Mumbai: Times NOW English News Channel, from the country’s largest media conglomerate, Bennett Coleman and Company Limited launches ‘India Upfront with Rahul Shivshankar’. As the name suggests it is a path breaking new show that will put hard facts – Upfront – for the nation to assess. It will be a 60 minute show Monday to Friday at 8 pm, that started by Yesterday 23 January 2017 that is hosted by Rahul Shivshankar, the newly appointed Chief Editor of Times NOW.
Commenting on the show, Rahul Shivshankar, Chief Editor of Times NOW, said “The show fills a massive void at Prime Time on news channels as most of them have fallen victim to the temptation of putting rhetoric ahead of hard facts therefore compromising on long held values that separate news from propaganda.”
He further reiterated that through ‘India Upfront’, Times NOW will bring back the focus on facts that will construct the narrative around verifiable information to the viewers with an all-around holistic view of events that touch their lives.
TIMES NOW, the channel known for its vociferous debates and also seen as agents of change by the Indian diaspora in over 88 countries across the globe, launches India Upfront with a 360 vision to present, captivate and inform viewers about daily events that affect the citizens of the country.
