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How weather patterns and faraway mountains make Delhi the world’s most polluted megacity

Delhi is perhaps the most polluted of the world’s megacities. Every winter, the city’s 30 million residents breathe air so toxic that visibility drops to mere metres. If you stand on top of one of Delhi’s monuments you can barely make out buildings across the street as the thick, acrid…

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Let Me Explain: Tamil Nadu's century-long struggle against Hindi 'imposition'

Tamil Nadu is once again at loggerheads with the BJP-led union government over the perceived imposition of Hindi in southern states. The DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has accused the Modi government of withholding over Rs 2,000 crores meant for the state after it rejected the three-language formula proposed in the…

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High pendency in fast-track special courts set up for child sexual abuse cases

In 2022, as many as 239,188 cases out of 268,038 cases filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO, 2012), were awaiting trial, a pendency rate of 89.2 percent, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

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South Central Ep 16: Delimitation’s impact on South India, Karnataka now ‘Naxal-free’

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna and Leena Reghunath are joined by activist and journalist Shivasundar and retired bureaucrat PV Ramesh to discuss India’s looming delimitation exercise and Naxalism’s journey in Karnataka.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 359: Truth behind locals ‘fleeing’ Sambhal, cash for Delhi stampede victims

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Shivnarayan Rajpurohit.

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एनएल चर्चा 360 : परिसीमन, भाषा और शिक्षा नीति पर दक्षिणी राज्यों की चिंता और दिल्ली विधानसभा में कैग रिपोर्ट प्रस्तुत

इस हफ्ते परिसीमन को लेकर तमिलनाडु और केंद्र सरकार के बीच हुई तनातनी और दिल्ली विधानसभा में आबकारी नीति मामले पर कैग रिपोर्ट प्रस्तुत करने को लेकर विस्तृत बातचीत हुई.

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Hafta 526: Elon Musk’s DOGE, Tamil Nadu-Centre clash over three-language formula

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by Nitin Pai, director of Takshashila Institution, and The News Minute’s Shabbir Ahmed.

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TV Newsance 288: India’s economy is sinking and TV anchors are distracting us again

This week, we look at a shocking report that should have been at the centre of primetime debates but wasn’t. Turns out, a billion Indians have no money to spend on non-basic items! But TV news continues to avoid talking about growing inequality like the plague as the rich get…

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Hafta letters: Sources of news, ways to unwind, anti-colonialist views

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Making sense of ‘middlebrow’ Hindi publications in post-independence India

Exercises in redrawing the contours of the ‘public sphere’, to borrow from German theorist Jurgen Habermas, come with as many possibilities as with risks. This is more often the case when the frames are historical and the gaze is directed at examining the public sphere of an era through a…

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US tariffs, impact on economy: USAID row helps bury the big questions

Can the media avoid falling for the politics of distraction? Apparently not, as far as the media in India is concerned.

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What to do if your device is seized? SFLC.in offers a guide

What should you do when officials seize your electronic device during a raid? The Software Freedom Law Center, India, has now released a guide to educate Indians on how they can safeguard their personal security, privacy and rights in such instances.

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केंद्रीय मंत्री अश्वनी वैष्णव बोले- डिजिटल मीडिया को मिले अपनी उचित हिस्सेदारी

डिजिटल न्यूज़ पब्लिशर्स एसोसिएशन द्वारा गुरुवार को दिल्ली में आयोजित कॉन्क्लेव में केंद्रीय सूचना और प्रसारण मंत्री अश्विनी वैष्णण ने कहा कि मीडिया इन दिनों पारंपरिक तौर तरीकों से डिजिटल की ओर बढ़ रहा है.

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Miles to go before we sleep: The long road to leadership for LGBTQIA+ professionals

In the mid-20th century, India saw a great influx of women into the workforce in the white-collared jobs of the public sector, challenging societal norms. By breaking glass ceilings in male-dominated offices, these women transcended the traditional identities to establish themselves as individuals; in turn allowing future generations of women…

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Should discuss how media can get fair compensation: I&B minister

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has urged the media industry and stakeholders to discuss challenges linked to the transition to new media and said the government was “fully prepared” to provide any “necessary support”.

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Vikatan ‘pursuing all legal avenues’ as its website continues to be blocked after Modi cartoon

Tamil media organisation Vikatan is mulling legal action as its website continues to be blocked after it published a cartoon online that criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with US President Donald Trump.

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Modi’s trips last year to Abu Dhabi, Kazan and Moscow cost around Rs 20 cr: RTI

From Bhutan and Kuwait to Ukraine and the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s whirlwind diplomatic tours in 2024 dominated headlines. Replies to RTI queries by transparency activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd) now provide a glimpse into the cost of this 16-nation outreach.

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‘Scant regard for accuracy, lust for clickbait’: Shashi Tharoor slams Indian Express, state of journalism

In a thread on X, formerly Twitter, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor called out The Indian Express for doing “two somewhat shameless things”.

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Feb 27, 2025: Aaj Ka AQI from Wazirpur bus depot

For the latest episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Wazirpur bus depot on Thursday.

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Washington Post opinions page editor quits amid Jeff Bezos revamp

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has announced a “significant shift” to the paper’s opinion page which has triggered the resignation of the paper’s editorial page editor David Shipley.

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The long march to surrender: How Karnataka became ‘Naxal-free’

In 1994, the Naxal group People’s War killed Umakanth, a landlord in Aurad, a town in Karnataka’s northernmost district Bidar. This killing marked the start of a cycle of violence that claimed the lives of Maoists, police personnel, people branded as police informants by the Maoists, and other civilians. Now,…

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‘प्रतिबंध सूची’ के बीच पत्रकारों को दिल्ली विधानसभा में प्रवेश करने से रोका गया

दिल्ली में नई भाजपा सरकार के पहले विधानसभा सत्र के पहले दो दिनों में प्रेस की स्वतंत्रता को लेकर चिंताएं बढ़ गई हैं. कई पत्रकारों को विधानसभा परिसर में प्रवेश करने से अस्थायी रूप से रोक दिया गया. इन पत्रकारों में मान्यता प्राप्त पत्रकार भी हैं. इन्हें आमतौर पर बिना…

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संभल के तालाबंद घरों और पलायन के दावों का सच?

15 फरवरी को इंडियन एक्सप्रेस और हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स अख़बार ने एक ख़बर प्रकाशित की. जिसमें दावा किया गया कि संभल से एक हजार से ज्यादा लोग पलायन कर गए हैं. हिन्दुस्तान टाइम्स ने दावा किया कि उत्तर प्रदेश के संभल जिले के कोटगर्वी, नखासा तिराहा और हिंदपुरा खेड़ा इलाकों में…

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‘Unprecedented, a pattern’: Journalists denied entry to Delhi assembly amid ‘ban list’

The first two days of the first assembly session under the new BJP government in Delhi have triggered concerns about press freedom with several journalists temporarily blocked from entering the assembly premises. These journalists include those with an accreditation – which should have allowed them unrestricted access.

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डंकापति के यूएस वाले दोस्त ने दिया यूएसएड वाला झटका और योगीजी की उर्दू से नफ़रत

इस हफ्ते टिप्पणी में डंकापति की वापसी. संजय ने डंकापति के बारे में क्यों कहा कि उनकी फजीहत हो रखी है. आखिर क्यों डंकापति के शागिर्द ही उनके गले की हड्डी बन चुके हैं. दूसरी तरफ उनके तथाकथित दोस्त. कहने को दोस्त हैं लेकिन ऐसे दोस्त से दुश्मन भले. हर…

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