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Hafta 531: Understanding Waqf bill, protests in University of Hyderabad

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Manisha Pande are joined by The News Minute’s Sudipto Mondal and Supreme Court lawyer Talha Abdul Rahman.

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TV Newsance 293: Waqf bill to TV anchors’ rescue, BJP ‘saves’ all Muslims!

This week, discourse on TV news channels was dominated by the Waqf Amendment Bill, which was passed by the Parliament after fiery marathon debates. In the Lok Sabha, we saw ministers like Amit Shah and Kiren Rijiju attack the Waqf board as if it was the worst thing to happen…

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Hafta letters: Uncle behaviour, patriarchy, the right to exist

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Attack on Christian priests in MP: FIR after 3 days, no arrests so far

It took Madhya Pradesh police three days to file an FIR against purported Hindutva groups who had allegedly attacked two Catholic priests in Jabalpur on Monday. No arrests have been made in the case so far.

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Supreme Court questions Delhi HC takedown order against Wikipedia page

The Supreme Court on Friday questioned a Delhi High Court order directing Wikipedia to take down a page on the defamation suit filed by news agency Asian News International against the online encyclopedia, Live Law reported.

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Waqf bill: Opposition rebuttals that demand our attention

As the Rajya Sabha passed the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 with 128 votes favouring the bill and 95 votes opposing it, there were several potent objections raised by Opposition MPs. This comes a day after the Lok Sabha passed the bill after a 12-hour debate when 288 MPs voted in…

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सरदेसाई मानहानि मामला: दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट ने शाजिया इल्मी पर लगाया 25 हजार रुपये का जुर्माना

दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट ने भाजपा नेता शाजिया इल्मी पर 25,000 रुपये का जुर्माना लगाया है. इल्मी पर यह जुर्माना इंडिया टुडे के पत्रकार राजदीप सरदेसाई के खिलाफ मानहानि के मुकदमे में तथ्यों को छिपाने के लिए लगाया गया है.

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‘Taxing time’: Beijing to Berlin, Trump’s tariffs dominate world headlines

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of broad “reciprocal tariffs” on imports to the United States has sent shockwaves through global markets and prompted stern responses from world leaders. With a baseline 10 percent tariff on all imports and significantly higher rates for countries Trump described as having “unfair” trade relationships…

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HC tells Shazia Ilmi to pay Rs 25,000 for suppressing facts in case against Rajdeep Sardesai

The Delhi High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on BJP leader Shazia Ilmi for suppressing facts in her defamation suit against India Today journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, Bar and Bench reported.

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What’s Your Ism? Ambedkar in Europe, and a Roma school’s fight against segregation

From Maharashtra to Miskolc, What’s Your Ism travels to Hungary where a Roma activist found hope in Ambedkar. János Orsós, founder of the Dr Ámbédkar School, speaks with Sudipto Mondal and Prajwal Bhat about Hungary’s racial segregation, state complicity, and how Ambedkar’s legacy of education and justice offers a way out.

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‘Aren’t we all stakeholders?’ ask University of Hyderabad’s students, faculty

“The campus is my home, as much as it is of every being that lives here. This is emotional for the students and us,” says Professor Sowmya Dechamma CC, an alumna of the University of Hyderabad who now heads the Centre for Comparative Literature there. She’s talking about the protests…

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Rahul Kanwal quits India Today amid buzz he may join NDTV

Rahul Kanwal has quit as India Today’s news director.

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Days after director’s threat, protest at DU’s J-school over threat to students, infra concerns

Two days after the director of Delhi School of Journalism, Bharati Gore, allegedly threatened students with assault, around 30 students, led by the National Students’ Union of India, held a protest outside Gore’s office on Thursday, demanding that she apologise. The protesting students also sought an audience with Gore to…

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Days after director’s threat, protest at DU’s J-school over threat to students, infra concerns

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UP forest dept makes way for Adani project awaiting green nod

Adani’s subsidiary, Mirzapur Thermal Energy (UP) Private Ltd (MTEPL), has gained access to its controversial power plant site through a forest department road – without obtaining the required forest clearance that would precede such arrangements.

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Locked up without trial: The forgotten activists of Delhi riots FIR #59

After the Delhi riots of 2020, the police registered 758 FIRs and arrested 2,619 people.

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असहमति की कीमत: दिल्ली दंगों में यूएपीए के मुकदमे झेल रहे पांच गुमनाम चेहरे

साल 2020 में राजधानी में हुए दंगों के बाद दिल्ली पुलिस ने 758 एफआईआर दर्ज की और 2619 लोगों को गिरफ़्तार किया. इनमें से 59 एफआईआर दिल्ली में रची गई इस साजिश के ईर्द-गिर्द थी, जिनमें सीएए-एनआरसी का विरोध करने वालों को निशाना बनाया गया.

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‘Unchecked powers’: Journalist bodies mount protests against Maharashtra public security bill

Ten press associations from Maharashtra demonstrated in Mumbai and Pune on Thursday, expressing concerns that the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024, will impact press freedom.

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Kerala HC stays criminal proceedings against Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna in prohibited advertisement case

The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted a three-month stay in the criminal proceedings against Patanjali Ayurved’s promoters, Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, and Divya Pharmacy – an affiliate of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd co-founded by them – in a prohibited advertisement case.

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April 3, 2025: Delhi’s air monitoring data is unreliable

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visits the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, which has one of the 38 continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations in Delhi. The PM 2.5 level was 21 and PM 10 hovered around 24. At 143, the AQI was in the…

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It’s too soon to call Yunus’s China visit remarks a strategic shift

Almost seven months after the regime change in Bangladesh, the imprints of the shift in Dhaka’s foreign policy outlook aren’t exactly unexpected. However, some aspects of this shift could raise diplomatic eyebrows. A clear instance of this can be seen in the ripples caused by recent remarks made by Bangladesh’s…

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‘India doesn’t need validation from foreign organisations’: Centre on India’s decline in global press freedom ranking

“India has a vibrant press and media ecosystem and does not need validation from foreign organisations,” Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

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Explained: The Kancha Gachibowli row, and why University of Hyderabad students are protesting

Kancha Gachibowli, a 400-acre parcel of land, is once again at the heart of a controversy in Telangana’s capital Hyderabad.

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सारांश: छावा का बहाना, औरंगजेब की कब्र क्यों बनी निशाना?

शंभाजी महाराज और आलमगीर औरगंजेब के इस 300 साल से ज्यादा पुराने इतिहास में 2025 की 14 फरवरी यानि वेलेंटाइन डे के दिन छावा नामक फिल्म का तड़का लगा. पर्दे पर उकेरे गए आधे-अधूरे इतिहास और औरंगजेब का क्रूर एक्शन देख लोग भावुक हो रहे थे. इस बीच राजनीतिक गलियारों…

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Rapido, Ola, Uber must stop bike taxis within 6 weeks in Karnataka: HC

The Karnataka High Court has ordered the suspension of bike taxi services in the state within six weeks, ruling that such services cannot operate unless the government issues necessary guidelines under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

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