Rahul Kanwal
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News Director - Aajtak & India Today; Executive Director - Business Today; Anchor - #Newstrack #JabWeMet HBS Alumni. Chevening Fellow.
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Joined September 2009
After banning 59 Chinese Apps, @narendramodi Govt should publicly announce that Huawei will not be allowed to set up 5G infrastructure in India. There’s no way we can handover key of India’s economic future to the Chinese Communist Party. Zero compromise with national security.
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We did our job as journalists. @DelhiPolice Commissioner Mr Amulya Patnaik you should, at least now, do yours. Without fear or favour. Show some spine. Goodnight. See you all tomorrow. Jai Hind.
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UP CM @myogiadityanath sends a powerful message to citizens of his state. Says won’t attend his father’s funeral as it would be a violation of the national lockdown. This can’t be an easy decision for any son. Condolences to Yogiji and the family. Om Shanti. 🙏.
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UP पुलिस कानून में यकीन रखती तो #विकासदुबे का त्वरित ट्रायल करके नेता-माफिया गठजोड़ का खुलासा करती. गैंगेस्टर का एनकाउंटर करके @Uppolice ने न्यायिक प्रक्रिया का मजाक उड़ाया है. बदले के लिए हत्याएं माफिया करते हैं, पुलिस नहीं. सबसे बुरा तो ये है कि ऐसा होने की आशंका पहले से थी.
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When people go to Ladakh doctors strictly advise them to acclimatise for at least for a day. Go to the hotel. Sleep. Rest. Don’t walk too much etc. Apart from political capital, @narendramodi also risked personal health at the age of 69 to send a strong message by meeting troops.
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Article 370 was a historical mistake. It needed to go. There would never be an ideal time to undo this Nehruvian blunder. @narendramodi told voters he would abrogate Art 370 if he got a chance. India voted for him, he’s done what he promised. Let’s hope peace prevails in the end.
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On Dec 6, 2018 not one opposition leader complained that #ExitPolls are bogus. Each Congress CM hopeful sat live on @IndiaToday staking claim to the high chair. No one was alleging EVMs were fixed either. Both exit polls and EVMs are fixed only if they show @narendramodi winning!.
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In a period of extreme uncertainty and crisis when leaders like Trump, Boris Johnson and Bolsonaro have confused and complicated their nation’s Covid strategy, @narendramodi has been consistent in his messaging from Day 1. Even vaccine rollout communication well thought out. 🤞.
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Last time there were many who mocked the clap for medics idea of @narendramodi Then they didn't know what to say when Britain and other countries did pretty much the same. Now they will mock the flashlight experiment and find fault with the mobilisation effort. Predictable.
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Forget what netas think, fact that so many journalists from other organisations, including Times Now, Republic, Zee News have messaged, tweeted and called to congratulate for @IndiaToday #JNUTapes shows there’s hunger to do good journalism. Unearth truth. Don’t push propaganda.
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This morning the man who taught me all that I know, left this world. Brig @gurmeetkanwal breathed his last at Army’s R&R Hospital. Dad had been unwell for a while and this was God’s will. RIP Soldier-Scholar @gurmeetkanwal We will miss you Dadzo. Last rites @5pm Lodi Crematorium.
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India accepts @realDonaldTrump request on hydroxy chloroquine. This is what countries with a big heart do. If we can take care of our own needs, and yet have capacity to help others, we must extend a helping hand. Not just US, India also willing to help friends in neighbourhood.
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A matriarch’s blind love for her son and refusal to see reality is driving @INCIndia to political doom. @RahulGandhi has not missed a single opportunity to prove his incompetence. The man is not cut out for politics. All of India can see this, except Mrs Gandhi and RG himself.
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Good that big Bollywood stars, with much to lose, like @deepikapadukone @aliaa08 @sonamakapoor have taken clear positions against the violence in JNU. They can hardly be called the usual suspects or the tukde-tukde gang. It’s the major male actors who’s silence is now deafening.
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जो लोग @Tweet2Rhea के खून के प्यासे थे, उन्हें हाईकोर्ट का आदेश गौर से पढ़ना चाहिए. ये एक असली JUDGE के निष्कर्ष हैं. उस जोकर के नहीं जो खुद को ही जज, ज्यूरी और जल्लाद समझता हो. जज ने NCB की ओर से पेश किए गए सबूतों की जांच की और पाया कि रिया ड्रग डीलर्स का हिस्सा नहीं थीं.
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In new interview to Fox, President Trump suggests India could have early access to #Covid19 vaccines being developed in US since PM Modi accepted request on HCQ. This is why fighting #CoronaVirus together is important. You never know when you can go from helping to needing help.
