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00:00Good evening, you're watching Super 6 here on India Today.
00:02I'm Akshita Anandha Gopal.
00:04Over the next one hour, we get to the top stories of the day.
00:07And what we got lined up for you on this edition of Super 6.
00:10Well, we'll as always focus on the big stories coming in from the southern states.
00:15So this evening at 6.30, we'll also pivot to the biggest global story of the day.
00:20What am I referring to?
00:21Well, on the show this evening, first at 6pm,
00:24we're going to be breaking down what's happening in Tamil Nadu.
00:27It's been six months off the TVK government, six months off Vijaya's chief minister.
00:33We'll decode for you what's the report card, especially the outrage over law and order.
00:38Eleven murders have taken place in one day, in a single day.
00:42And so the TVK is facing serious questions right now
00:46about whether nothing's changed from the DMK to the TVK.
00:50Also coming up on the show this evening at 6.30,
00:53we'll talk about the honey-trap scandal that the world is right now focused on.
00:59NVIDIA CEO Huang in the midst of the scandal.
01:03All the details coming up for you about the scandal,
01:07the outcome, the fallout and much more.
01:10We've got lots lined up for you on this broadcast.
01:12As you can see, let's begin with the headlines.
01:19Modi Mantri's sharp attack on Sonia Memoir says Sonia weeps over Babri and Batla House
01:25but didn't shed tears for Sanatani's.
01:27BJP, Colonel Sonia asks why was she mum when Ram Bhakt were gunned down?
01:50Showdown over SPMP remarks on 1990 savagery that killed 15 Karsevak's Muslim Karsevak.
01:57Says situation did not warrant firing.
01:59BJP demands apology from Akhilesh before his Ayodhya visit.
02:07War of words over multiple murders in Tabernado on the Pavali day.
02:12Former Chief Minister Stalin calls Vijay government incompetent.
02:16Says Vijay is a part-time chief minister and full-time content creator.
02:25A slight relief for Delhi ads from pollution.
02:28Delhi AQI better than yesterday but still very poor.
02:31Traders say Cracker is demonized for pollution.
02:34BJP versus our flame game continues.
02:41Unchecked stubble burning rages on in Punjab fields.
02:45Over 4,657 stubble burning cases.
02:47800 plus FIRs.
02:54And guess who's come out in support of the NVIDIA CEO?
02:58U.S. President Donald Trump defends Suang in China's spygate.
03:02Believes Suang didn't know Lady was a spy.
03:04Beijing also rejects espionage allegations.
03:14When the TVK came to power in Tabernado, everyone said give them time.
03:19Give them six months to change the system, to bring about all the transformation that Chief
03:23Minister Vijay had promised.
03:26Six months have passed now.
03:27What do we see?
03:2811 murders in one day.
03:31On Deepavali, crime hit a new high in Tamil Nadu with 11 murders.
03:36These were personal rivalries, political rivalries or whatnot.
03:40Many of these cases, by the way, have TVK functionaries involved.
03:44One of the biggest issues that the TVK raised, that Chief Minister Vijay raised in the run-up
03:48to the election, was law and order, was crimes linked to DMK leaders.
03:52But it's the exact same situation now, except replace DMK with the TVK.
03:57These functionaries who commit these crimes maybe face action.
04:00But clearly, it's not tough enough to send out a message to the rest to not dare wield political
04:06influence and resort to committing crimes.
04:08The TVK now needs to prove itself.
04:11That honeymoon period is over.
04:13It's time to crack down on law and order.
04:16And there will be criticism if they fail to do so.
04:18For Chief Minister Vijay, he must walk the talk on all the promises he's made.
04:22Because so far, the crime rate in Tabernado, the number of murders, sexual assaults, harassment,
04:28it's simply unacceptable.
04:30It was bad before.
04:31It remains bad even now.
04:38It's been six months since Vijay's government came to power in Tamil Nadu.
04:43A newly formed government that promised to transform Tamil Nadu is now facing tough questions
04:49over its handling of law and order.
04:52I'm asking you to talk about the truth of the truth of the truth of the truth of the truth.
04:56I'm asking you to talk about the truth of the truth of the truth.
