Episodes
It's being called the biggest bank scam in India's history. More than Rs 11,000 crore was siphoned from one of India's biggest banks - Punjab National Bank - allegedly by one of India's richest men Nirav Modi and his family-run businesses. How, over a period of years, were firms associated with the diamond trader systematically given Letters of Undertaking without any permissions that enabled them to get foreign exchange from the branches of Indian banks abroad? Where was the system of checks...
Published 02/15/18
It's being called the biggest bank scam in India's history. More than Rs 11,000 crore was siphoned from one of India's biggest banks - Punjab National Bank - allegedly by one of India's richest men Nirav Modi and his family-run businesses. How, over a period of years, were firms associated with the diamond trader systematically given Letters of Undertaking without any permissions that enabled them to get foreign exchange from the branches of Indian banks abroad? Where was the system of checks...
Published 02/15/18
It's being called the biggest bank scam in India's history. More than Rs 11,000 crore was siphoned from one of India's biggest banks - Punjab National Bank - allegedly by one of India's richest men Nirav Modi and his family-run businesses. How, over a period of years, were firms associated with the diamond trader systematically given Letters of Undertaking without any permissions that enabled them to get foreign exchange from the branches of Indian banks abroad? Where was the system of checks...
Published 02/15/18
On Valentine's Day, pledge your heart. On this edition of The Buck Stops Here, we talk about organ donation. Five lakh people in India die every year because of the non-availability of organs. The rate of organ donation in India is just 0.5 donors per 10 lakh people as per 2013 data. Everyone can save up to seven lives by donating organs. At any given time, there are eight to 10 brain-dead potential donors in intensive care units of any major city. On the show, we look at how laws in the...
Published 02/14/18
On Valentine's Day, pledge your heart. On this edition of The Buck Stops Here, we talk about organ donation. Five lakh people in India die every year because of the non-availability of organs. The rate of organ donation in India is just 0.5 donors per 10 lakh people as per 2013 data. Everyone can save up to seven lives by donating organs. At any given time, there are eight to 10 brain-dead potential donors in intensive care units of any major city. On the show, we look at how laws in the...
Published 02/14/18
On Valentine's Day, pledge your heart. On this edition of The Buck Stops Here, we talk about organ donation. Five lakh people in India die every year because of the non-availability of organs. The rate of organ donation in India is just 0.5 donors per 10 lakh people as per 2013 data. Everyone can save up to seven lives by donating organs. At any given time, there are eight to 10 brain-dead potential donors in intensive care units of any major city. On the show, we look at how laws in the...
Published 02/14/18
On 'The Buck Stops Here', a special interview with a man once regarded as one of the most promising Indian batsman, Sanjay Manjrekar. Manjrekar's book 'Imperfect' is an incredibly candid confession of the highs and lows in his life, of living with Vijay Manjrekar his father and a legendary Indian cricketer but also a violent and abusive man, of going through the ropes of Indian cricket, of seeing, as a Mumbai batsman, the advent of Sachin Tendulkar and now of his life as one of India's...
Published 02/13/18
On 'The Buck Stops Here', a special interview with a man once regarded as one of the most promising Indian batsman, Sanjay Manjrekar. Manjrekar's book 'Imperfect' is an incredibly candid confession of the highs and lows in his life, of living with Vijay Manjrekar his father and a legendary Indian cricketer but also a violent and abusive man, of going through the ropes of Indian cricket, of seeing, as a Mumbai batsman, the advent of Sachin Tendulkar and now of his life as one of India's...
Published 02/13/18
On 'The Buck Stops Here', a special interview with a man once regarded as one of the most promising Indian batsman, Sanjay Manjrekar. Manjrekar's book 'Imperfect' is an incredibly candid confession of the highs and lows in his life, of living with Vijay Manjrekar his father and a legendary Indian cricketer but also a violent and abusive man, of going through the ropes of Indian cricket, of seeing, as a Mumbai batsman, the advent of Sachin Tendulkar and now of his life as one of India's...
Published 02/13/18
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat sparked a controversy after he reportedly said that the RSS can be raised an army from within its ranks within three days. Critics have asked if that means some sort of an extra-constitutional militia force? Where does that leave our army? And despite a clarification that has now come, are comments like this at all necessary?
Published 02/12/18
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat sparked a controversy after he reportedly said that the RSS can be raised an army from within its ranks within three days. Critics have asked if that means some sort of an extra-constitutional militia force? Where does that leave our army? And despite a clarification that has now come, are comments like this at all necessary?
Published 02/12/18
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat sparked a controversy after he reportedly said that the RSS can be raised an army from within its ranks within three days. Critics have asked if that means some sort of an extra-constitutional militia force? Where does that leave our army? And despite a clarification that has now come, are comments like this at all necessary?