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Like him or hate him, @AmitShah has greater ideological conviction than almost any other leader in his tribe. He’s taking the argument to the people’s court. Reaching out to J&K youth and promising greater development over the next 5 years in than at any time in the state’s past.
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Dear @narendramodi ji for your call this morning and for your heartfelt condolences, thank you. @gurmeetkanwal was a lifelong advocate of a strong military, a unified tri-services command and covert action. Your bold moves on dealing with Pakistan gave him great satisfaction. 🙏
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Actually @steve_hanke PM @narendramodi never said that beating utensils is a way of fighting #CoronaVirus Surely ‘Professors’ at big universities should do some basic research of their own before amplifying rumours from WhatsApp University.
.@narendramodi believes beating utensils is a good response to #Coronavirus. Earth to #Modi: no it is not. #Science & rationality should be a guide. Not baseless rhetoric. #JanataCurfew .
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My brother works in New York. He was to go back, but we decided it’s safer for him to be with us here. India has been way more proactive in fighting #CoronaVirus than US which is fast becoming new epicentre of pandemic. Infection rate there is doubling every three days. Big mess.
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Akshat Awasthi says he is not a supporter of the ABVP. Tune into @IndiaToday just now because we are about to show you videos of Akshat at an ABVP march. How do we know it’s an ABVP rally? Because it was shared on social media by the Presidential candidate of the ABVP.
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Rubbish argument. @DChaurasia2312 has the right to do whatever kind of journalism he wants. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it. But to attack a journalist just because you don’t like his point of view, is totally unacceptable. Shows the intolerance of a section of protesters.
Manhandling of Chaurasia at Shaheen Bagh is condemnable. But this was NOT an attack on journalists or journalism. Bootlicking the govt is NOT journalism. Demonising/dehumanising oppressed communities is NOT journalism. Don’t claim the privilege of a journalist coz you are not one.
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Never heard an Indian PM speak like this in public. @narendramodi clearly ready for all consequences, included limited war, when he talks of a jaw breaking response to Pakistan. This is what the Indian people wanted to hear after the Pulwama attack. Clearest messaging to Pak.
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Bold move by @narendramodi to announce a #JantaCurfew Sends immediate message nationwide that situation is dead serious. Also sets a template for future dire emergencies. Lays onus on society to rise to challenge. A less confident leader would not have tried such a major gambit.
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Two days after @IndiaToday expose @DelhiPolice says it has identified armed woman in the mask — Komal Sharma who says she’s an ABVP activist. She’s been underground since Jan 5. Delhi Police has asked her to join the probe. Hope floats. Good journalism triggers action. Jai Ho.
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An emotional moment for Axis My India Psephologist @PradeepGuptaAMI as the pressure releases while his predictions stand vindicated #ResultsOnIndiaToday #ElectionResults2019
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Not sure of what @RahulGandhi problem with the Army’s dog squad doing Yoga is. The Indian Army’s dogs are highly trained and very valuable companions of soldiers both in peace time and during combat. Who is he mocking? The jawans or the dogs? Unless the joke is on him.
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There’s a larger life lesson for everyone in the way that @narendramodi and @AmitShah handled the political situation post June 4. When things go wrong, don’t press the panic button. Put your head down. Introspect. Never let ego get in the way of making tactical compromises.
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56% of new #CoronaVirus cases reported in India over past 72 hours can be traced back to Tablighi Jamaat. This is India’s version of South Korea’s Shincheonji Church of Jesus which led to 7000+ cases in that country. Jamaat responsible for 28% of India’s overall cases so far.
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Dear @amitmalviya Nitin’s wife is a big fan of @narendramodi Though if you keep attacking PM’s fans, I’m not sure it will stay that way. And as far as sister-in-law is concerned, he doesn’t have a brother, so how will he have a sister-in-law in AAP. Pl don’t sound so desperate.
Is the smear campaign against ABVP at the behest of AAP? Too many coincidences that just can’t be ignored. Nitin Jain, who did the sting, his wife is an AAP office bearer(?), sister-in-law has contested on AAP ticket. Would these disclosures not have been desirable, India Today?.
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Thank you for your words of appreciation. Real stars of the day are Jamshed Khan & Nitin Jain, crack reporters from @IndiaToday Special Investigation Team. Proud of their ground work. To extract a confession is not easy. The newsroom doffs its hat to these heroes. #JNUTapes.
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A bunch of cynics are deriding @PMOIndia interaction with Olympics stars as a photo opportunity. But ask the players who interacted with the PM and how charged up they were after the interaction. Or think of all those who were watching and would like to be felicitated next time.
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Critics mocked @narendramodi when he announced plans to develop a global financial services hub in Ahmedabad. For years the project floundered. But Modi persevered. Now top global banks and Alternate Investment Funds are moving here in big numbers. Vision finally coming alive.