05:04During Diwali, even as people across the state celebrated the Festival of Lights,
05:0911 people were reportedly murdered in a single day.
05:33The mounting concerns have now prompted Chief Minister Vijay to hold the 20-minute meeting with top officers to review
05:40the law and order situation in Tamil Nadu.
05:42But while the government is under pressure to act, a state minister has dismissed the concerns over the killings as
05:49an illusion.
06:08The criticism is not just from the opposition.
06:11Even TVK's ally, the Congress, has taken a swipe at the Vijay government, accusing it of indulging in waterboutry.
06:20The Congress has said Vijay must focus on a visible show of action rather than resorting to name-calling.
06:26Meanwhile, the DMK has levelled serious allegations against TVK MLA Arul Vignesh.
06:32The party has alleged that the MLA sent obscene messages to the Kala Kurichi collector and, in an intoxicated state,
06:41entered a woman officer's house.
06:43I'm a fan of an IAS officer, who is a mayor of a child.
06:47I'm a fan of the Kala Kurichi.
06:50I'm a fan of the Kala Kurichi.
06:54Vijay, you can see that you're the first person.
06:59I'm a fan of the MLA.
07:01I'm a fan of the MLA.
07:02I'm a fan of the MLA.
07:04I'm a fan of the culprit number one accused Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Mr. Joseph Vijay Thon.
07:10But the TVK MLA has rejected all the allegations, calling them politically motivated.
07:36So, who is accountable for Tamil Nadu's deteriorating law and order situation?
07:41Does this reflect a government struggling to deliver on its promise of better governance?
07:46Or is the newly formed TVK still finding its feet in the complex political landscape of Tamil Nadu?
07:53And more importantly, how much longer before Vijay's government moves from promises to visible action?
08:01Pura Report, India Today.
08:09And joining us on this broadcast is Karthi Chidambaram, Congress MP from Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu on what's happening as
08:16far as the law and order in Tamil Nadu is concerned.
08:19He's been very vocal on social media as well on this.
08:21Karthi, thank you for joining us.
08:23You know, the TVK now has finished six months in power.
08:26The biggest question right now is over law and order concerns.
08:30Where do you think really the Vijay government is going wrong on this?
08:34Why are they unable to crack down?
08:39You see, degenerate criminal behavior has been happening in regularity in Tamil Nadu for the last few years.
08:47And nothing seems to have changed since the new government has taken office.
08:53I have been saying this for a long time, even in the previous government headed by the DMK.
08:57I said that the policing has to be different.
09:01There have to be a visible show of force.
09:04There has to be patrolling.
09:06There has to be professional intelligence gathering.
09:09And there must be random ID checks.
09:11And they must also have a KD list in every known desperado list in every police station.
09:18And ensure that those on the list come and report to the police station every day.
09:22Until this kind of visible professional policing is done,
09:27these organized revenge killings, which seems to be the pattern throughout the state,
09:33including in my own constituency, will not abate.
09:36And the new government, which has taken over after six months,
09:39is not deploying any new strategy.
09:41I mean, because the same set of police officers are obviously giving the same strategies,
09:47which have failed in the past.
09:49And that's the same methods are being followed again.
09:52I think there needs to be a paradigm shift in the way in which we view law and order here.
09:57And the police must act swiftly and professionally and visibly.
10:04Sure.
10:05But also, you know, another commonality that I find between the erstwhile DMK government
10:10and the current TVK government is that much like before,
10:13when you had DMK workers, DMK functionaries being involved in crimes,
10:17TVK functionaries now are involved in these crimes.
10:20Is it a lack of action, of, you know, a sense of no fear,
10:24that if you're associated with a political party in power, you have no reason to worry?
10:30I'm not sure whether the murders are being carried out by members of political parties.
10:36In fact, my information is most of the murders are revenge killings by criminal gangs.
10:45I know, I mean, that seems to be the pattern.
10:48But if lumpen elements seek refuge within political parties in power,
10:55that's not the first time that's happening anywhere, happening.
10:58That's the normal recourse in all over India.
11:01But this is not some party-specific activity which is going unchecked.
11:08This is criminal organized killings by gangs who have, you know, blood fluids running for years,
11:16which are unleashing on each other.
