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Zakka Jacob

Managing Editor, CNN-News18

Zakka Jacob is the Managing Editor of CNN-News18 and writes extensively on Indian and global politics. He tweets at @Zakka_Jacob.

- India
- March 10, 2023, 09:00 IST
Biden Okayed Nord Stream Sabotage to Stop Putin Going to War; NYT Report 'Crazy': Seymour Hersh
If 90% of the editors in America disappear, it'll be better for the press, said the investigative journalist, who is a Pulitzer Prize winner, in the exclusive conversation
- World
- March 07, 2023, 12:46 IST
Australian Ex-PM Abbott Says Outsiders Could’ve Led Pro-Khalistan Protests in Melbourne in January
Tony Abbott said that people who participated in the pro-Khalistan protests in Melbourne could have entered Australia on tourist visas saying they were there for holidaying
- World
- March 07, 2023, 11:05 IST
China Eyeing Taiwan Covetously but Quad Forces it to Think: Former Aus PM Abbott
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told CNN-News18 that Quad forces China to think what it would be up against if it decides to invade Taiwan
- India
- March 02, 2023, 15:18 IST
ChatGPT A Very, Very Valuable Tool, AI Will Be the Change Agent, Says Bill Gates
"AI can take any paper and give you suggestions. But it is still important for people to know how to write, just like they need to know mathematics [despite calculators]. The governments need to engage AI to solve policy questions," says Bill Gates
- India
- December 02, 2022, 17:02 IST
None of Its Business, Says US Charge d'Affaires on Beijing's Objections to India-US Military Exercise
Charge d’Affaires at the US Embassy Elizabeth Jones says the US Embassy is working on reducing the wait time for visas by summer
- India
- June 27, 2022, 12:54 IST
Russia-Ukraine War, Belligerent China: Why India Needs to be Added to the G7 to Make it G8
India's regular participation at the G7 summits clearly reflects that the West needs its support to confront major challenges facing the globe, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said last week
- Lifestyle
- June 06, 2022, 16:17 IST
Tourism Ministry Launches National Strategy for Sustainable Tourism, Responsible Traveler Campaign
The Scheme will encourage the adoption of principles of sustainable tourism including environmental, socio-cultural, and economic sustainability, the ministry said.
- Politics
- October 20, 2021, 16:33 IST
‘It’s Over’: Amarinder Slams ‘Cong Interference’, Says Sidhu’s Elevation Led to ‘Bad Blood’
Speaking to CNN-News18, Amarinder Singh said Congress lost ground very fast in Punjab and making Sidhu the state party chief was one of the reasons for the decline.
- World
- September 23, 2021, 09:22 IST
Death Knell for QUAD? AUKUS Is Doing What 'Asian NATO' Was Supposed to Do — Counter China
In 2007, when Japanese PM Shinzo Abe proposed Quad, China was not the threat it is today.
- World
- August 27, 2021, 16:54 IST
America's Afghanistan Blunder: Will Joe Biden Walk the Talk of 'Won't Forget, Won't Forgive?'
This is the US president's moment of truth and time to avenge the death of 13 American soldiers.
- India
- July 28, 2021, 18:16 IST
EXCLUSIVE | Quad Not on Military Lines, US Vaccines to India Depend on Regulatory, Legal Processes: Antony Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Quad is group of like-minded democracies coming together on important issues, such as free and open Indo-Pacific region.
- India
- May 07, 2021, 06:55 IST
Month-long Lockdown, Pop-up Hospitals, Vaccine: Dr Fauci on India's Covid Conundrum
India needs to pull together - as a united nation - bereft of political divisiveness to beat the common enemy which is the virus, said Dr Fauci.
- Politics
- March 26, 2021, 21:00 IST
Corrupt AIADMK Failed, DMK Will Get Over 200 Seats in Tsunami of Support: Stalin
In a special interview, the DMK’s CM candidate also says Kamal Haasan’s party is instigated by the BJP. But, he adds, people’s enthusiasm is backing the DMK.
- India
- March 15, 2021, 20:57 IST
Nepal's Relations With India Unaffected by its Ties With China: PM KP Sharma Oli on Betrayal, Diplomacy
PM K P Sharma Oli speaks on the current political situation, regional diplomacy and Nepal's relations with India in an exclusive interview to CNN-News18.
- India
- March 01, 2021, 13:15 IST
India-Pakistan May Restore High Commissioners Next After Surprise Deal to Calm Heated Borders
For India, the ceasefire agreement with Pakistan caps two good weeks of diplomacy. It came right after the disengagement announcement with China.

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