Wednesday 29 January 2014

Amazed at the kind of feedback Rahul interview got: Times Now editor

Times Now editor in chief Arnab Goswami talks to the India Ink section of The New York Times  


From NYT: Arnab Goswami, editor in chief of the Times Now television news channel in Mumbai, landed one of the biggest interviews in Indian journalism in recent years when he spoke with Rahul Gandhi, the Congress Party vice president ... On Wednesday, Mr. Goswami spoke with India Ink about how it felt to bag the elusive interview and the reasons behind his tough questions. 
(More at http://nyti.ms/1a1JCHt)

'Nothing substantive' but the thaw has begun: Brahimi on Syria talks


Issue of transitional government remains


From the BBC: UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has said he does not expect to achieve "anything substantive" in the first round of Syria talks before they end on Friday. He said he was "not disappointed" and that "the ice is breaking slowly".
[More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25953278#TWEET1028033]