11:19And some murders are also crimes of passion and crimes, you know, instigated at the spur of the moment.
11:28But all this can only be controlled if there is professional visible policing.
11:34The point is, the Tamil Nadu people require the police to be visible.
11:38They want the police to be present and they want to feel the presence of the police
11:43and they want to feel the presence of a professional police force.
11:47And that, I think, is seriously lacking in Tamil Nadu at the moment.
11:51And it has been lacking for the last few years as well.
11:55Do you… however, you know, Karthi, do you think it's also a lack of experience?
11:59You've listed out a number of measures that you believe the government must take up.
12:03But the fact that they've not been able to do that in the last six months,
12:06do you think that that's because of a lack of experience?
12:08The intent is there.
12:09Is it the experience that's missing?
12:14That could be a factor.
12:16But it's also because they have the same set of bureaucrats giving them the same set of ideas.
12:20That is one of the maladies of the Indian political system.
12:22While you might change the political party in charge of government,
12:28the bureaucracy continues.
12:29And the bureaucracy will always have an undue influence,
12:35particularly in a government which is coming in for the first time,
12:38which doesn't have serious administrative or legislative experience.
12:43And only a strong political leadership can break that shackles.
12:48Okay.
12:49You know, there are a lot of demands that have come in from the opposition
12:52in the face of the spike in crime cases in Tamil Nadu
12:56that Chief Minister Vijay should speak out.
12:59What do you think about that demand?
13:03Whether the Chief Minister decides to communicate in a particular fashion
13:07or communicate in another fashion is really not the answer.
13:10The answer is in having visible professional policing.
13:15I mean, I have some prescriptions for it.
13:18First is, I think we need to have flag marches very often.
13:21We need to have patrolling.
13:23We need to have random ID checks in many strategic points throughout the state.
13:30Then you need to have the KD list, which every police station must update
13:35and ensure that those on the known desperado list come and sign in that register every single day.
13:41And then we swift investigation into murders and must strengthen the prosecution team
13:47to ensure that the perpetrators don't get scot-free.
13:53That's what is happening.
13:54Whether the Chief Minister decides to communicate verbally
13:57or only through his social media or through his spokespersons,
14:00that is a minor detail.
14:02What we really need is action on the ground,
14:05professional, visible, show of force by the police.
14:09Away from, sir, what the opposition has demanded.
14:11The reason I ask this question is because, you know, on the ground,
14:15when there are so many questions on law and order,
14:18does it make a difference to have the Chief Minister speak, talk tough,
14:22send out a message even to his own party cadre
14:24that it's unacceptable if any of them are found accused in a crime?
14:30How he chooses to communicate is his business.
14:33I'm not here to give him advice on how he should communicate.
14:36I am only giving suggestions on how the police should act
14:39and how the police should be seen and how the police should behave
14:42and how the police should, you know, give confidence to the population at large.
14:48Now, my final question to you, Mr. Kasi Chudamram,
14:51is, you know, you've spoken in great detail and rather candidly
14:55about what you think needs to change in Tamil Nadu.
14:57You did this on social media.
14:58You have done it in this interview.
14:59As an ally of the TVK, as being part of this government,
15:03you will be criticized as not towing the alliances line
15:06or not towing the government line.
15:10No, no, not at all.
15:12No, no, no.
15:12I am a member of parliament and I am a free-thinking member of parliament.
15:18I know my party's line.
15:19Just because I point out, you know, maladies or shortcomings in administration,
15:25that in no way is in any way jeopardizing the alliance.
15:31Political parties must have the maturity
15:32and political alliances must have the maturity
15:35to take the brickbacks and bouquets with the same demeanor.
15:41Well, we certainly hope so.
15:43And we hope someone from the government is listening to the advice
15:45that you've also given of what needs to change on the ground in Tamil Nadu
15:49for us to see that difference as far as law and order is concerned.
15:52Thank you, Kati Chudamram, as always, for joining us here on India Today.
15:56Let me open this up.
15:57Serious questions right now on law and order.
16:00What does the TVK have to say?
16:01The Akshat Ram political analyst, Mr. S. Murali Dharan,
16:04as well as Mr. Suman S. Raman with us on this edition of Super 6.
16:08I will put it on record that we invited the TVK to be a part of this conversation.