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JNU student Akshat Awasthi, who called himself an ABVP activist in the @IndiaToday probe has so far not presented himself before @delhipolice for questioning. Police says if he doesn’t appear today they will be using a notice against him. Akshat has switched off his phones.
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Powerful symbolism in PM @narendramodi meeting Indian Army troops in Ladakh sector. India will not be cowed down. China’s salami slicing may work in the South China Sea but India will push back hard. We may take the odd hit, but the Indian Army will give the PLA a bloody nose.
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The longest running con job in the history of news TV draws to a close (I hope). Dr Sudhir Gupta who lead the AIIMS forensic team of experts to probe the @itsSSR death mystery confirms on record that Sushant committed suicide and that he was not murdered. Satyamev Jayate.
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So far @narendramodi Govt has been proactive in initiating steps to deal with #CoronaVirus But Govt capacities are limited. It will come down to us as a people. Will we follow advisories on social distancing & self quarantine. If citizens violate, there’s little the Govt can do.
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Akshat Awasthi who was caught on camera in the @IndiaToday investigation #JNUTapes was called by the @DelhiPolice for questioning on his role in the violence at JNU. A time was fixed for the questioning. But Akshat failed to show up. @IndiaToday probe follow up.
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Went to see progress of Kashi Vishwanath Heritage corridor. @narendramodi pet Varanasi project. Once Vishwanath Dham is ready by 2022 it will be a world attraction. Attempt to evict encroachers from historical sites. Stunning temples being found from underneath illegal structures
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Where do all these people on the roads think they are going? The reason Italy is a mess, is because citizens didn’t take the lockdown seriously. There is when everyone needs to pay heed to @narendramodi call and stay at home. It’s in your own good. United we live, divided we die.
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#विकासदुबे को उज्जैन से कानपुर लाने के दौरान हमारे संवाददाता काफिले के साथ-साथ चल रहे थे. रात 10.30 बजे राजगढ़ में यूपी एसटीएफ ने @ReporterRavish की कार रोकी और उनकी चाबी निकाल ली. ‘एनकाउंटर’ के ठीक 15 मिनट पहले काफिले के पीछे चल रही @arvindojha की कार रोक दी गई. उसके बाद Boom.
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Not understood how is #JusticeForSushant more important than #JusticeForRhea I understand that there are elections in Bihar but what if elections this year were in West Bengal? Then? Banana Republic channels are accusing her of murder. Even CBI is not charging Rhea with murder.
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Three key characters exposed in @IndiaToday investigation JNU Confession Tapes are absconding according to @DelhiPolice Akshat Awasthi, Komal Sharma & Rohit Shah have not responded to summons and not shown up for questioning. Police looking to arrest next
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There were many who said exporting hydroxy chloroquine to US was a flawed decision. Disagree. Help is a 2 way street. Here’s @realDonaldTrump response: ‘Extraordinary times require closer cooperation between friends. Thank you @PMOIndia for decision on HCQ. Will not be forgotten’.
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India will respond to China’s provocation declares @PMOIndia. @narendramodi makes crsytal clear India’s position on China’s aggression. China will have to face consequences. Enough is enough seems to be message. First public signal of Govt’s will and intent to respond to China.
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This tweet reflects lot of what’s wrong with the hate @narendramodi club. There was no BJP, not even Jan Singh, when the Sikh regiment was fighting Afghan Pathans. And yet @ambkcsingh seems to see shadows of BJP’s ‘jingoism’ in Kesari. This hatred blinds them to logic. Epic fail.
Stop it Rahul. Don’t abuse you being son of an honourable Brigadier. Bollywood shouldn’t turn a great last stand of Sikh/BritishArmy soldiers into Rambo nonsense. Stop pandering to BJP’s jingoism.
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Delhi Police has asked India Today for a copy of the #JNUTapes India Today is submitting the investigation tapes to the investigating authorities in accordance with the law.
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Kejriwal Odd and Even. @ArvindKejriwal.
Yes Rahul. All the gains achieved so far on pollution front in Delhi will be nullified. Whereas we need to do a lot in Delhi also and we are trying, however all govts and all agencies need to work to stop crop burning also.
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Take a bow @smritiirani Giant slayer of 2019. Amethi & India have rejected the Gandhis. This epitomises audacity of ambition. To take on and vanquish president of @INCIndia that ruled India for 6 decades is stuff legends are made of. Smriti stories into top echelons of @BJP4India.
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Folks, I’m taking a short sabbatical. Will be at Harvard Business School participating in an executive programme. Looking forward to spending next few weeks adding to my skills, immersed in new learning and reflection. Hope to be off TV & @Twitter cycle. See you on the other side.
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