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Delhi AQI ‘fraud’: Water sprinklers cleaning the data, not the air?

Newslaundry had earlier reported how several of Delhi’s air quality monitoring stations were themselves in violation of basic norms, placed behind trees, beside walls, or hemmed in by buildings that obstruct airflow within the mandatory 20-metre radius. But it seems even that wasn’t enough. As the city’s air turned poisonous…

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Patna’s auto drivers say roads shine, but Bihar’s development path is uneven

If you visit Patna, you will find hundreds of autorickshaws and e-rickshaws facilitating everyday commute. But few know what life is like for the people driving them.

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Shrinking funds, broken infra, ‘rising fear’: What’s at stake in JNUSU polls this year?

Outside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) election committee office on Wednesday, a student was seen asking a committee member why his nomination was cancelled. The reason, he was told, was his age and not the wheelchair he used.

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गरीबों के लिए कौन रील बनाएगा?, पटना के ऑटोवालों ने उठाए मोदी-नीतीश के विकास पर सवाल

अगर आप पटना में रहते हैं या यहां आते हैं, तो ऑटो और ई-रिक्शा आपकी रोज़ की सवारी का हिस्सा होंगे. लेकिन इन्हें चलाने वालों की ज़िंदगी कैसी है, ये बहुत कम लोग जानते हैं. चुनावों के बीच इनका हाल जानने हम पटना के शहीद भगत सिंह चौक पहुंचे. जहां दर्जनों…

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Washington Post’s Adani-LIC story fizzled out in India. That says a lot

Whether the story had substance or not, it is intriguing that there has been little to no follow up in mainstream print media to the Washington Post expose about the Life Insurance Corporation’s investments in Gautam Adani’s companies, allegedly at the behest of the Modi government.

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बिहार चुनाव में जन सुराज को पहली ठोकर: कहीं नामांकन रद्द तो कहीं उम्मीदवार 'गायब'

बिहार में विधानसभा चुनाव के नतीजे 14 नवंबर को आएंगे, लेकिन पहली बार यहां से चुनाव लड़ रही रणनीतिकार प्रशांत किशोर की पार्टी पांच विधानसभा सीटों पर चुनावी लड़ाई से बाहर हो गई है. ये पांच सीटें दानापुर, ब्रह्मपुर, गोपालगंज, सीतामढ़ी और वाल्मीकिनगर हैं. इन सीटों से या तो उम्मीदवार…

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Nominations cancelled, candidate ‘missing’: Cracks in Jan Suraaj strategy or BJP ‘pressure’?

Days before polling in Bihar, Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj suffered an early setback in five constituencies. Candidates either went missing, had their nominations canceled, or withdrew at the last minute citing “health” and “social pressure”.

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Oct 30, 2025: As haze envelops Delhi, Jahangirpuri shows action plan is only on paper

With Delhi blanketed by haze, Newslaundry visited Jahangipuri, among the 13 pollution hotspots identified by the Delhi government.

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Was Odisha prepared for Cyclone Montha?

Cyclone Montha, which formed over the Bay of Bengal, made landfall along the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Tuesday evening, lashing the region for about three hours. Its impact was felt across eight districts of Odisha – Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, and Nabarangpur.

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चक्रवाती तूफान मोंथा ने दी दस्तक, ओडिशा ने दिखाई तैयारी

बंगाल की खाड़ी से उठे चक्रवाती तूफ़ान मोंथा ने आंध्र प्रदेश और ओडिशा के तटवर्तीय इलाकों में मंगलवार शाम को दस्तक दी. इसका असर 3 से 4 घंटे तक रहा. ओडिशा के 8 जिलों में मोंथा का असर साफ दिखा. इनमें मलकानगिरी, कोरापुट, रायगड़ा, गजपति, गंजाम, कंधमाल, कालाहांडी और नबरंगपुर…

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HC criticises ANI for asking YouTube to block channel despite pending copyright case

The Delhi High Court has criticised news agency ANI for directly approaching YouTube to block a channel over alleged copyright infringement despite the matter being pending in court, Bar and Bench reported.

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Govt denies air-death link, but Lancet report says over 17 lakh died in India in 2022

While the Narendra Modi government denies any direct correlation between air pollution and mortality, a Lancet report has said that more than 17 lakh people died in India during 2022 from exposure to PM 2.5. Fossil fuels reportedly played a key role.

