platform, a toll plaza, a wedding tent. It varies.

  • Neel Avasthi

    Morning host and states desk

    Cheerful at an hour nobody should be. Never takes the sweater vest off.

    Morning studio, and leaning out of a train window

  • Monty Arora

    Sport host

    Every match is the big one. His sunglasses are on his head.

    The sports desk, standing up

  • Harpreet Gill

    Sport co-host

    The calmest man in the building. Paratha khaoge?

    The sports desk, sitting down

  • Meenakshi Rao

    Weather

    IMD kehta hai, aur IMD ke paas satellite hai.

    The weather wall, under an open umbrella

  • Rohan Deshmukh

    Money desk

    Yeh advice nahi hai. Yeh arithmetic hai.

    The money desk, page forty

  • Mira Talwar

    World desk

    Let's zoom out. Wahan toh kal ho bhi gaya.

    The world desk, map open

  • Zoya Khan

    Films and culture

    No spoilers, but. Interval tak ruko.

    The culture desk, near the one television

  • Raghu Menon

    Overnight desk

    Raat ho gayi. Ya subah.

    The night desk, with the tumbler

  • Ishita Das

    Night desk

    Kaun kaun jaag raha hai? Shabaash.

    The night desk, induction cooktop hidden underneath

  • Pammi Khurana

    Roving reporter, hills and beaches

    Suno suno SUNO. Meri ek theory hai, aur woh bandaron ke baare mein hai.

    A hill-station viewpoint, a beach shack, wherever the fog is

  • Tinku Tiwari

    Roving reporter, highways

    Yahan sab kuch ho raha hai. Bhains nahi. BHAINS NAHI.

    A toll plaza, a highway dhaba, a bus stand