Rs 2.3 crore a day, 8 years: Yogi govt outspends Modi govt when it comes to ads Eight years, and more than Rs 2.32 crore a day. Newslaundry · Aug 5
PTI apologises to Priyank Kharge for misreporting remarks on police constable exam The Press Trust of India (PTI) on Tuesday, August 4, apologised to Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge after admitting it had misinterpreted his remarks on the controversy surrounding the police constable recruitment examination in Karnataka. The news agency withdrew its earlier social media post, but Kharge said the apology could… Newslaundry · Aug 5
Modi govt spent Rs 910 crore on print ads in 5 years; Times of India biggest beneficiary The Narendra Modi government spent Rs 910.4 crore on print media advertisements between 2020-21 and 2024-25, according to information shared by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) in the Lok Sabha. The data was furnished in a written reply to a question by Congress MP Radhakrishna. Newslaundry · Aug 4
One year after Dharali: The growing cost of building in a fragile Himalaya A year after the Dharali disaster, the reconstructed road leading to Gangotri has been shifted a few metres away from the banks of the Bhagirathi river. The market, once bustling with tourists during the yatra season, now wears a lifeless look. Most shops and houses still remain buried under debris.… Newslaundry · Aug 4
The enigma of BlueKraft: The narrative factory behind Brand Modi Read the previous instalments of this series here and here. Newslaundry · Aug 4
Protest to crackdown: The aftermath of Jantar Mantar In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss the aftermath of the Jantar Mantar protests, led by the Cockroach Janta Party. They are joined by senior journalist and editor of The Wire, Seema Chisti, and Peek TV co-founder Vedanta Agarwal. Newslaundry · Aug 3
Masculinity or negative aura farming: What do people really think of Thar drivers? Scroll through Instagram or YouTube and you’ll find many videos of loud exhausts, reckless driving, traffic-rule speedruns, and a whole lot of attitude. Somewhere along the way, the Mahindra Thar has become less about off-roading and more about making an entrance for many. Newslaundry · Aug 3
‘Feels like career over’: The online campaign to intimidate women part of CJP protest A BJP MLA posts a video of a bleeding, weeping girl and tells his followers she is being taught a lesson. The video is actually from Varanasi, from a domestic violence case, and has nothing to do with the protest. It does not matter. The comments say: she didn’t get… Newslaundry · Aug 3
‘11-hour days, zero rest’: Delhi’s teachers say they are breaking under SIR duty “We are not computers or robots that we will do BLO work after teaching hours too,” says Rajat*, a higher secondary teacher in Ambedkar Nagar, South Delhi. Newslaundry · Aug 3
‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ gets caste and merit wrong On July 22, as the protests against Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan gathered momentum, something unusual began happening online. Newslaundry · Aug 3
Gen-Z के सदमे में अमीश का लवणेन भोज्यम, अमन का उड़ा गर्दा जेन-ज़ी लौंडों ने जब से धर्मेंद्र प्रधान का इस्तीफा लिया है तब से बहुतेरे एंकर एंकराओं को रात में नींद नहीं आ रही है. बहुतेरों को जंतर मंतर पर इस्तेमाल हुई भाषा से संस्कार और संस्कृति का संकट पैदा हो गया है. मर्यादा की दुहाई दी जा रही है. Newslaundry · Aug 1
एनएल चर्चा 434: CJP प्रदर्शन के बाद छात्रों पर पुलिस का शिकंजा, मीडिया का नैतिकता पाठ और असम में बाढ़ एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में धर्मेंद्र प्रधान के इस्तीफे के बाद प्रदर्शनकारियों पर कार्रवाई और असम में बाढ़ से मची तबाही पर विस्तार से बात हुई. Newslaundry · Aug 1
Ghar se salon tak: TV news turns ‘investigative’ reporter and language police over CJP protest Mainstream TV media has seemingly not taken any feedback on board in its coverage of the CJP protest. Emblematic of this are two recent pieces of ‘investigation’ by CNN-News18, which shows how far their coverage of the CJP protest continues to stray from the real issues of the protest –… Newslaundry · Aug 1
Woman journalist files FIR for assault, molestation during CJP protest coverage A woman reporter with Times Now was allegedly kicked and struck on the head, and her cameraperson was manhandled, while both were reporting live from Kerala House during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest march to Parliament on July 20. Newslaundry · Aug 1
Newslaundry · Aug 1 Hafta letters: ‘I don’t understand why Chetan Bhagat continues to be invited’ Jeevan
Newslaundry · Jul 31 Modi govt assurances, FIRs, and what’s next for CJP | Abhijeet Dipke with Manisha Pande Days after the Cockroach Janta Party called off its sit-in at Jantar Mantar with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and assurances from the Narendra Modi government, questions remain about what those assurances are worth.