16:12They chose not to.
16:14Mr. Suman S. Raman, I'll begin with you.
16:16What do you think, sir, is leading to this situation right now?
16:19You know, I had this conversation with Kati Chudamram
16:21where he says it's a policing issue.
16:23But as far as government accountability is concerned,
16:27a lot of tall promises were made.
16:28Nothing's changed on ground.
16:30Why do you think that is?
16:32I think there are two problems, two major issues, Akshita.
16:36One is to do with the drug problem in the state.
16:41The drug problem is now much, much, much bigger than is actually perceived to be.
16:48And I think that many of these crimes that we are seeing are being carried out by youth.
16:55Much of it is after trivial fights on the road.
16:59Not all of these crimes.
17:01Look, the day before yesterday, we had a sub-inspector who was being killed
17:06because he said that the youth should not be bursting crackers in a way that disturbs the public on the
17:12road.
17:13Now, these are not always premeditated gang war murders.
17:19Yes, there are a lot of murders which are gang war related murders.
17:22And that's something that's been going on for many years.
17:25But there are increasingly murders being carried out after trivial quarrels on the road
17:33where youth who are absolutely intoxicated or on drugs are carrying out these murders.
17:41And that is something which is not just a policing issue.
17:46There is a much bigger problem that has got to be dealt with.
17:50We are burying our heads in the sand.
17:52Look, within gangs in Chennai and other places, the killings have been going on for decades.
17:59So, if you look at the breakup of the murders that are happening in the state,
18:04this component has always been happening.
18:07I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but the point is that has been a static number through the last
18:13few decades.
18:14Where the spike is coming is in these kind of, you know, one-off murders
18:20where, you know, somebody's bike hits against somebody's car.
18:24So, there is a little bit of an argument there.
18:26And then they hacked them to death.
18:28I mean, that is what is alarming.
18:31Because, look, it could impact anybody tomorrow.
18:34So, that is what we are not seeing being brought under control.
18:40And that is where I think police has to sort of look at how they are going to address this
18:45issue.
18:45I don't agree with Karti Chidamram when he says the visible policing is not there.
18:50I don't see any major difference between the policing in the last regime and this regime.
18:55The same visibility or lack of visibility was there.
18:58And I didn't see him make a noise during the last regime when law and order was, if anything, even
19:02worse.
19:03So, that is not the fundamental problem.
19:06The fundamental problem is people are being killed for virtually no reason at all.
19:10We have an argument on the road and somebody pulls out a sickle and kills people.
19:15That is what is alarming.
19:18Mr. Murali Dharan, at this point, you know, while we have got different perspectives of what's leading to these kind
19:24of crimes happening in Tamil Nadu,
19:25there will be questions asked, sir, of the TVK government.
19:28Six months ago, Chief Minister Vijay spoke exactly about law and order and said that we will ensure crime rates
19:35come down in Tamil Nadu.
19:36Why has the government been unable to do that?
19:38I asked this question to Karti Chidamram as well.
19:40Is it a lack of experience?
19:44Akshita, I think you answered the first part to yourself, saying that, you know, the TVK spokesperson requests to come
19:50for the debate,
19:51which means they don't want to take those tough questions.
19:54And it is difficult to, you know, justify or give a reason, you know, these are normal or normalize the
19:59whole situation.
20:00As Mr. Sumantraman, you know, correctly and wisely pointed out, these are things which were, like, you know, happening over
20:06a period.
20:06And this kind of killing we have never seen, you know, on a small, young guy was like, you know,
20:10he was a dog feeder.
20:11And he said, don't burst crackles here because there are dogs on the street.
20:14And he got killed.
20:16And SSI, sub-inspector, he tried to stop people from busting, you know, I mean, being unruly on the road.
20:22And he got killed.
20:23And these are like, you know, I would say, I will credit all these to, you know, the changing, I
20:28think it's probably not even changing, it's a paradigm shift in what's happening in our society.
20:32One is, I think, thanks to things like Netflix, which are actually normalized crime.
20:37You know, you go into most of these Netflix series, you know, killing and hiding and, you know, getting away
20:44with all kind of murder.
20:46You know, I'm glad we're having a conversation about the causes.
