The current team includes Sidhant Sibal of DD News, who joined the media corporation on 1 April 2018.
The channel's Pakistan bureau chief, Taha Siddiqui, was forced into exile after a failed kidnapping attempt in Islamabad.
[15][16] In 2020, the Chinese Embassy in India lodged a formal protest against WION for its interview with Joseph Wu, head of Taiwan's foreign relations.
The embassy criticized WION for promoting what it called "Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) separatist activities," claiming it contradicted India's adherence to the One-China policy.
The embassy stated that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, as recognized by UN resolutions, and urged WION to respect India's official position.
In June, the Global Times, linked to the Chinese Communist Party, named WION in an article, advising it to think "independently".
YouTube had taken objection to a video posted on 10 March, broadcasting a speech by Sergey Lavrov, the head of Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, denying the Russian invasion of Ukraine.