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‘A civilisational crisis’: The IISc professor whose AI talk went viral

Study maths, learn to think, learn programming or get a job. For a generation of Indian STEM students, that was the script. Now AI may be tearing up that playbook – so how do we adapt to this new world order?.

Newslaundry · 16h ago

Apple, Google remove Bitchat in India on govt order: Those determined to bypass it will, the ordinary user gets locked out

Bitchat, the offline messaging app developed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has been removed from both Apple’s App Store and Google Play in India following blocking directions from the Union ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY). Its website has also become inaccessible across several Indian internet service providers.

Newslaundry · 18h ago

Tribal students marched for better school meals. Mumbai Police detained them before they could protest

While the Cockroach Janata Party protest went ahead in Mumbai, tribal students who had marched from Nashik demanding better food and conditions in their schools allege they were detained before they could reach Azad Maidan and Raj Bhavan where they had intended to hold a protest.

Newslaundry · 21h ago

India’s women are angry, and rightfully so

India’s women are angry.

Newslaundry · Oct 6

South Central 95: Parakala Prabhakar on the ECI, SIR and the deletion of voters

In this week’s South Central, hosts Pooja Prasanna and Anisha Sheth are joined by political economist and author Dr Parakala Prabhakar for an extended conversation on the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the deletion of voters and the larger questions these developments…

Newslaundry · Oct 5

Who altered Form 6: Did the Supreme Court just torpedo ECI’s ‘court approval’ defence?

With each passing day, the Election Commission has more to explain about the conduct of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. On Monday, the Supreme Court questioned one of the Commission’s most consequential claims on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR): that the modified Form 6 declaration had the court’s approval.

Newslaundry · Oct 5

Goa case of 97 voters: One day after Express report, deleted voters asked to submit Form 6

A day after the Indian Express investigation reported that 97 Goa voters found eligible by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) were left out of the final roll because of a missing rollback facility in the ECINET system, a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Taleigao constituency reached out to three of the…

Newslaundry · Oct 5

No FIR yet against ACP accused of sexually harassing a female journalist

As of Monday (October 5) morning, no FIR has been registered against Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vivek Bhagat, whom an independent journalist accused of sexually harassing her while she was covering an October 3 protest in New Delhi. The protest had sought the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)…

Newslaundry · Oct 5

Kerala orders fresh probe into 2006 graft, harassment allegations against Gyanesh Kumar

Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has ordered a detailed vigilance inquiry into alleged corruption involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during his tenure as the Secretary of the state Public Works Department (PWD) in 2006, including allegations surrounding the suicide of a Malaysian engineer associated with a major Kerala State…

Newslaundry · Oct 5

How India’s food prices rose this September

In September 2026, a kilogram of onion cost 93% more than last year, while sugar prices were up 28% and rice was up about 8%, on average, according to ISignal’s Food Price Watch dashboard, which uses Department of Consumer Affairs data. This is in a year with the fourth lowest…

Newslaundry · Oct 5