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Bad air, big crowd: Fans say seeing Messi was unmissable in a city used to breathing poison

Amid GRAP-4 restrictions and worsened air quality, thousands waited at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi to catch a glimpse of Lionel Messi at the concluding event of the footballer’s ‘GOAT India Tour’.

Newslaundry · Dec 15, 2025

In ‘the land of abundant water’, Jal Jeevan has a cruel truth

Anita Tripura wakes up at 3.30 a.m., pulls out her teesing – – a large bamboo basket with aluminium pots stacked up inside it – and marches downhill in darkness. The teesing is attached to a long cloth-band that hangs from her forehead. A flickering kerosene lamp that she holds…

Newslaundry · Dec 15, 2025

SC grants interim bail to Mahesh Langa

The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case, Bar and Bench reported.

Newslaundry · Dec 15, 2025

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Dec 15, 2025: Severe AQI at AIIMS as GRAP-4 kicks in

Today’s Aaj Ka AQI comes from AIIMS Delhi, India’s flagship health institute directly impacted by worsening air quality .

Newslaundry · Dec 15, 2025

Let Me Explain: How the Sangh mobilised Thiruparankundram unrest

On December 3, the morning of Karthigai Deepam in Thiruparankundram looked like it always does. Pilgrims drifting in, vendors settling into their usual spots, the town waking up to a rhythm it knows well.

Newslaundry · Dec 15, 2025

South Central 54: The state of investigative journalism in 2025

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss whether investigative journalism is becoming one of the most endangered professions in India, or whether that is a misplaced fear. Looking back at 2025, the conversation focuses on how much space investigative reporting still has, the risks…

Newslaundry · Dec 14, 2025

Responsibility without power: When human buffers become punching bags for the public

The passing of Britain’s well-known playwright Tom Stoppard late last month prompted many to recall his enduring body of work. Most tributes rightly recalled his theatre plays and screenplays. There was, however, less mention of his little-known novel Lord Malquist and Mr Moon, published in 1966, quite early in his…

Newslaundry · Dec 13, 2025

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The 2019 rule change that accelerated Indian aviation’s growth journey, helped fuel IndiGo’s supremacy

In February 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed near Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 people on board. The US National Transportation Safety Board linked the accident to pilot fatigue.

Newslaundry · Dec 13, 2025

‘Archetypal journalist’ Rahul Shivshankar to take CNN-News18 to new heights

Zakka Jacob will step away from his position as Managing Editor of CNN-News18. Rahul Shivshankar of ‘Mr McAdams’ fame will lead things at the channel, assuming the position of Editorial Affairs Director, according to an internal email sent to Network 18 employees.

Newslaundry · Dec 13, 2025

TV Newsance 325 | Indigo delays, primetime 'dissent' and Vande Mataram marathon

This week on TV Newsance, our primetime poets turned into WhatsApp shayari machines, dropping couplets that would make even Ghalib file a noise complaint. But the real twist wasn’t their poetry – it was their sudden ability to question power once Indigo messed up their flights. A disruption close to…

Newslaundry · Dec 13, 2025

Hafta letters: Asking cops about air quality, Sanchar Saathi, criticism of Mamdani coverage

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Newslaundry · Dec 13, 2025

‘Not as grave as Nirbhaya’: What unfolded before sentencing in Kerala actor assault case

As the Ernakulam Additional Special Sessions Court heard final arguments before sentencing in the 2017 Kerala actor abduction and assault case, the courtroom became the site of a pointed debate over how accountability should be measured in a gangrape conviction. Both sides invoked the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder (Nirbhaya…

Newslaundry · Dec 12, 2025

Govt declares Delhi has had the lowest AQI in 8 years. Rahul Gandhi urges for a debate on pollution

Responding to the Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose's questions about the action that the Union government has taken to address the worsening air quality in the national capital, they claimed that "Delhi has observed the lowest average AQI in the past 8 years, i.e., from 2018 to 2025 (barring 2020…

