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With over 10 years experience, Shweta Bajaj is an award winning journalist who worked in Indian news channels before she joined CCTV International in 2010. Her expertise lies in financial news. In 2007, she received the ABCI award for her automobile show which she then produced and anchored. She has covered many international events like G20 and WTO negotiations.
Shweta has also anchored major news events including elections spanning 7 years and budgets. She has interviewed many newsmakers from all around the world.
The earthquake that shook Nepal in 2015 devastated the lives of thousands of women. Many lost their husbands and were left to fend for themselves.Widows in the country are stigmatized and shunned. But a few NGOs are working to change this. Shweta Bajaj went to the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, for this report.
As earthquake struck Nepal, The China Poverty Alleviation Foundation made its way to Kathmandu – Nepal’s capital, with a response team.Their first effort was to provide whatever they can within Nepal’s capital Kathmandu – food, tents and other necessity items.Berne Zhu is the country director of the China Poverty Alleviation Foundation in Nepal. She says, they were able to reach out to Nepalese people at the right time.
To Nepal now where tourism is the backbone of the country's economy. But things changed dramatically after a devastating earthquake in 2015. Since then, the industry's recovery has been slow and millions of people employed in the sector have been affected. Visitor numbers to the country remain below levels recorded before the quake. Our correspondent Shweta Bajaj has more.
Pope Francis has declared Mother Teresa a saint. Tens of thousands of pilgrims have packed St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for a service to honor her. She is renowned the world over for having devoted her life to helping the poor. CCTV's reporter Shweta Bajaj looks back at the Roman Catholic nun's work in Kolkata in India, where her legacy is being continued by sisters and volunteers.
At least three people have been killed and 20 others injured in a huge blast at a chemical factory in the Greater Mumbai region.
For the first time in a century, the global wild tiger population has reportedly gone up, and India is leading the way.
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India is set to announce its national budget on Monday. This time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a tight rope to walk after pledging to drive the economy in a positive direction two years ago.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a pitch to “Make in India” in September 2014, with an eye on turning the country into a manufacturing hub. And now, the red carpet has been laid out in India’s financial capital, as the country tries to entice investors from a variety of nations to establish themselves there.
At least 35 people have been killed and 80 others injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a restaurant in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. For more, we go live to our reporter Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
For more details, we're joined live by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi. Q1. Shweta, what's the latest on the ground?
For the very latest, we are joined live on the phone by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in Paris. Q1. Shweta, we know you've arrived at the scene. Tell us the latest on the ground and what's the motive of the robbers to keep these people hold up, any comments from the local police?
India is considered one of the toughest markets in which to find any success.
The top item on Indian Prime Minister Modi's agenda while he visits China is trade and the economy. Modi wants China to invest in India and while here, he's also looking at the areas where Indian products can enter the Chinese market.
In India, expectations are high over Modi's visit for a number of business deals slated to be signed and possible positive movement on the China-India border dispute.
For more, we are joined by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in Kathmandu. Hi, Shweta.
For the latest on the ground, we go live to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in Kathmandu.
For more on the China-India border talks, we are joined from the Indian capital New Delhi by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in New Delhi. In the morning, the president held talks with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.
For more, we’re joined by Shweta Bajaj from Ahmedabad.
Our correspondent Shweta Bajaj is standing by in Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of the state of Gujarat, to bring us more.
Floods have wrecked havoc in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing nearly 200 people and leaving hundreds of thousands still stranded across the region.
More than 120 people have lost their lives due to deadly floods in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate from their homes in the capital Srinagar, as well as many other regions.
We’ve asked our New Delhi correspondent Shweta Bajaj about the situation in India.
The new Prime Minister arrived at western Japan’s Kansai International Airport on Saturday in the nearby ancient city of Kyoto, where he had an official dinner with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
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For the latest, we're joined by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
For the latest, we’re joined by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
Two teenage girls were gang-raped, strangled, then left hanging from a tree in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Another gang rape and ruthless twin murders in India has sparked international outrage. Two girls were raped, strangled, then hanged from trees in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
India’s massive five-week election is coming to an end, with the final phase seeing a key battle between the opposition BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the Aam Admi Party’s Arvind Kejriwal.