20:50This is something that's accessible to youth, to people across the country.
20:54And there are crime rates which are different in each state.
20:57And that's based on, really, governance, administration, policing, so many aspects.
21:01None of which, it seems, is under control right now in Tamil Nadu.
21:06Yes, Akshita, I'll admit that I don't think they can give any excuse here.
21:11But the fact of the matter is, this has not happened overnight.
21:15You not see a law and order breakdown happening overnight.
21:20It has been happening even in the last five years of EMT energy.
21:24And probably even they didn't use the stick at the right time.
21:27And we also knew that so many ITS officers were corrupt and amassed huge amount of wealth.
21:32It hasn't happened overnight.
21:33I agree, sir.
21:34But six months now, the TVK government should have changed something on ground.
21:39Everyone said, give them time.
21:40Everyone said, give them six months.
21:42They've been given that time now.
21:44Extremely difficult, Akshita, because the IAS, ITS clan, you have a set of people who can juggle around.
21:50But you can't change the entire clan saying that, you know, and do it with all the experience, whatever,
21:55and put them in corners and bring in fresh blood.
21:58Fresh blood will take some time to, you know, set things right.
22:01I mean, to go with the existing, you know, normal functioning.
22:06But that's been the challenge.
22:08So I think, you know, I mean, it's, you know, they're stuck.
22:13They're stuck.
22:13And I don't think they have a great clue on the matter.
22:17Okay.
22:18The constant point that comes up, Akshita Ram, is that this has always been the state in Tamil Nadu for
22:23the last many years.
22:25That under the DMK, crime rates were worse.
22:27And that law in order is currently in the state because of DMK.
22:34Okay.
22:34Thank you so much, Akshita, for having me on your show.
22:37Let me begin by addressing the first thing that you have said is that crime rate was, has been worse
22:42under the DMK government.
22:43When the DMK government took power in 2021, the crime rate was 989.5.
22:49When the government, the last available NCRB data is from 2024, which was 655.4, 37.4% lesser than
22:58when they took power.
22:59So I don't know where this state, stats of, you know, crime rate under the DMK government is coming.
23:05But let me come to the facts of matter today.
23:07I am sorry, we cannot go, keep talking about crime rate under this government as though it is separate from
23:17this party.
23:1837 people of this party have been convicted time and again over the last six months of several crimes,
23:25out of which 18 crimes are against women and children.
23:28What are we talking about?
23:30So the Honorable Minister, Mr. Raj Mohan, yesterday or day before when he was speaking said,
23:35Oh, during Diwali last time, 11 murders happened.
23:38Is this really the, is this really the base that of governance that we are talking about?
23:43Is your standard of governance being compared to how many murders happened then, how many murders happened now?
23:48What change have you brought to this government?
23:49Mr. Mohitaran, do you want to answer that?
23:50The question that will then come up is whether the government even has an intent, the right intent to address
23:55this problem.
24:01Mr. Mohitaran, come again Akshatra, I didn't get you, sorry.
24:07You know, the point that Akshatra mentioned about what Mr. Raj Mohan said about these kind of crimes do happen
24:13on Diwali,
24:14then questions will be asked, sir, whether the government even has the intent to address this problem.
24:19Are they making excuses?
24:21That's probably the reason Akshatra, everybody wants the CM to come out and, you know, open out all these matters.
24:27And because, you know, as we know, Sir Raj Mohan is not that eloquent or diplomatic in his speech.
24:34Most of the time when you give him the mic, he starts uttering, I mean, things which he should not
24:40be saying in the public domain.
24:42And he also gets caught, like, you know, he said somebody tried to bribe me for micro.
24:45So there are issues, there are serious issues which the TVK has to handle.
24:49And there's no denial on that.
24:52But these issues cannot be solved overnight.
24:55It's going to take some time.
24:56That's my film.
24:58Akshat?
25:00I am very sorry.
25:02Let's, let's, if the, if the Honourable Minister is not eloquent enough to speak, then why is our Chief Minister
25:08refusing to speak?
25:09Is our Chief, the Chief Minister under whom the Home Ministry comes, who is directly responsible for the abysmal state
25:16of law and order in our state today?
25:17Why does he not come to the public and speak?
