Anuj Pant

Assistant Editor, Asia

Anuj Pant is Assistant Editor, Asia for The Independent. He has worked as a television producer for three TV shows, including the Indian adaptations for ‘Big Brother’ and popular game show ‘Deal or no Deal’ prior to transitioning to journalism and working for both, a leading national news network and a niche environment magazine. He has also edited books as a freelancer and his interests lie in politics, the environment, science and science fiction, apart from being an ardent cinephile and book hoarder most of the time.

<p>This file photo taken on 15 March 2022 shows a US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft landing during a joint exercise with Japanese Self Defense Forces members at the Higashifuji training area in Gotemba</p>

US military aircraft with 6 on board crashes into sea off Japan

<p>Representational image showing pygmy elephant ‘Joe’ inside a temporary holding cage at Lok Kawi Wildlife Park in Malaysia in 2013</p>

Angry elephant herd crushes car of Malaysian family after it hits calf

Morocco quake that killed over 2,000 was north Africa’s most powerful

<p>Meenakshi Lekhi (centre) seen here running away from a reporter asking her about India’s top wrestlers protesting sexual harassment </p>

Minister runs from reporter to evade questions over wrestlers’ protest