NewsX and India News Present Special Coverage on Prime Minister Modi's U.S. Visit

After his first visit as Indian Prime Minister to United States in September last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set for his second visit to US starting 23rd September. It will be the first time in three decades that an Indian Prime Minister visits the US West Coast.

As the US gears up for his visit, NewsX and India News bring to their viewers expansive coverage throughout his visit. The programming line-up on NewsX and India News will include a multitude of special shows, exclusive interviews, roundtable discussions, prime time debates and live reports of the events unfolding in the US including live coverage from San Jose where the Indian Prime Minister will address the Indian-American community.

This special line-up of programming on NewsX and India News will be driven by the channel’s formidable team of editorial experts led by Rahul Shivshankar, Editor-in-Chief, NewsX and Deepak Chaurasia, Editor-in-Chief, India News along with veteran journalists like Kartikeya Sharma, Geeta Mohan and Sheetal Rajput, who will travel to the US to cover the visit and provide the viewers with in-depth reportage from Ground Zero. 

While NewsX will present roundtable discussions in collaboration with the US-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC), an American, Bipartisan Political Action Committee representing Indian-Americans, India News will report special stories from both New York, where the Prime Minister will address the UN development summit on sustainable development, and San Francisco where he will also speak at the prestigious Stanford University. 

Some of the special guests on NewsX include Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Richard Rossow, ‎Wadhwani Chair in U.S. India Policy Studies at Center for Strategic and International Studies; Dhruva Jaishankar, Transatlantic Fellow with the Asia Program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF); Tanvi Madan, Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution and Director of The India Project; Dr. Mukesh Aghi, President, U.S.- India Business Council and many more.

Speaking on the special programming, Rahul Shivshankar, Editor-in-Chief, NewsX, said, “The key areas that we will be focusing on are the challenges and opportunities that lie before India and US. With the association with USINPAC, NewsX will bring rare insights and ensure special coverage for the viewers throughout the Prime Minister’s visit.”

Deepak Chaurasia, Editor-in-Chief, said, “Not only the Indian viewers but the whole world is keeping a close eye on this much anticipated visit. Through our extensive coverage, we look forward to continue our leadership and deliver on the expectations of our viewers of being the most trusted network.”