इलाहाबाद विश्वविद्यालय के छात्रों में यूजीसी के नियमों पर फैली नाराज़गी और उलझन की ग्राउंड रियलिटी 13 जनवरी को विश्वविद्यालय अनुदान आयोग की ओर से जारी किए समता के संवर्धन नियमों पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने फिलहाल रोक लगा दी है. मामले की अगली सुनवाई 19 मार्च को होगी. Newslaundry · Jan 31
UGC norms row leaves Allahabad University campus divided The Supreme Court has temporarily stayed the UGC’s new equity regulations with the next hearing scheduled for March 19. Newslaundry · Jan 31
‘Full enjoy bhai’: Free birds or civic nuisance? Why Indian tourists are hated worldwide One of the strangest images to emerge in the age of social media is that of young men from NCR and Haryana dancing half-naked on snow-covered mountains. It makes you wonder what kind of rush comes from dancing without a shirt when the temperature, like their IQ, is below zero. Newslaundry · Jan 30
‘Hindu ekta khatre mein’: How TV news rewrote UGC’s equity norms “Don’t savarna students face bias too?” Newslaundry · Jan 30
‘False cases clause would silence complaints’: Lawyer for Vemula, Tadvi families Amid mounting outrage by certain sections and slogans such as “Modi teri kabar khudegi, UGC ki dharti par”, the Supreme Court has stayed the University Grants Commission’s new Promotion of Equity Regulations 2026. Newslaundry · Jan 29
Palki Sharma quits Firstpost to launch her own venture Palki Sharma has decided to step down from her position as managing editor of Firstpost to launch her own venture. Newslaundry · Jan 29
Jan 29, 2026: The air quality is ‘very poor’ even in south Delhi homes Is the air in our homes as dirty as the air outdoors? To find out, Newslaundry compared the air quality index (AQI) levels inside and outside a home in Munirka, South Delhi. Using our portable monitoring device – and without any purifiers running – we recorded an outdoor AQI of… Newslaundry · Jan 29
Only 3 meetings on Delhi’s air crisis. But guess how many air purifiers in ministry’s office Delhi’s air crisis is neither sudden nor unforeseeable. Newslaundry · Jan 29
The Lutyens blind spot: Mark Tully saw the English media’s disconnect with ordinary Indians In 1991, Mark Tully, by then the face of the BBC in India and one of the most recognisable foreign broadcasters covering the country, turned a critical gaze towards the English-language news media in India. Newslaundry · Jan 29
Rahul Gandhi-Kanimozhi hold cordial talks, no decision on seat sharing Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers. This week’s edition is by Shabbir Ahmed and Pooja Prasanna. Newslaundry · Jan 29
वायु प्रदूषण: ओडिशा के शहरों में एक उभरता संकट, ट्विन सिटी की हवा हुई ‘खराब’ ओडिशा में वायु प्रदूषण लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है. प्रदेश के कई शहरों में हवा की गुणवत्ता चिंताजनक स्तर तक पहुंच चुकी है. भुवनेश्वर और कटक, जिसे ट्विन सिटी भी कहा जाता है, बीते कुछ वक्त से खराब हवा का सामना कर रहे हैं. Newslaundry · Jan 28
Gasping for breath: Are Odisha’s twin cities going the Delhi way? Air pollution levels are steadily rising across several cities in Odisha, particularly in the ‘Twin Cities’ of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, the air quality index (AQI) in the Twin Cities has ranged between 230 and 300 since December 2025, oscillating between the ‘poor’… Newslaundry · Jan 28
गणतंत्र के शोर में बर्बाद बनारस और गंगा पूरे देश में उत्साह और धूमधाम से 77वां गणतंत्र दिवस मनाया गया. तो हमने सोचा क्यों न इस मौके पर थोड़ी सी बात अपने संविधान के बारे में की जाय, वो बातें जो कम लोगों को पता है. मसलन आपको पता है कि भारत की संविधान सभा बनाने का विचार… Newslaundry · Jan 28
Newslaundry · Jan 28 Jan 28, 2026: Despite rain, air quality remains ‘very poor’ For today’s episode of Aaj Ka AQI, we stood outside the Gopaldas building on Barakhamba Road, one of the city’s bustling economic hubs. The nearest official CPCB monitoring station at ITO recorded an AQI of 262, placing it in the ‘poor’ category. Our independent air quality monitor, however, recorded an…
Newslaundry · Jan 28 ‘Can’t imagine Baramati without Dada’: The end of a powerhouse who shaped Maharashtra politics Vishal Jadhav’s voice breaks as he tries to find words. The NCP worker stands in Baramati on what should have been a day of political rallies and jostling crowds – four sabhas scheduled across the constituency for the Zilla Parishad elections. Instead, there is only silence. The party chief who…
Newslaundry · Jan 28 Ajit Pawar dies in plane crash, Maharashtra politics loses a key power centre Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar reportedly died in an aircraft accident on Tuesday morning while en route from Mumbai to Baramati. The crash also claimed the lives of four others travelling with him, including two pilots and members of his security detail.
Newslaundry · Jan 27 Swords, slogans and Hindu Rashtra: The ‘mahant’ calling for a ‘religious war’ against minorities Despite a 2023 Supreme Court order directing all states to take suo motu action against hate speech, such incidents have only surged in recent years. According to a 2025 report by the Centre for the Study of Organised Hate (CSOH), the number of hate speech incidents reached 1,318, surpassing the…
Newslaundry · Jan 27 ‘Few can do accountability reporting’: Washington Post’s India bureau joins fight against ‘job cuts’ Staffers at the Washington Post have begun a public campaign urging owner Jeff Bezos to reconsider potential layoffs that they say could significantly shrink the paper’s international reporting network.
Newslaundry · Jan 27 Jan 27, 2026: ‘Very poor’ AQI outside Hauz Khas metro station, but govt data says otherwise For today’s episode of Aaj Ka AQI, we stood outside Hauz Khas metro station, one of the city’s busiest commuter points with heavy passenger footfall.The nearest official DPCC monitoring station at Aurobindo Marg recorded an AQI of 190, placing it in the ‘moderate’ category. Our independent air quality monitor, however,…
Newslaundry · Jan 27 The world India must budget for As India looks ahead to its next Union Budget on February 1, global factors are shaping the broader context which its economy must navigate in the coming year. Developments in the world’s two largest economies – the United States and China – will shape that context.
Newslaundry · Jan 27 ‘New Nepal’, old anxieties: Will a Gen Z mandate trigger a new playbook for South Block? With the close of nominations, the contours of Nepal’s next parliamentary contest on March 5, 2026, have begun to take shape. These elections carry profound implications for India’s strategic interests. The voting comes after a violent Gen Z uprising that ousted the Oli government in September 2025 and reinstated Nepal’s…
Newslaundry · Jan 27 ‘Unique, the reporter who lived like a local’: Mark Tully, as others remembered him Long before podcasts and push alerts, before television debates swallowed the news cycle, many Indians first encountered the world each morning through a radio voice that sounded unhurried and quietly certain. In homes, tea shops and hostel rooms, the BBC bulletin would crackle on, and somewhere in it would be…
Newslaundry · Jan 27 9 in 10 Indians do not exercise Only one in 10 Indians exercised on a given day in 2024, according to the Time Use Survey by the National Statistics Office (NSO). Exercise participation has increased since 2019, when 5.7 percent Indians reported exercising, but remains close to the 8 percent recorded in the 1998 survey conducted by the Central…
Newslaundry · Jan 26 Telangana’s NTV controversy and the cost of captured media You may have gotten tired of hearing us talk about why the media needs to be independent.