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One-sided and conspiratorial: How Indian media keeps getting Myanmar wrong

When the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recently apprehended seven foreign nationals – six Ukrainian and one American – who were returning to their countries on their way back from Myanmar, the Indian mainstream and social media went into a frenzied tailspin.

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Accord, discord, and defections: Can Assam’s local fires outburn the BJP’s big machine?

As election momentum builds in Assam, the political atmosphere is thick with competing slogans, but thin on a single, dominant narrative.

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Courting the Church: The Battle for Kerala’s ‘Christian Vote’

As Kerala heads toward elections, political parties are once again reaching out to the Church leadership, hoping to secure what is often called the 'Christian vote'. But is this community really a unified voting bloc?

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Labour room videos leaked online: Hospitals’ CCTV sold on Telegram

CCTV cameras inside hospitals are meant to keep patients safe. Instead, across India, they are capturing some of the most private moments of women, labour-room procedures, breast exams, X-rays, injections, and even childbirth and these videos are being leaked and sold online.

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From safeguard to weapon: The slow and steady evolution of FCRA

The journey of India’s Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), from a law meant to shield domestic politics from foreign influence to one being weaponised to reprimand civil society, reveals a striking truth about India today.

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The sacred geography they bulldozed: How Modi’s vision erased Kashi

Mahadev floats in ghostly neon blue inside a glass box. As he tilts his head to swallow the poison of Samudramanthan, a cloud of blue smoke hisses out and helicopter style blades spin. The drama is irresistible.

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Pinarayi Vijayan: The man, the party, and the third-term challenge

Kerala’s politics has long followed a predictable cycle. One term for the Left, the next for the Congress-led alliance. But that pattern broke in 2021.

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Cash, coaches, culture: The missing foundations of Indian football

Rs 16 lakh for an astrologer to pick the playing XI. At the same time, the All India Football Federation’s budget has shrunk by nearly 70 percent – from Rs 30 crore in 2019-20 to just Rs 8 crore in 2024-25.

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Locked doors, dry taps, bidis and bottles: The ‘World City’ facade of Delhi’s toilets

Assertions by the BJP government that it is transforming Delhi into a ‘World City’ and ‘ODF++’ certifications for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) collide sharply with the grim reality of the city’s public toilets. Data from the Praja Foundation (2024) reveals a staggering deficit: only 1 toilet seat for…

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Lack of medical college, slow recovery: Polls put focus on Wayanad’s uneven development

Wayanad is heading to the polls and residents point to uneven development, citing the lack of a medical college, inadequate transportation, and rising human-animal conflict as key concerns affecting daily life.

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I-T dept cracked down on non-profits with a law that didn’t apply. Tribunals kept saying no

Imagine being fined for jumping a red light – on a road where the traffic light was installed only after you drove past. That, in essence, is what India’s Income Tax Department has been doing to dozens of non-profit organisations across the country.

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Follow the money: Inside Modi govt’s Rs 1.5 crore-a-day ad spend

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha to a question raised by Samajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan and others, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, L Murugan, recently provided a detailed breakdown of the Central Government's advertising expenditure over the last 11 years.

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कार्टून से डर क्यों? व्यंग्य पर बढ़ती सरकारी पाबंदी की पड़ताल

भारत में बीते दिनों कई पोस्ट, कार्टून, व्यंग्यात्मक वीडियो और सोशल मीडिया हैंडल्स को प्रतिबंध का सामना करना पड़ा है. कुछ को पूरी तरह हटा दिया गया है तो वहीं कई पोस्ट्स सिर्फ भारत में दिखने बंद हो गए हैं. इसके पीछे कारण भारत सरकार की ओर से भेजी गई…

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‘Secret censorship’: The quiet crusade to scrub cartoons and dissent off social media

In response to legal demands from the Indian government, the social media platform X has restricted or entirely removed a wide array of posts, cartoons, and satirical videos.

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The hype around AI is a trillion-dollar lie. And everyone is in on it.

“And all them fat cats they just think it's funny

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Delivery as politics: Inside India’s new welfare narrative

In early 2026, official communication from both Union and state governments has increasingly foregrounded near-universal coverage and last-mile delivery in key welfare schemes. The emphasis marks a shift in how welfare is framed – and politicised – especially ahead of assembly elections. Instead of unveiling new schemes, governments are now…

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Four times over target: India's TB elimination problem

India recorded about 2.7 million cases of tuberculosis in 2025. Based on population projections for that year, this translates to an incidence of about 185 cases per 100,000 population.

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How much do candidates spend in elections?

Every election in India looks like a scoreboard — vote share, turnout, seat count. But there’s one number you rarely see: the real cost of fighting elections.

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Defections, bulldozers and a party in decline: Does Gaurav Gogoi have answers for all?

Assam goes to the polls with the Congress in a familiar but uncomfortable position: believing a turnaround is imminent while the evidence points the other way. Two consecutive assembly defeats, a poor Lok Sabha showing, and a string of senior leaders walking out the door – some of them pointing…

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South Central 68: The electoral mood in Kerala, trans bill horror

South Central turns to Kerala this week: will Pinarayi Vijayan make a comeback, or can the United Democratic Front cash in on anti-incumbency? Hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna are joined by senior journalists MG Radhakrishnan and Sreejan Balakrishnan, along with TNM’s Kerala bureau chief Haritha John, to unpack the…

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Ghaziabad mall shuts shop over ‘kurta-pyjama’: Man alleges bias, SHO says he is ‘kattar Hindu’

A dress code dispute at an upscale mall in Ghaziabad has left a Muslim shopkeeper out of pocket, out of a shop, and filing complaints.

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TV Newsance 338: Dhurandhar 2 just did a surgical strike on Lashkar-e-Noida

Lashkar-e-Noida – what we call India’s TV news studio warriors – may have finally met their match.

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Hafta letters: Abhinandan’s cricket views, euthanasia discussion

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Ramnath Goenka award for NL report challenging Modi govt’s farm success stories

Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar has won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in the 'Uncovering India Invisible' category for his ground report exposing the Central government's claim that the income of 75,000 farmers had doubled.

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Echo chambers and ‘super mamas’: How Assam’s media created a pro-government loop

In the days leading up to February 8, Assamese news channels carried a sense of anticipation.

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