Who is Shekhar Gupta?
Shekhar Gupta is a renowned Indian journalist who was the Editor-in-Chief and CEO of the Indian Express for 13 years. He switched over to India Today as the Editor-in-Chief in 2015.
Did Christian Michel pay Shekhar Gupta to tone down article?
Enforcement Directorate alleged that the main accused Christian Michel accepted that he through a middlemen paid Shekhar Gupta to “tone down” an article related to the deal in The Indian Express. The chargesheet of ED was leaked to the media in April 2019 just few days before the national elections.
Why did Shekhar Gupta close his company greenpine agro?
• In 2010, Shekhar Gupta closed down his company, Greenpine Agro, after he was accused by the former Indian Army General V.K. Singh of tax evasion, fraud, and being involved in the Commonwealth Games Scam; as Gupta had not filed tax for many years and then he filed 8 years of balance sheets on a single day on 18 January 2010.
Who is Rajeev Gupta?
He has had long stints at The Indian Express and India Today. Gupta writes a weekly column called “National Interest” for India Today magazine. His “National Interest” columns for The Indian Express were collected in his 2014 book Anticipating India.
Is Shekhar Gupta really neutral in journalism?
Shekhar Gupta, one of the foremost faces of supposed “neutrality” in the world of journalism and the chief of the Editors Guild of India recently acknowledged that journalists naturally had political biases. Speaking on his Youtube show, celebrating three years of his media venture ‘The Print’, Shekhar Gupta took some questions from his audience.
Why did Shekhar change the headline of one of her articles?
• In 2017, the renowned Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen accused Shekhar of changing the headline of one of her articles to create a rift between communities. The heading of the article, after being published, offended many people in India.