25:19Why can't he issue a statement?
25:21When will he start talking?
25:22You spoke about drug issue just before this, right?
25:25The TVK Chief Minister runs a marathon against drug abuse in the state.
25:30Five days later, TVK functionary gets caught with 137 kilograms of men.
25:35What are we talking about?
25:37See, we keep talking about this degenerate criminal behavior.
25:40Let's also be very real, sir.
25:42Netflix is the reason.
25:43This degenerate criminal behavior has been created because of a manosphere that puts Mr. Vijay in the center of it.
25:51Look at all of his movies in the past.
25:53I can also start saying things like this.
25:54But the practical issue at hand today is the fact that law and order has reached an all-time low.
26:00We are looking at eight murders a day, nine murders a day, 11 murders a day.
26:04Today, 30 days since a girl went missing in Chengalpatri, today another girl goes abducted.
26:10They don't, they have no leads on the previous one and they have absolutely no clue about what's happening today.
26:15No, the concern is, Mr. Sumansi Raman, before I wrap this up, is that it's more of the same.
26:19You know, the TVK spoke of change when they came in.
26:22This is pretty much how things were under the DMK, that every other day you'll hear of these horrifying crimes
26:27and then find some of them linked to the TVK, linked to the ruling party.
26:32Yeah, there are two aspects to this, Akshita.
26:35One is, there aren't, you know, there may be the odd case where there is a link to the ruling
26:41party,
26:42but by and large, these do not appear to be politically linked murders.
26:48They are, by and large, almost entirely either in the form of gang wars or in the form of drug
26:54-related murders and so on.
26:55Yes, there are a couple, today for instance, I was just seeing a flash news about a PMK functionary having
27:02been killed.
27:03So, every day something is going on and the silence is not helping.
27:09Look, the chief minister has to speak.
27:13You cannot have a chief minister who simply refuses to address the media, answer questions, take questions, nothing.
27:20So, I think that that is a serious problem which they have to address.
27:24You cannot have one minister double up as a kind of spokesperson for the government
27:29and he himself has not been discharging his duties particularly, creditably, as far as the press meets are going.
27:38So, there is a problem and I think that the TVK needs to understand that what was a problem is
27:46now snowballing into a crisis.
27:50And I think that this is going to impact them politically going forward.
27:54That communication, I agree, is crucial.
27:56So much so that the TVK today, when a request is sent to them to join a discussion on this,
28:01they are not part of the panel.
28:02And there should be answers that come in from the TVK on what's happening on law and order.
28:07Yesterday, the minister compared…
28:08They take after the chief minister, what do I say?
28:10Yesterday, the minister compared murders on Diwali Day in 2024 and 2025.
28:14I don't know whether you saw that, Akhita.
28:16Minister Raj Mohan said, do you know there were six murders on Diwali Day in 2025, 11 murders in 2024.
28:23That is not what this government was elected for.
28:26Not to be like the DMK.
28:28It's an extremely insensitive statement to make at a time when there is so much concern over law and order
28:33in the state.
28:34And the TVK must answer those concerns of the citizens which unfortunately hasn't happened.
28:39And it happens response is simply not going to cut it.
28:42Mr. Subhansi Ramban, Mr. Akshat Rama and Mr. Mooli Dharan, thank you for your time for joining us here on
28:48India Today.
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29:08After 33 years at the helm of Nvidia, Huang's remarkable leadership story is now being overshadowed by an affair following
29:1741 years of marriage.
29:20Nvidia, once known primarily as a graphics chip maker, has transformed into the world's AI powerhouse.
29:26Its GPUs are powering the global AI revolution.
29:30The company's market capitalization touching the 4.5 to 5 trillion dollar mark, which means that it's much bigger than
29:38most countries' GDPs put together.
29:40Its meteoric rise has also fueled massive investments in AI, research and development in US infrastructure, making Nvidia a significant
29:49player in America's economic growth.
29:51But now an internal probe has thrown up these explosive claims about Huang's personal life at possible espionage links.
29:58A suspected Chinese spy, identified as Alice Huang, allegedly cultivated a close relationship with the Nvidia chief.
30:07The probe reportedly suggests that Huang's paramour, alleged paramour, funneled cutting-edge Nvidia chips to China.
