Nothing But The Truth

Raj Chengappa in conversation with top Indian AI expert Srikanth Velamakanni on everything you wanted to know about AI’s promise and peril. Listen in! Produced by Anna Priyadarshini Sound Mix by Kapil Dev Singh

The management mantras of Narendra Modi and why the Prime Minister is India Today’s Newsmaker of the Year 2023. In this episode of Nothing But The Truth, Raj Chengappa deals with all the nine avatars of Modi which have made him politically so highly successful.

Do the three new criminal laws enacted by Parliament bring radical change? Or are they just old wine wrapped in a Bharat bottle? Top experts Dr Sulkhan Singh, former DGP of UP and Siddharth Luthra, senior Supreme Court advocate, join Raj Chengappa in analysing the pros and cons. Listen in! Produced by Anna Priyadarshini Sound mix by Kapil Dev Singh

Answers to all the key questions on the way forward after the historic SC verdict, including holding J&K assembly polls, restoration of statehood, dealing with Pakistan and the proposed truth and reconciliation commission with top national security expert Amitabh Mattoo. Listen in! Produced by Anna Priyadarshini Sound mix by Kapil Dev Singh

With three big wins in heartland states, is it game, set, and match for PM Modi and the BJP for a third successive term at the Centre? A SWOT analysis by Raj Chengappa! Listen in! Produced by Anna Priyadarshini Sound mix by Kapil Dev Singh

New research shows that air pollution wreaks not only your lungs but also damages key organs in your body - the brain, heart, kidneys, pancreas - apart from causing diabetes and cancer. Indian cities are among the most polluted in the world. We have to clean the air around us urgently or suffer dire health consequences. Raj Chengappa explains. Listen in! Produced by Anna Priyadarshini Sound mix by...

For the first time, the audio recording of India Today Magazine's exclusive interview with Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao, as he faces his ultimate test - to win a third successive term. KCR speaks candidly to Raj Chengappa, about PM Modi, Parivarvaad, Corruption charges, Congress betrayal claims, and his image of being an authoritarian leader. Listen in! Produced by Anna Priyadarshini Sound mi...

As Bollywood celebs, politicians and a host of others fall prey, Raj Chengappa gets into an exclusive interaction with Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Union Minister of State for Infotech, on the new and dangerous Weapon of Mass Deception and what India needs to do to prevent its escalation. Listen in! Produced by Anna Priyadarshini Sound mix by Sachin Dwivedi

The Telangana strongman has to battle anti-incumbency and a reborn Congress to win a third successive term. After Telangana was formed, KCR has won two successive assembly elections with full majorities. But can the 69-year-old mercurial leader score a hat-trick of wins and return as chief minister for the third time? Raj Chengappa explains in this episode of Nothing But The Truth. Listen in! Prod...

With two big wars raging - Israel-Gaza and Russia-Ukraine - top foreign policy experts Syed Akbaruddin and B. Venkatesh Varma analyse the dangers of a possible global conflagration. Listen in! Produced by Anna Priyadarshini Sound mix by Kapil Dev Singh

The results of the 5 states going to the polls shortly – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram -  will set the tone and narrative for Lok Sabha 2024. Yashwant Deshmukh of C-Voter tells you why. Listen in! Produced by Anna Priyadarshini Sound mix by Kapil Dev Singh

Nawaz Sharif, three-time Pakistan PM, returns after four humiliating years in exile and the fall of Imran Khan. Can he become PM again for a record fourth term? In this episode of Nothing But The Truth, Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa looks at the new political power game in Pakistan, analyses the significance of Nawaz Sharif’s return to the centre stage and the challe...

How to protect yourself from being robbed of your money through your phone! In this episode, we look at how your phone has increasingly become an instrument in the hands of criminals to rob you of your hard earned money. And then tell you what you can do to protect yourself. Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa is joined by India’s top cyber security expert, Dr Gulshan Rai,...

What we are all watching in Israel are tragic scenes of death and devastation. Hamas militants fired more than 5,000 missiles on major Israeli population centres, accompanied by land and sea offensives. The attack left more than 1,200 Israelis dead and another 2,700 wounded. What was astounding was the failure of the Israeli defence, intelligence and security apparatus. Israel had in the...

The Opposition will use the Bihar caste findings on OBCs to unleash a fresh wave of  Mandal politics to disrupt the BJP's Hindutva consolidation strategy for 2024. But can it work?

What's behind the diplomatic face-off between Modi and Trudeau, and will it turn even nastier. Produced by Anna Priyadarshini Sound mix by Kapil Dev Singh

In this episode of Nothing But The Truth, Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa answers the key questions: Why did PM Modi enact the women’s quota bill at the fag end of his second term and not earlier? When will women enjoy the reservation quota that they have been promised? Will women’s legislation politically benefit the PM and the Bhartiya Janta Party or BJP for the upc...

What’s in a name? Well plenty it seems when it comes to the name of a country. For 76 years most of us have been comfortable using India or Bharat to refer to our great nation. In general parlance, India was used while speaking in English and Bharat while speaking in Hindi.  Now there is huge debate over giving pre-eminence of all official communication to the word Bharat in place of Indi...

The Geopolitical Divide Deepens as Xi and Putin skip summit but India gets Global South Centre-stage. Why Delhi G20 matters. When India assumed the G20 presidency late last year, the world was already in a state of deep disorder. It was, in fact, in free fall as a war provoked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—now in its 19th month—saw big powers line up dangerously against each other. This was imme...

In an exclusive interview with ISRO Chairman Dr. S. Somanath, Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa speaks about the big outcomes of Chandrayaan-3 and India's space plans ahead. With Chandrayaan's triumph, Somanath discusses its significance for India and how the data from Chandrayaan 3 will shape future scientific endeavors. He sheds light on the uniqueness of upco...

What India Today's latest Mood-Of-The-Nation Poll reveals? Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the big question is will Prime Minister Narendra Modi secure a third term? The survey found that 52 per cent of the respondents said that PM Modi is best suited to be the next Prime Minister, while 16% of respondents voted for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.  What are its other major findings? In this e...

In this episode, Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa lists the 10 Big Things India needs to do in Amrit Kaal to become a developed country by 2047. What would it take for India to be a developed nation when it celebrates 100 years of Independence? A developed nation is defined as a  country that demonstrates sustainable economic growth with a robust and has an efficient tr...

For close to three months now Manipur has been burning. The law-and-order machinery of the state has completely collapsed. There is now a virtual civil war between the two dominant communities in the state: The Meiteis and the Kukis. The state police force have taken sides. As a result heavily armed vigilantes from both communities now impose their writ on the districts that they have a majority i...

Till now the start-up sector has been the pride of India. India now has the third largest start-up eco-system in the world, next only to the US and China. It has as many as 108 Unicorns or those start-ups that have a valuation of more than one billion dollars. Again, this number is the third largest in the world. We have all become familiar with their names. Byjus, Meeshu, Oyo, Ola, Unacademy, Nyk...

India launched its ambitious Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon. The spacecraft launched aboard India's heaviest rocket, Launch vehicle Mark-III a.k.a LVM3 on a journey to the Moon. The spacecraft will complete the 3,84,000 kilometers-long journey in nearly 45 days to attempt a soft-landing on the Moon by the end of August. In this episode of Nothing But The Truth, Editorial Director (Publishing) R...