Sweta Singh

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Sweta Singh
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Singh in 2021
NationalityIndian
Education Patna Women's College [1]
Occupation
  • Journalist
Years active1996–present
Employer India Today Group
Known for News anchor of Aaj Tak
Notable credits
  • SJFI Award for Saurav Ka Sixer (2005)
  • ENBA Award for Best Producer (2013)
  • ENBA Best Business Show for Shwetpatra Budget (2014)
  • NT Award for Best Anchor (2012)
  • NT Award Best Talk Show, Business Best Talk Show, Entertainment Best Anchor (2015)
  • Enba Best Anchor (2017)
Website swetasingh.com

Sweta Singh is an Indian journalist and news presenter. [2] She is a news anchor and Senior Executive Editor of Special Programming at Aaj Tak.

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Career

Singh started her career while still in first year of graduate studies in Patna University. She has several bylines to her name in The Times of India Patna edition and Hindustan Times Patna edition, before she switched to electronic media in 1998. She worked for Zee News and Sahara, before joining Aaj Tak in 2002. [3] She is known for her expertise in covering sports-related news. Her show Sourav ka Sixer won the award for best sports programme by Sports Journalism Federation of India (SJFI) in 2005. [4] She has also made appearances in some films, like Chak De! India, Chakravyuh and Jhund as an Aaj Tak news presenter. Singh also did the show History of Patliputra during 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.

In 2016, following the announcement of demonetisation of Indian banknotes by the NDA government, she inaccurately claimed that the newly introduced Indian 2000-rupee note would include sophisticated nanochips. [5]

Personal life

Singh comes from an army background. She has three sisters and a brother. She is unmarried. [6]

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References

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  6. Dev, Shagufta Nayyar (21 August 2022). "Sweta Singh से जानिए उनकी Life की कहानी, स्टार TV एंकर की ही जुबानी | AajTak Anchor | Interview". YouTube (in Hindi). Good News Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

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