30:14Alice Huang was reportedly a top executive at a Singapore-based data center company.
30:20She cultivated reportedly a close relationship with Jensen and was under the surveillance of US intel agencies as well.
30:27She's also been accused of having links to Chinese intel.
30:31China, of course, has rejected these claims.
30:34So how did this alleged relationship come under this kind of scrutiny?
30:39Well, Jensen Huang reportedly hired a PR firm called Heller in 2025.
30:44This firm is known for handling high-profile reputation management and even sex scandals.
30:49And this was engaged in October 2025.
30:52It was around the same time that Huang was allegedly linked to the suspected Chinese spy.
30:58After the scandal came to light, the Nvidia CEO issued an apology and admitted to being unfaithful to his wife.
31:06There were also reports suggesting that US authorities were already aware of this scandal.
31:11With revelations surrounding Huang's alleged relationship and the espionage controversy,
31:17the spotlight is now on his repeated meetings also with US President Donald Trump.
31:21Did these meetings have any bearing on America's decisions to open the door to China's access to advanced AI chips?
31:32The other question is also of the impact of what's happened here and who this woman is, who Jensen Huang
31:40was involved with.
31:42There are several, of course, who are looking to benefit from this kind of an affair.
31:46Nvidia stock itself fell by 4-5%, wiping out approximately $190-200 billion in market value in a single day.
31:54Its rivals saw a sharp jump.
31:57Now, on the same day that this scandal dominated headlines, Google announced an aggressive expansion of its own AI ambitions.
32:05But let's get you details, really, about how this entire romance came to light.
32:12Alice Huang had shared a picture with Jensen on social media.
32:16And there are videos, as you can see on your screens there, that show that, yes, all of it was
32:21happening with full public view.
32:24The question now is on the impact that I told you already we're seeing that impact on Nvidia.
32:29The biggest personal impact could be on Jensen Huang's wife, Laurie Huang.
32:34After all, at stake is a massive chunk of his estimated $150 billion fortune.
32:40If the couple divorces, this could become one of the most expensive divorces in history.
32:45Reports suggest that around 740 million Nvidia shares are linked to a complex web of family trusts and limited liability
32:52companies,
32:53according to securities filings.
32:55But his wife, Laurie Huang, could potentially claim around 335 million shares.
32:59That's approximately $60 billion if the holdings qualify as community property and there's no prenup,
33:05which is what some reports suggest.
33:07That estimate is based on a potential claim to half of around 670 million shares.
33:15Now, even as Jensen is seeing these financial consequences as enormous,
33:20a divorce could significantly reduce his estimated fortune.
33:23He would, of course, remain extremely wealthy by anyone's standard even then.
33:27But could Jensen Huang lose his top position?
33:29And who could then emerge as the next big winner in the AI race?
33:33Let's take a look at what's ahead for Nvidia.
33:46He is the rock star of Silicon Valley.
33:49The man in the black leather jacket who turned a graphics chip company
33:53into the engine of a global artificial intelligence boom.
33:57For more than three decades, Jensen Huang has been the face, the voice and the driving force behind Nvidia.
34:05But now, an alleged Chinese honey trap scandal has put one of the world's most powerful technology bosses
34:11under investigation and raised a question that Wall Street has long avoided.
34:21What happens to Nvidia if Jensen Huang is no longer in the corner office?
34:27The crisis erupted after reports linked Huang to a businesswoman, Alice Huang,
34:32who has been accused of passing information to China.
34:37The Nvidia chief has admitted to being unfaithful to his wife,
34:42but has not acknowledged any espionage or wrongdoing involving company secrets.
34:47Nvidia's board has also ordered an independent investigation,
34:51while saying it has no reason to believe that national security or company secrets were compromised.
34:59But investors are not waiting for the findings.
35:02Nvidia's shares slumped more than 4% on Monday,
35:05wiping out nearly $200 billion in market value.
35:09And the damage goes beyond one trading session.
35:13The stock has lost more than a fifth of its value in a month
35:17and the share is down nearly 20% in a year.
35:20But long-term shareholders are still sitting on extraordinary gains.
