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UoH student Mayukh dies by suicide, mob harassment and assault alleged

Mayukh Kundu, a first-year MA student at the University of Hyderabad (UoH), allegedly died by suicide on May 18. His body was found in the Buffalo Lake on campus on the next day, May 19.

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5 years, over 21% rise in preterm birth rate: Delhi’s air is cutting pregnancies short

On the morning of October 13, 2025, Moni woke up to another uncontrollable coughing fit. She reached for water, then more water, hoping the scratch in her throat would settle. It did not.

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Ring of concrete: The seven flyovers that will cost Hyderabad a national park

At dawn, the Indian Grey Hornbill cruises over the Jubilee Hills police checkpost, five to 12 metres above the road, following a flight corridor that hornbills have used for longer than the city has existed. By 2028, if the Hyderabad City Innovative and Transformative Infrastructure (HCITI) project proceeds as tendered,…

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‘Nothing short of a miracle’: How primetime TV lost its mind over a one-rupee toffee

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Modi gifted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a packet of Melody toffees. Meloni posted a video. It went viral. And primetime Indian television, in a moment of collective editorial judgment, went what kids these days call “ape s**t”.

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Smaller fruits, lower yield: The climate crisis comes for India’s mango capital

This year, the famed mango orchards of Malihabad in Lucknow are under severe stress. The fruits are smaller than usual, many are dropping prematurely, and growers are reporting a sharp decline in overall production. Farmers and scientists say the culprit is a rapidly changing climate that has disrupted the delicate…

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Meet Helle Lyng, the Norwegian journalist who asked Modi why he avoids the press

Helle Lyng Svendsen, a Norwegian journalist at Dagsavisen, had no idea that a single question directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi would ignite a storm in India. But she asked anyway: “Prime Minister Modi, why don’t you take some questions from the freest press in the world?”

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Rs 40,000 for more babies? Chandrababu Naidu’s plan is misguided

Chandrababu Naidu wants people in Andhra Pradesh to have more children. Not just one or two, but three or four children.

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HC sentences YouTuber to 6 months in prison after remarks comparing courts to ‘dictatorship’

The Delhi High Court has sentenced YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja to six months in jail and a Rs 2,000 fine for criminal contempt of court, Bar and Bench reported. The court found certain remarks in his videos and during court hearings deeply disrespectful to the judiciary.

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Your favourite viral column might have been written by AI. Now what?

First things first.

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A trail of grief, little accountability: The Marion Biotech story after 68 children deaths

This is the third part of an investigative series examining pharmaceutical companies linked to the deaths of children from contaminated medicines, and the regulatory failures that allowed them to keep operating. It is supported by the Thakur Foundation. The foundation has not exercised any editorial control over the project.

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Hyderabad clash: Two media outlets among 16 X accounts facing police action

The Telangana police on Sunday, May 17, issued notice to 16 ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) handles, including those of Hyderabad-based media outlets like The Siasat Daily and NewsMeter, for allegedly ‘promoting public unrest’ by publishing ‘inflammatory and communal content'.

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Norway’s PM took questions. Modi left Indian envoy to face Norwegian media

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just walked off stage without taking a single question from journalists, including one shouted at him by Norwegian commentator Helle Lyng of Dagsavisen. What followed, when MEA Secretary (West) Sibi George and other ministry officials faced the media, was one of the more…

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Election soundbites tell us less than we think. That’s the paradox of the modern state

It has long been a matter of wonder to me how some people, once approached by journalists or surveyors during elections, suddenly begin speaking in the elevated language of public life. In no time they start describing their expectations in soaring terms, in maudlin phrases like “children’s future” and “development”.…

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‘Why don’t you take questions?’: Press freedom concerns follow PM Modi from Hague to Oslo

A video circulating on X has added fresh fuel to the ongoing controversy surrounding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-nation tour – this time from Oslo, where a Norwegian journalist attempted to question him as he walked off stage with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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Rubika Liyaquat quits News18 India, Sushant Sinha leaves Times Now Navbharat

Rubika Liyaquat has stepped down as consulting editor at News18 India, ending a two-year stint during which she fronted the channel’s flagship debate show Goonj and other programmes.

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Extreme heat is quietly pushing women out of work

By 10 in the morning, the temperature on Meena’s MGNREGS worksite outside Jhunjhunu has already crossed 38°C. If she fails to meet her daily earthwork target, her wage is docked. If she leaves the site, she is not paid at all.

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In Delhi’s scorching heat, its poorest women are back to the chulha

Parveena Khatun, 45, runs a tea stall on Baba Gangnath Marg in Delhi’s Munirka. The shortage of cooking gas cylinders has affected Parveena’s income.

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South Central 75: Is it time to do away with NEET?

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss the NEET exam paper leak and the subsequent developments. In the second part of the discussions, the hosts discuss the austerity measures announced by PM Modi, including a ban on exports and judicious use of oil…

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Modi calls out ‘sources’ in CNBC-TV18 report about tax on foreign travel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday went on X to rebut a source-based media report by CNBC-TV18 claiming that the government "at highest levels" was considering imposing a levy on foreign travel.

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TV Newsance 342 | Arnab wants manners, Sudhir wants you to stop eating

This week on TV Newsance, primetime TV delivered a full-on masala film: action, drama, melodrama, and, of course, nationalism, served with a side of hypocrisy! What makes it worse is that all of this is happening in the Press Freedom Month.

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Hafta letters: Bengal election coverage, app complaints, and live stream moderation

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‘Sad to see symbols of post-Independence India being reduced to rubble’: Romila Thapar

I am leaving my books to the library at Shiv Nadar University. It was a difficult decision as I had initially intended to leave them to JNU. Apart from a substantial number on early Indian history, there are quite a large number on other subjects. Now that JNU and state-financed…

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As temperatures rise, a Delhi neighbourhood grapples with water crisis

As temperatures rise in Delhi, residents across several sectors of Dwarka are once again grappling with water shortages. From Sector 6 to Sector 12, apartment complexes are reporting supply disruptions, with Sector 10 among the worst affected.

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A camera, a sleeping drunk man, welder who thought it was ‘a rally’: Inside Delhi’s new ‘cooling zone’

It is 38°C. The sun hangs directly overhead Jama Masjid metro station, unforgiving and exact. At the entrance to what the Delhi government is calling a “cooling zone,” smiling headshots of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta greet you.

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‘We’ve lost all faith’: Another NEET fiasco leaves aspiring doctors devastated

The cancellation of the NEET exam has left lakhs of medical aspirants angry, exhausted, and unsure of what lies ahead. While the National Testing Agency has announced a re-test and fee refunds, students, parents, and teachers say the damage goes far beyond logistics: their trust in the system has collapsed.

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