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Nishant Shekhar
Nishant Shekhar is a Senior Assistant Editor at indianexpress.com who writes on various topics, including politics, sports and entertainment. He holds a Bachelor's degree in commerce and has done Post Graduate Diploma in journalism. He also runs a satire show on the YouTube channel of indianexpres.com titled #HarshTag India where he explains the latest developments with subtle and cutting humour. While working at indianexpress.com, he has extensively covered the 2019 General and several state assembly elections. He has interviewed several politicians, including Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Jharkhand Deputy CM Saryu Roy, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and others. During a short stint at the entertainment desk of indianexpress.com, he interviewed prominent film industry personalities, including Anurag Kashyap, Hrithik Roshan, Manoj Bajpai, Irrfan Khan and others. He has also produced many video feature stories and political explainers for indianexpress.com.
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Wed, May 23, 2018
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Thu, May 17, 2018
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Tue, May 15, 2018
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Thu, Feb 09, 2017
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