| Name(s) |
ARNAB GOSWAMI |
| Date of
Birth |
October 09, 1973 |
|
Identity |
Indian journalist
who was the editor-in-chief and a news anchor of the Indian news
channel Times Now and ET Now. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1994: He started his career
in The Telegraph in Kolkata, where he worked for less than a
year.
- 1995: TV news broadcast
with NDTV 24x7 in 1995, where he anchored daily newscasts,
and reporting for News Tonight a programme telecast on DD
Metro.
- 2003 – Asian Television Award for Best
Presenter or Anchor (Runner up).
- 2007 – Society Young Achievers Award
for excellence in the field of Media.
- 2010 – Assamese of the Year Award by
News Live.
- 2010 – Ramnath Goenka Award for
Excellence in Journalism (TV) by the Indian Express Group.
- October 31, 2016: He
resigned from his position as President and Editor-in-chief
at Times Now which is part of Times Television Network.
- October 2016: Goswami was
recently given “Y category” security cover from the
government after the Intelligence Bureau perceived a threat
to his life from “Pakistan based terrorists groups”.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He is considered to be the most valuable News Anchor in
India (as of 2016).
- He has guided Times NOW to top spot in English News
space with in less than a year of launching the channel in
2006.
- In 2007, Times Now had beaten its rivals in the weekly
ratings for the first time under his Editorial leadership.
Since then he managed to sustain the leadership of Times NOW
in the No. 1 slot for 8 consecutive years.
- The interview based “Frankly Speaking with Arnab” is,
both in terms of viewership and impact, today the most
followed interview on television, making headlines every
week.
- As President and Editor in Chief of Times NOW, he has
revolutionised news coverage, anchoring for 100 hours during
the 26/11 attack, spearheading the greatest exposes against
corruption starting with the CWG scam, and including the 2G
scam, the Kargil for Profit scam and others in 2010-11, the
coverage of the Anna agitation, and path breaking interviews
with Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi in 2014 that set the
news agenda in the National Election.
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