saurabh chakravertty

A good friend to many!
Ex-NDTV, Ex-Network 18, Ex-India Today.
currently @Wion
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[ANI @ANI]

Internet services suspended within a 4-km radius in New Delhi. The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the temporary suspension of internet services. Internet services will remain suspended within a 4-kilometer radius around the Janpath–Kartavya Path crossing. Services will remain suspended from 10 PM on October 9 to 10 PM on October 10. Instructions have been issued to suspend all forms of mobile internet technology.

[WION @WIONews]

Exercise Tarang Shakti 2026 brings together aircraft and aircrew from participating nations in a shared formation, showcasing trust, precision and international airpower camaraderie

(Video: Indian Air Force)

[India_AllSports @India_AllSports]

HISTORY! 🥇

PRANAVI URS WINS GOLD IN GOLF, BECOMING THE FIRST INDIAN WOMAN TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL IN THE SPORT AT ASIAN GAMES! 🇮🇳

#AG2026withIAS #AichiNagoya2026

[India_AllSports @India_AllSports]

Ladies & Gentlemen: Our 1st ever Recurve Individual Gold medalist at Asian Games

17 yr old Kumkum Mohod on the victory podium after winning GOLD ♥️

#AichiNagoya2026 #AG2026withIAS

[India_AllSports @India_AllSports]

GOLD MEDAL FOR LOVLINA BORGOHAIN! 🔥🔥🔥

Beat Bao Ziyi of China 5:0 in Final of Women's 75kg.

BECOMES ONLY 2ND 🇮🇳 FEMALE BOXER TO WIN GOLD AT ASIAN GAMES

#AichiNagoya2026 #AG2026withIAS

[Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر @emilykschrader]

Pilots in civilian clothes who were passengers landed the plane!

Passenger testimony:
“We are currently in Saudi Arabia. One of the crew members attacked the pilot with a knife and disabled the aircraft’s systems. Yaniv and another passenger stormed the cockpit and subdued the attacker. Luckily, there were two more pilots on board. They were the ones who managed to land the plane.”

[Alex Macheras @AlexInAir]

Severe damage to the aircraft involved in the FlyDubai incident, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, following the ‘forced’ descent (from 30,000ft to around 15,000ft in just approx 30 secs) during the time of an incident in the flight deck (involving pilots, and reportedly some passengers)

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The U.S. military says it has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission. https://t.co/REaEWbVOz8

[Heidi Bachram @HeidiBachram]

This video of the flight from Dubai plunging as the co-pilot appears to have tried to crash it is chilling. There were 174 passengers headed to Tel Aviv including 27 children. You can hear the kids scream. Thank goodness for the heroes on board.

[WION @WIONews]

Glitches plague American warships: Is US Navy’s fleet at breaking point?

(Report by @saurabhchakra)

#Gravitas

READ: https://t.co/humwQFGy9D

https://t.co/humwQFGy9D

[WION @WIONews]

Five Pakistani crew members arrested after Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat ATS intercept a narco-smuggling vessel in the Arabian Sea; seized haul taken to Mumbai

#IndianCoastGuard #GujaratATS #DrugSmuggling #ArabianSea #Pakistan #Mumbai

[saurabh chakravertty @saurabhchakra]

All’s not well with US warships read/watch the story on @WIONews
https://t.co/5YQPLLW3LP

[India_AllSports @India_AllSports]

BREAKING: GOLD MEDAL FOR INDIA IN WOMEN'S 4X400m RELAY 🔥🔥🔥

#AG2026withIAS #AichiNagoya2026

[Athletics Federation of India @afiindia]

🥈 44 YEARS. ONE MAN. ONE HISTORIC SILVER. 🇮🇳

Sawan Barwal has won India's first Asian Games marathon medal since 1982.
⏱️ 2:11:37, a NEW NATIONAL RECORD 🔥
And he's the first Indian ever to win one outside India. Every marathon medal before today was won at home in Delhi:
🏅 Chhota Singh, gold, 1951
🏅 Surat Singh Mathur, bronze, 1951
🏅 H.K. Seetharam, bronze, 1982

Today in Nagoya, Sawan rewrote that story.
His race, km by km ➡️
5 km: 15:28 (2nd)
10 km: 31:28 (LEADING 🇮🇳)
15 km: 47:35 (leading)
20 km: 1:02:35 (leading)
Halfway: 1:05:54 (leading)
25 km: 1:18:19 (leading)
30 km: 1:34:40 (2nd, 1 second back)
35 km: 1:49:29 (back in the lead)
40 km: 2nd, after Japan's Yamashita made his move
FINISH: 2:11:37 🥈
He led for most of the 20 km from the 10 km mark, then kept fighting after Yamashita's attack. For more than two hours, he never let go.
From the hills of Himachal to the podium in Nagoya 🙏
Take a bow, Sawan. You've made history. ❤️

#AsianGames2026 #TeamIndia #IndianAthletics #Nagoya2026 #SawanBarwal

[saurabh chakravertty @saurabhchakra]

@azharflicks Azzu Bhai. The Wristy Magician

[Ashutosh Sinha 🇮🇳 @AshutoshSinha00]

World Cup 1987 semi final in Mumbai. Vengsarkar did not play and Pandit came into the side. Gavaskar's last ODI for India

[India_AllSports @India_AllSports]

AFTER 16 YEARS, INDIA HAS A WOMEN’S 10,000m MEDAL AT THE ASIAN GAMES AGAIN! 🔥

ATHLETICS: Seema WINS BRONZE medal in the Women’s 10,000m Final! 🥉

#AG2026withIAS #AichiNagoya2026

[FSUI @FSUIINDIA]

Another Indian seafarer killed.
Wiper Suraj Yadav of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, is dead after MV Cape Dao was attacked today while sailing toward India.
28 crew on board, 20 of them Indian.
Two torpedoes: • Port side C-deck (accommodation) • Port side hull (engine room)
Assurances mean nothing. Innocent civilian seafarers are being slaughtered in and around Hormuz.
FSUI demands immediate accountability, safe passage, and justice for Suraj Yadav and every Indian seafarer still at risk.
#SeafarersLivesMatter #Hormuz #FSUI
@meaindia1
@dgshipping_IN
@DrSJaishankar
@ITFAPAC
@ITFArabworld
@IMOHQ
@ITFglobalunion
@shipmin_india
@FSUIINDIA
@FsuiManoj

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: The moment an RAF training jet crashes shortly after take-off at RAF Valley

[Manoj Gupta @PassionForNews]

#BreakingNews
Another Indian seafarer killed at sea near Oman. Suraj Yadav of Deoria, UP, has died after MV Cape Dao was struck today while sailing toward India. Two torpedoes targeted the vessel. 20 of the 28 crew members on board are Indian

[saurabh chakravertty @saurabhchakra]

Thank you @hvgoenka for reposing your faith in @WIONews

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

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✍️ Favourite columnists: @virsanghvi , @ShekharGupta
📺 Favourite news channels: @IndiaToday, @WIONews
📰 Favourite newspapers: @timesofindia, @EconomicTimes
📖 Favourite magazines: @IndiaToday, @TIME
𝕏 Favourite on X: @ValaAfshar @anandmahindra

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