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Jun 9, 2020, 14 tweets

#NLprimetime begins.

On India TV, a macabre report on crowded cemeteries in New Delhi. Punjabi Bagh cemetery, according to the channel, has had 609 corona cremations. People complain of a waiting line.

On Times Now, Saprpanch Ajay Pandita's father says he trusts the Army more than the administration. He asks not to politicise the issue as the channel runs the hashtag, #CongressCleanchitsIslamist. #NLprimetime

TV9 Bharatvarsh playing a video that supposedly shows the Chinese Army cracking down on Tibetans.

The video seems a bit suspect. Nevertheless, the focus is on "kroor [cruel] Cheen". The channel also calls the Chinese Army "chamgaadar khor". Which means, umm, bat-eating Army?

NewsX: Producing Arnab Lites since 2014. Here's another one who hopefully will make it to Times Now one day. #NLprimetime

News in times of Covid: "ICC has banned the use of saliva on the ball"

Republic reporter has reached Select City mall to tell us how India is unlocking.

The reporter tells us: "You can see we are entering from the door". "You can now see the preparations for taking the escalator." "Now you can see how lifts are being prepared."

#NLprimetime

On NDTV India, Ravish Kumar is looking at the multitudes of complaints coming in from hospitals in NCR — of negligence, lack of timely care leading to fatalities.

A sombre interview with a son who's just lost his mother. He's talking of how she was refused admission in multiple hospitals.

Meanwhile, on Zee News, China has been taught a lesson. Anchor Sudhir Chaudhary is explaining how the Chinese have surrendered. "China has learnt that this is not the India of 1962," he says.

Aaj Tak ticker has also told off China.
'This is not the India of 1962', 'In case of a war, India will prove to be a pain for China' and so on.

Times Now presenting the news with a very elegant hashtag. As elegant as Navika and Ashutosh going at each other. #NLprimetime

Deepak Ji wearing the mask as ably as he wore the spacesuit. #NLprimetime

If you watched the news tonight, you'd think India has destroyed China materially, financially, spiritually, wholly, fully, totally. Amazing.

On that note, it's a wrap. Evidently, it's too loud for the cat. Good night.

See you next week on #NLprimetime, where we watch the news so you don't have to.

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