Sweta Singh is an Indian journalist and news presenter. She is a news anchor and Senior Executive Editor of Special Programming at

Aaj Tak ''Aaj Tak'' () is an Indian Hindi-language news channel owned by TV Today Network, part of the New Delhi-based media conglomerate Living Media group (India Today Group) Aaj Tak HD On 14 December 2018, Aaj Tak launched India's first Hindi h ...

Career

Singh started her career while still in first year of graduate studies in Patna University. She has several bylines to her name in ''The Times of India'' Patna edition and ''Hindustan Times'' Patna edition, before she switched to electronic media in 1998. She worked for

Zee News Zee News is an Indian Hindi-language news channel owned by Subhash Chandra's Essel Group. It launched on 27 August 1999 and is the flagship channel of the Zee Media Corporation. The channel has been involved in several controversies and has ...

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, before joining

in 2002. She is known for her expertise in covering sports-related news. Her show ''Sourav ka Sixer'' won the award for best sports programme by Sports Journalism Federation of India (SJFI) in 2005. She has also made appearances in some films, like

Chak De! India ''Chak De! India'' () is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film directed by Shimit Amin and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films, with a script written by Jaideep Sahni. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as Kabir Kh ...

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Chakravyuh The Padmavyūha ( sa, पद्मव्यूह) or Chakravyūha ( sa, चक्रव्यूह) is a military formation used to surround enemies, depicted in the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. It resembles a labyrinth of multiple defensiv ...

'' and '' Jhund'' as an Aaj Tak news presenter. Singh also did the show ''History of Patliputra'' during

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five-phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar group (a group ...

Personal life

Singh is married to Sanket Kotkar

Criticism

Lapdog media

Singh has been criticized for not questioning the ruling NDA government. In 2016, she said that Rs 2000 new note will contain nano chip, after the NDA government announced demonetization.

References

External links

Official Website
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