Arnab Goswami: India's Newsmaker-in-Chief Stirs the Pot Again

29/10/2025 4 min
Arnab Goswami: India's Newsmaker-in-Chief Stirs the Pot Again

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Arnab Goswami BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.Arnab Goswami has been everywhere over the past few days—in the studio, online, and trending all over social media. The anchor kicked off the week with one of his signature national security debates, framing India’s launch of Operation Trishool as the biggest underreported story in recent memory. Broadcasting live from Republic Media Network headquarters, Goswami declared the joint Army-Navy-Air Force maneuvers near Sir Creek as more than just a drill: he said this was real war preparation, mapping out a thousand kilometer combat theatre from salt marshes to desert, and incorporating AI-enabled tracking algorithms and electromagnetic spectrum operations for the first time. Experts on his panel emphasized the psychological and strategic pressure Trishool would put on Pakistan’s military, with Goswami repeatedly warning that India’s defense posture had fundamentally shifted—a headline that quickly made the rounds on social and mainstream media.Within 48 hours, Goswami was again front and center, dissecting the Election Commission’s nationwide Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Leading prime time coverage, he declared that the overhaul—targeting duplicates and foreign entries across 12 states—would expose long-standing vote theft and disenfranchisement, deflecting opposition accusations and grilling his panel on why such reforms were triggering panic among Congress and allied parties. His sharp criticism and allegations that the “Indie ecosystem” was complicit in alleged voter fraud ricocheted throughout political circles—again stoking fiery discussions on Twitter and WhatsApp.The week was a blur of exclusive interviews and reports, with Goswami delivering a fiery analysis on the lingering cricket controversy where India’s refusal to accept the Asia Cup trophy from Pakistan’s official was portrayed as an unprecedented act of disrespect by Goswami himself. He accused Pakistan’s cricket administration of “trophy chor” politics, a phrase that trended widely and tapped into both sporting and nationalistic passions online. Goswami followed up by framing India and Afghanistan’s water strategies as a geopolitical squeeze on Pakistan’s future, warning on-air that river diversions and dam constructions had serious implications for the region’s stability, with clips of the debate circulating on Instagram and X.In terms of business activity, Republic Media Network—founded and guided editorially by Goswami—just announced Republic Education, a new vertical set to undertake India’s largest-ever college ranking project, powered by Collegedunia. Goswami himself released a statement championing the initiative as a step towards transparency and credibility in Indian higher education. This announcement was picked up in business and education news as a significant expansion for Republic’s brand.Controversy is never far away. The Congress party filed criminal complaints against Goswami and BJP’s Amit Malviya for alleged defamation, with FIRs recently registered but no immediate personal comment from Goswami, a fact noted in political news circles.On social and video networks, Goswami’s right-wing reputation and combative style continue to be a fixture—his recent panel debates have reached millions via Republic World and YouTube, as mapped by Oxford’s Reuters Institute. Add to this a trending hashtag storm—#DebateWithArnab, #OpTrishool, #TrophyChor—and it’s clear that Arnab Goswami remains the axis around which much of India’s news, controversy, and political conversation rotates.Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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