The second wave of the pandemic led to another unexpected death. On Friday, prominent TV journalist Rohit Sardana passed away while he was having Covid-19 infection. He died of cardiac arrest while he was also Covid-19 infected at the same time.  Mr. Sardana, 41, was an executive editor and TV news anchor with the Aaj Tak channel of the India Today Group. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and parents. Sudhir Chaudhary, Zee News Editor-in-Chief stated about his sudden demise through a tweet.

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The news came as a shock to many. It is because last night he was active on Twitter, helping people during the second wave of the pandemic.

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PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah,  Rajnath Singh, Congress spokespersons Randeep Singh Surjewala & Jaiveer Shergill, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia expressed condolences over the death of Sardana.

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Rohit Sardana was with Aaj Tak and anchored a popular show ‘Dangal’ that featured debates on current affairs. Mr. Sardana had earlier worked with Zee News, where he used to host the debate-based show ‘Taal Thok Ke’. He was awarded the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Puraskar by the government in 2018.