In India, summer is mango season. And the variety best known for its sweetness is the Alphonso. But the European Union has banned the import of Alphonso mangoes, citing health concerns.
The famed Kathputli colony is a hub for traditional street artists who have been living there for generations.
CCTV caught up with the Governor of the RBI, to get a sense of the country’s economic outlook amidst of a slowdown.
India's huge general election will begin on Monday morning. The mammoth vote to decide a new government, MPs and Prime Minister, will run for over a month with the results expected by May 16th. Pundits are predicting that the result will be close.
Special representatives from China and India are meeting in the Indian capital New Delhi for another round of talks regarding long-standing border issues. The two countries share a 2,000 kilometer long border that has not been formally marked.
India was considered the last big volume market for carmakers to vie for. But in the last two years; car sales in India have been shrinking. Despite that, as India's premier auto show opened, car makers were seen making a beeline to launch their cars as they believe India’s growth momentum will pick up once again.
India’s eastern city of Kolkata has the only Chinatown in the country. Most people living there are 4th and 5th generation Chinese who were born and brought up in India.
For more on the Japanese Defense Minister's visit to India, let's speak to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Dehli.
Amid a growing diplomatic row with the US, India has removed safety traffic barricades near the US Embassy in New Delhi, and asked for ID cards of US diplomats posted in India. Our India correspondent Shweta Bajaj was outside the American Embassy as India passed these orders.
Now let’s look at China’s neighbor India and the state of its lunar program. The country’s second moon mission has suffered from a series of setbacks due to technical failures. But with changes being made to its rocket, the launch is now expected to take place within the next two years.
For more on British Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to India, we’re now joined by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
We are now joined by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
For more on Singh’s visit to China, we’re joined by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
To hear more on how Cyclone Phailin is affecting the daily lives of people in India, we’re now joined by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in Mumbai.
For the latest reaction from India, where this case as been very closely watched, we’re joined on the phone by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
To Mumbai in India now, where a man is alleged to have raped a four-year old girl on Sunday evening. The girl is in a serious condition in hospital. For more, we’re joined on the phone by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
For more, let’s talk to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj, who’s outside the court, in New Delhi.
For more on this, let's cross live to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
For the India perspective, let’s cross live to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
For more on that, let’s speak to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
Earlier, we spoke to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in Western India’s Rajasthan state. She told us more on the media reactions inside the country.
For more, let’s speak to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in Western India’s Rajasthan state.
The UK has said it will go ahead with the scheme of requiring a 3,000 pound deposit for visas from visitors that are termed a “high risk category”, which includes India.
Wedding day in India involves much pomp and show, and can cost a family its entire life savings. Our India correspondent visits the Indian Bridal Fashion Week and finds clear evidence of a recession proof industry.
For more on Joe Biden’s visit to India, let’s go to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
US Vice President Joe Biden is continuing his four-day visit to India that aims to boost trade, political and defense ties. After arriving on Monday evening, he’s already met with senior Indian political leaders.
More than 8,000 people have been killed in the devastating floods in the northern Indian State of Uttarakhand. Three-thousand remain missing.
For the latest on the floods, we’re joined from Northern India by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj.
For more, we are joined by our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
For more on the visit, let’s speak to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
For the latest on Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India, let’s speak to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
For the latest on Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India, let’s speak to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
CCTV correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi told us about the Indian media’s expectations from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India. She said trade, people-to-people exchanges and the border issue are being closely followed by the Indian media.
For more on Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India, let’s speak to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi.
For more on Premier Li Keqiang’s coming visit to India, we now cross live to our correspondent Shweta Bajaj in New Delhi for a preview.
With first quarter GDP disappointing expectations and then a string of data continuing to miss targets - question marks have arisen again over the Chinese recovery.
Two bomb blasts have killed at least 14 people and injured scores in Southern India. The explosions happened around 7 pm local time in a crowded shopping district.
Like any large developing economy, India struggles in dealing with emission cuts. For India its a fight between maintaining high development to lift its people out of poverty and meeting challenges posed by climate change.