Newslaundry · Dec 12, 2025

गोवा नाइट क्लब: 3 बहनों और पति को खोने वाली भावना ने बताई हादसे की पूरी कहानी

शनिवार की रात गोवा के एक नाइट क्लब में लगी भीषण आग में 25 लोगों की मौत हो गई, जबकि 6 घायलों का इलाज अस्पताल में जारी है. मृतकों में अधिकांश क्लब के कर्मचारी थे. गोवा के अर्पोरा में हुए इस हादसे के पीड़ितों के लिए प्रधानमंत्री राष्ट्रीय राहत कोष…

Newslaundry · Dec 11, 2025

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Newslaundry · Dec 11, 2025

‘Nobody helped us’: The sole survivor of Goa club fire who lost husband, sisters

Among the 25 people who died in the massive fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, Goa, were four members of 40-year-old Bhavna Joshi’s family. Joshi, the sole survivor, was visiting Goa with her family when she lost her husband and three sisters that night.

Newslaundry · Dec 11, 2025

SC’s bail verdict pending, Delhi court grants Khalid interim bail for sister’s wedding

A Delhi court on Thursday granted interim bail to Umar Khalid, the former JNU scholar and political activist who has been incarcerated under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), among other charges, for his alleged role in a larger conspiracy related to the 2020 Delhi riots, according to LiveLaw.

Newslaundry · Dec 11, 2025

Press Club of India elections: Battle to reassert ‘democratic-secular values’ vs RSS influence

“We will not succumb to this attack. Today, the world should know what Hindustan is doing to Kashmir. The world should know that this is Modi’s India, not Gandhi’s,” declared Sheikh Abdul Rashid – then an independent MLA, today a sitting MP – his voice steady even as black ink…

Newslaundry · Dec 11, 2025

Dec 11, 2025: ‘Very poor’ AQI outside Parliament, but govt data says otherwise

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry was outside Parliament to document the air quality index (AQI) at 11 am on Thursday.

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Newslaundry · Dec 11, 2025

Film critics call out ‘targeted attacks, organised bid’ against them for Dhurandhar review

In a strongly worded statement issued today, the Film Critics Guild of India (FCG) has condemned the “targeted attacks, harassment, and hate directed toward film critics” for their reviews of Dhurandhar, directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh.

Newslaundry · Dec 10, 2025

‘They said girls like us can’t do anything’: Meet India’s blind women cricket champions

On November 23, 16 blind women made history, winning the first-ever Blind Women’s T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka after defeating Nepal by seven wickets in the final.

Newslaundry · Dec 10, 2025

Vishwaguru delusions: India lacks the clout to shape a world in flux

At the end of a year of many setbacks for the Modi government’s foreign policies, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit aptly captured the Indian effort to find its centre of gravity in an era of massive geopolitical upheavals.

Newslaundry · Dec 10, 2025

Dec 9, 2025: ‘Very poor’ air during evening rush-hour in Yusuf Sarai

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Yusuf Sarai market to document the air quality index (AQI) during the evening rush hour on Tuesday.

Newslaundry · Dec 10, 2025

Dileep verdict: Editorials question ‘patriarchal elements’, decision to welcome back actor

Earlier this week, the Additional Special Sessions Court in Ernakulam delivered its verdict in a case that became one of Kerala’s most closely watched trials in recent memory. After a five-year trial, actor Dileep, accused of masterminding the abduction and sexual assault of an actor, was found not guilty in…

Newslaundry · Dec 9, 2025

Dhurandhar review on The Hollywood Reporter vanishes

If you went looking for Anupama Chopra’s Dhurandhar review on The Hollywood Reporter India and couldn’t find it – that’s because the video has quietly gone private. No explanation, no note, just poof.

Newslaundry · Dec 9, 2025

You can rebook an Indigo flight. You can’t rebook your lungs

A reiteration of the obvious is never wasted on the oblivious – Percival Everett, Erasure.I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moodsI contain multitudes– Bob Dylan, I contain multitudes. On December 6, I wrote a piece for Newslaundry explaining why India has been held hostage by a single airline: IndiGo. It went viral…

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