Published 02/12/18
As soldiers fought to flush out terrorists from the Sunjuwan military camp in Jammu on Saturday, their colleagues at a military hospital, just 10 km away, worked through the night to save a pregnant woman who had been brought in with gunshot wounds. Meet the doctors who saved not one but two lives in this heart-warming story.
Published 02/12/18
As soldiers fought to flush out terrorists from the Sunjuwan military camp in Jammu on Saturday, their colleagues at a military hospital, just 10 km away, worked through the night to save a pregnant woman who had been brought in with gunshot wounds. Meet the doctors who saved not one but two lives in this heart-warming story.
Published 02/12/18
As soldiers fought to flush out terrorists from the Sunjuwan military camp in Jammu on Saturday, their colleagues at a military hospital, just 10 km away, worked through the night to save a pregnant woman who had been brought in with gunshot wounds. Meet the doctors who saved not one but two lives in this heart-warming story.
Published 02/12/18
Nearly three months after she said that price details of the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft from France will be shared with reporters, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has now stated in Parliament that confidentiality clauses within the deal prevent the disclosure of these details - which means that there can never be full public scrutiny of the Rs 58,000 crore deal which the Congress says resulted in an insurmountable loss of taxpayers money. On The Buck Stops Here, we ask: does...
Published 02/06/18
Nearly three months after she said that price details of the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft from France will be shared with reporters, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has now stated in Parliament that confidentiality clauses within the deal prevent the disclosure of these details - which means that there can never be full public scrutiny of the Rs 58,000 crore deal which the Congress says resulted in an insurmountable loss of taxpayers money. On The Buck Stops Here, we ask: does...
Published 02/06/18
Nearly three months after she said that price details of the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft from France will be shared with reporters, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has now stated in Parliament that confidentiality clauses within the deal prevent the disclosure of these details - which means that there can never be full public scrutiny of the Rs 58,000 crore deal which the Congress says resulted in an insurmountable loss of taxpayers money. On The Buck Stops Here, we ask: does...
Published 02/06/18
Four Indians soldiers died in Pakistani shelling on the Line of Control on Sunday. The Indian Army has said our action will speak for itself. But where will this end? The number of ceasefire violations that have taken place are colossal - 240 ceasefire violations in just one month and five days of this year. Where is this all headed? Are we headed for a war? Is there no other option? How many more soldiers will we lose as tensions along the Line of Control continue? We debate on The Buck...
Published 02/05/18
Four Indians soldiers died in Pakistani shelling on the Line of Control on Sunday. The Indian Army has said our action will speak for itself. But where will this end? The number of ceasefire violations that have taken place are colossal - 240 ceasefire violations in just one month and five days of this year. Where is this all headed? Are we headed for a war? Is there no other option? How many more soldiers will we lose as tensions along the Line of Control continue? We debate on The Buck...
Published 02/05/18
Four Indians soldiers died in Pakistani shelling on the Line of Control on Sunday. The Indian Army has said our action will speak for itself. But where will this end? The number of ceasefire violations that have taken place are colossal - 240 ceasefire violations in just one month and five days of this year. Where is this all headed? Are we headed for a war? Is there no other option? How many more soldiers will we lose as tensions along the Line of Control continue? We debate on The Buck...
Published 02/05/18
On Saturday, two protesters were shot dead by the Army in Shopian in Kashmir after about 10 jawans were surrounded and stoned. One jawan has brain injuries; he was unconscious and had to be air evacuated. Left with no option, the Army jawans opened fire. Or were there options? On The Buck Stops Here, as alliance partners the BJP and the PDP slug it out, we ask: what options do a small group of soldiers facing a life and death situation really have?
Published 01/30/18
On Saturday, two protesters were shot dead by the Army in Shopian in Kashmir after about 10 jawans were surrounded and stoned. One jawan has brain injuries; he was unconscious and had to be air evacuated. Left with no option, the Army jawans opened fire. Or were there options? On The Buck Stops Here, as alliance partners the BJP and the PDP slug it out, we ask: what options do a small group of soldiers facing a life and death situation really have?
Published 01/30/18
On Saturday, two protesters were shot dead by the Army in Shopian in Kashmir after about 10 jawans were surrounded and stoned. One jawan has brain injuries; he was unconscious and had to be air evacuated. Left with no option, the Army jawans opened fire. Or were there options? On The Buck Stops Here, as alliance partners the BJP and the PDP slug it out, we ask: what options do a small group of soldiers facing a life and death situation really have?
Published 01/30/18