BIZARRE: 62 - What They Never Told You

चक्रवाती तूफान मोंथा ने दी दस्तक, ओडिशा ने दिखाई तैयारी

बंगाल की खाड़ी से उठे चक्रवाती तूफ़ान मोंथा ने आंध्र प्रदेश और ओडिशा के तटवर्तीय इलाकों में मंगलवार शाम को दस्तक दी. इसका असर 3 से 4 घंटे तक रहा. ओडिशा के 8 जिलों में मोंथा का असर साफ दिखा. इनमें मलकानगिरी, कोरापुट, रायगड़ा, गजपति, गंजाम, कंधमाल, कालाहांडी और नबरंगपुर…

Newslaundry · Oct 29, 2025

HC criticises ANI for asking YouTube to block channel despite pending copyright case

The Delhi High Court has criticised news agency ANI for directly approaching YouTube to block a channel over alleged copyright infringement despite the matter being pending in court, Bar and Bench reported.

Newslaundry · Oct 29, 2025

Govt denies air-death link, but Lancet report says over 17 lakh died in India in 2022

While the Narendra Modi government denies any direct correlation between air pollution and mortality, a Lancet report has said that more than 17 lakh people died in India during 2022 from exposure to PM 2.5. Fossil fuels reportedly played a key role.

Newslaundry · Oct 29, 2025

Haryana’s bulldozer bias: Years after SC Aravalli order, not a single govt building razed

This June, the Haryana government carried out a massive anti-encroachment drive in the ecologically fragile Aravallis. But when the dust settled, a pattern emerged.

Newslaundry · Oct 28, 2025

163 hours of missing Diwali AQI data: TOI slams India’s pollution policy

A week after The Times of India flagged the absence of pollution data during peak hours on Diwali night, the paper followed it up with a scathing editorial asking a simple and searing question: How serious is India about its air?

Newslaundry · Oct 28, 2025

Reality check of the Yamuna ‘clean-up’: Animal carcasses, a ‘pond’, and open drains

The Rekha Gupta government in Delhi claims that it has reduced pollution in the Yamuna ahead of the Chhath festival. The water may not be fit to drink, but it’s supposedly clean enough for devotees to bathe in and perform rituals. From Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to her ministers –…

Newslaundry · Oct 27, 2025

Chhath songs to cinema screen: Pollution is a blind spot in Indian pop culture

Now that Diwali has passed and Chhath is here, we’ve entered that familiar season when breathing becomes a conscious act. The water is frothing. The sky is covered in smog so thick it looks like somebody has edited away the contrast, the colour and sharpness. Only the AQI charts are…

Newslaundry · Oct 27, 2025

Ground still wet, air stays toxic: A reality check at Anand Vihar air monitor after water sprinkler video

Amid allegations of data manipulation by AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj and reports of water sprinklers circling air quality monitors, Newslaundry visited the Anand Vihar air monitoring station – one of Delhi’s most polluted spots – to verify the claims.

Newslaundry · Oct 27, 2025

The Yamuna PR wash: Anchors interview Delhi CM next to ‘pond’, no question on pollution data

This weekend, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta sat for interviews with DD anchor Sudhir Chaudhary and Aaj Tak’s Anjana Om Kashyap at Vasudev Ghat. The backdrop of these interviews wasn’t the river. It was apparently a man-made pond, which the AAP claims was filled with filtered water from the Sonia…

Newslaundry · Oct 27, 2025

Oct 27, 2025: Data manipulated at Anand Vihar air monitoring station?

Amid allegations of data manipulation by Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bhardwaj, Newslaundry visited the air monitoring system in Anand Vihar to do a reality check. 

Newslaundry · Oct 27, 2025