Prateek Goyal

Murky business: How news channels manipulate ratings

Murky business: How news channels manipulate ratings

A press conference by Mumbai police brings big news channels under the radar for alleged manipulation of TRPs On 8…

October 14, 2020

Circus at Rhea Chakraborty’s house

After spending a day outside the actor’s house I have only one word for what I witnessed: Shame! It was…

September 4, 2020

Confusion worse confounded

How Republic passed off a muddle of contradictions as ‘news’ about Disha Salian’s death The front page of the Indian Express had…

September 29, 2020

Rising star falls

Suraj Chavan, 18, became one of Maharashtra’s most popular TikTok stars, with 15 lakh followers. His dream was to rebuild…

September 28, 2020

Gossip anonymous

Websites are devoted to scandalous anonymous gossip on celebrities, and the issue’s back in the spotlight with Sushant Singh Rajput’s…

July 3, 2020

‘I made a big mistake’

Asif Khan was vilified and lost his job after Satish Suthar’s Buzzing Trends wrongly identified him as the Twitter user…

June 12, 2020

What ails Pune

From the first patient to 100 cases a day: Pune has become one of India’s first coronavirus hotspots, an audit…

May 20, 2020