Newslaundry · Jul 31 An army aspirant, a bystander, a minor: The unanswered bullets of Siwan NEET protest after AK-47 video Dhiraj Kumar Gond is waiting outside Medanta Hospital in Patna. He is attending to his cousin Bullet Kumar Gond, who was shot at in Siwan during the Bihar Bandh protest against paper leaks on July 25.
Newslaundry · Jul 31 सिवान हिंसा: छात्रों पर AK-47 चली, मगर गोली कैसे लगी यह पुलिस को नहीं पता धीरज कुमार गौंड राजधानी पटना के मेदांता अस्पताल के बाहर मिलते हैं. वे यहां अपने चचेरे भाई बुलेट कुमार गौंड की देखरेख कर रहे हैं, जिन्हें 25 जुलाई, 2026 को सिवान में गोली लग गई थी. सिवान जिले के डुमरहर गांव के रहने वाले धीरज बताते हैं, “मेरा भाई बुलेट…
Newslaundry · Jul 30 As DU reopens, students decode ‘thinly veiled threats’ and Jantar Mantar protests There were fewer students than usual in Delhi University’s North Campus this week, as most of those who had joined days earlier were attending their orientation. You could find students across Hindu College, the Faculty of Law, Daulat Ram College, St Stephen's College and Hansraj College holding a piece of…
Newslaundry · Jul 30 Beyond millennial cynics and hopefuls, the grand Gen Z debut When Abhijeet Dipke announced that the Cockroach Janta Party would be undertaking a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar site starting June 20, 2026, there was a fair amount of optimism among a small section of liberal millennials who are critical of the BJP.
Newslaundry · Jul 30 पत्थरों वाला ट्रक दिल्ली पुलिस की कस्टडी में, लेकिन हाईकोर्ट में उसके वकील ने इसे प्रदर्शनकारियों से जोड़ा न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री की खोजबीन में दिल्ली पुलिस ने पुष्टि की है कि 20 जुलाई की सुबह जंतर-मंतर के पास देखा गया पत्थरों से लदा ट्रक उसकी हिरासत में था. इस ट्रक को पुलिस ने एक सड़क दुर्घटना के बाद जब्त किया था और फिर वहां से हटाया. लेकिन न्यायालय में पुलिस…
Newslaundry · Jul 30 At least 75 dead, 7 lakh displaced: The making of Assam’s annual ‘unprecedented’ flood When it comes to floods in Assam, I refrain from using the term unprecedented. In media reporting on disasters, sensationalism often becomes the norm. The task is to generate curiosity. This is, of course, a structural limitation of event-based reporting. Assam’s floods, however, need a deeper contextual understanding.
Newslaundry · Jul 30 Can India scrap NEET without reviving capitation fee? Yes, here’s how The replacement of an admission procedure marred by serious problems of access and high cost and allegations of corruption among private medical institutions with the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) has resulted in a new set of injustices and a major federal dispute between the Union and some states.
Newslaundry · Jul 29 3 crore trees, 6 lakh acres and the Green Revolution | NL interview with Peepal Baba Governments in India routinely boast about planting crores of saplings in plantation drives, but how many actually survive? In Uttar Pradesh, for example, record-breaking daily targets are proudly announced although ground reports end up exposing how vast numbers of those saplings wither away within days.
Newslaundry · Jul 29 6 लाख एकड़ में 3 करोड़ पेड़ लगाने वाले ‘पीपल बाबा’ हरित क्रांति को कैंसर की वजह क्यों बता रहे? पेड़ हैं तो सांस है, और सांस है तो इंसान है. लेकिन विकास के नाम पर जिस तरह से पेड़ों की कटाई हो रही है, उसने कई सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं. ग्लोबल वार्मिंग लगातार बढ़ रही है. मौसम का चक्र बिगड़ रहा है. बारिश समय पर नहीं हो रही…