35:25For Wall Street, the imminent concern is not just the scandal,
35:29but the uncertainty surrounding Nvidia's most important asset, its CEO.
35:35I think with news like this, especially because Jensen Huang has been such a big figure,
35:41not only for Nvidia, but also for the AI complex, right?
35:45And also, you know, he has a seat at the table when it comes to Washington.
35:49So there's a lot of things that are kind of uncertain and up in the air.
35:54The sell-off of about 5% for most of the day, it's hovering around there.
35:59That is actually pretty tame, more tame than what I expected,
36:04because Jensen Huang is the face of Nvidia and has been the only CEO for decades.
36:10So this is a very big shake-up, but more to come.
36:14I think this is a waiting game.
36:15And that waiting game has exposed what may be Nvidia's biggest corporate weakness.
36:21The company has no public succession plan, no obvious error apparent
36:26and no clear answer to who could replace the man who has run it since its founding in 1993.
36:34Huang has built an unusually flat management structure with dozens of senior executives reporting directly to him,
36:42making him central to everything from product development to major investment decisions.
36:48His personal relationships with technology leaders, global investors and political power brokers
36:54is central to the Nvidia business model.
36:58The question now is whether a company build-around,
37:01one extraordinary leader can function just as effectively without him.
37:06A potential departure could force a management, restructuring, delay strategic decisions
37:12and unsettled customers who have come to rely on Huang's personal assurances.
37:18And with no designated successor, even an orderly transition could take time.
37:23The consequences could extend far beyond Nvidia.
37:27The company is not simply selling the chips that power artificial intelligence.
37:32It has also become one of the industry's most influential financial backers.
37:37From OpenAI to XAI to Antropic, Intel and CoreWeave,
37:42Nvidia has built a network of investments and commitments
37:45that ties its fortunes to the future of the entire AI economy.
37:50Three ties have helped fuel the AI expansion.
37:54The recent boom in data centers, chips and tech stocks.
37:57But a prolonged investigation or a sudden change at the top
38:01could complicate future investment decisions and weigh on confidence across the sector.
38:06And the timing could hardly be worse.
38:09Investors are already questioning whether the massive AI can continue at its current pace.
38:14Rivals, including Google and Intel, are also pushing their own AI chips,
38:19hoping to challenge Nvidia's dominance.
38:23The scandal has also reached White House,
38:26where Huang has become an important voice in the debate
38:29over America's technological competition with China.
38:32U.S. President Donald Trump, who spoke to Huang after the revelations,
38:37said he was surprised by the reports, but remained confident in the Nvidia chief.
39:03Trump added that Huang had told him he was unaware that the woman was an alleged spy.
39:10Beijing, however, has rejected the espionage allegations entirely.
39:15We have previously responded to this matter.
39:18The so-called claims of Chinese spy narrative are purely a groundless accusation, slander and a smear.
39:24The controversy now comes at a sensitive moment in U.S.-China relations,
39:29with advanced AI chips already at the center of a bitter technology and trade dispute.
39:34But Trump says he does not expect to raise Huang case with President Xi Jinping during their upcoming talks.
39:41Bring up the case of Jensen Wang with President Xi when you visit with him next week.
39:46No, I don't think so.
39:47I mean, maybe, I'm sure President Xi will ask me about it.
39:51I just know Jensen very well.
39:53I just think he's a very honorable man.
39:55I mean, he's a great, he built a great company, American company.
39:59And I think he's a very honorable guy.
40:01And I feel very confident that he'll be in good shape.
40:04For now, Nvidia's board has expressed confidence in Huang's,
40:09and there is no finding that he compromised company secrets.
40:12But three big questions will determine what happens next.
40:17First, will the investigation clear Huang of any national security concerns or uncover issues
40:24that make his position untainable?
40:27Second, can Nvidia convince investors that it has the management depth and succession planning
40:33needed to protect the business regardless of who occupies the corner office?
40:39And third, can the company keep its technological lead and its investment commitments intact,
40:45even as competitors circle and the AI boom faces greater scrutiny?
40:52Jensen Huang spent 33 years building Nvidia into a powerhouse.
40:57Now, the biggest test of his legacy may be whether the company can continue to thrive without him.
41:09And this is the story we're going to continue tracking here on India Today.