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सुधीर के सफेद झूठ, एनडीटीवी की कुंडली मार पत्रकारिता और रेखा गुप्ता

दिल्ली की हवा खराब है, दिल्ली में यमुना सड़ रही है, बिहार में चुनाव है, लेकिन सुधीर चौधरी नामक मनुष्य व्हाट्सएप पर फॉरवर्ड होने वाले सोन पापड़ी चुटकुलों को इकट्ठा करके हर शाम राष्ट्रीय चैनल पर ठेल दे रहा है और साल का पंद्रह करोड़ रुपया जस्टिफाई कर रहा है.

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Crores of govt jobs, cash handouts: Tejashwi Yadav’s ‘unreal’ promises?

In an interview with Sreenivasan Jain, RJD leader and INDIA alliance’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav addresses questions on the alliance’s unity, the feasibility of RJD’s job promises, and the recurring charge of a return to ‘jungle raj’. He dismisses concerns that delays in seat-sharing and in declaring him the…

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3 करोड़ नौकरियां, भर-भर के आर्थिक मदद के दावे: तेजस्वी यादव के वादे हकीकत से कितने दूर?

आरजेडी नेता और इंडिया गठबंधन के मुख्यमंत्री पद के उम्मीदवार तेजस्वी यादव ने श्रीनिवासन जैन से बातचीत में गठबंधन की एकजुटता, नौकरी देने के वादों की व्यवहारिकता और ‘जंगल राज’ की वापसी जैसे सवालों पर खुलकर जवाब दिए.

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The fight to keep Indian sports journalism alive

Indian sports journalism is about struggle, culture, politics, identity and stories of success. But in an age of 24/7 coverage, live updates and highlight reels, how can sports journalists push back?

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Haryana’s bulldozer bias: Years after SC Aravalli order, not a single govt building razed

This June, the Haryana government carried out a massive anti-encroachment drive in the ecologically fragile Aravallis. But when the dust settled, a pattern emerged.

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163 hours of missing Diwali AQI data: TOI slams India’s pollution policy

A week after The Times of India flagged the absence of pollution data during peak hours on Diwali night, the paper followed it up with a scathing editorial asking a simple and searing question: How serious is India about its air?

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Reality check of the Yamuna ‘clean-up’: Animal carcasses, a ‘pond’, and open drains

The Rekha Gupta government in Delhi claims that it has reduced pollution in the Yamuna ahead of the Chhath festival. The water may not be fit to drink, but it’s supposedly clean enough for devotees to bathe in and perform rituals. From Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to her ministers –…

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Chhath songs to cinema screen: Pollution is a blind spot in Indian pop culture

Now that Diwali has passed and Chhath is here, we’ve entered that familiar season when breathing becomes a conscious act. The water is frothing. The sky is covered in smog so thick it looks like somebody has edited away the contrast, the colour and sharpness. Only the AQI charts are…

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Ground still wet, air stays toxic: A reality check at Anand Vihar air monitor after water sprinkler video

Amid allegations of data manipulation by AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj and reports of water sprinklers circling air quality monitors, Newslaundry visited the Anand Vihar air monitoring station – one of Delhi’s most polluted spots – to verify the claims.

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The Yamuna PR wash: Anchors interview Delhi CM next to ‘pond’, no question on pollution data

This weekend, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta sat for interviews with DD anchor Sudhir Chaudhary and Aaj Tak’s Anjana Om Kashyap at Vasudev Ghat. The backdrop of these interviews wasn’t the river. It was apparently a man-made pond, which the AAP claims was filled with filtered water from the Sonia…

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Oct 27, 2025: Data manipulated at Anand Vihar air monitoring station?

Amid allegations of data manipulation by Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bhardwaj, Newslaundry visited the air monitoring system in Anand Vihar to do a reality check.

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Mile Sur Mera Tumhara: Why India’s most beloved TV moment failed when it tried again

The passing of Piyush Pandey brought back memories of his most enduring contribution to Indian popular culture: the 1988 Doordarshan musical medley Mile Sur Mera Tumhara. Working as an account manager at Ogilvy Mather, Pandey had penned lines that became a rare government broadcast, a lyrical celebration of India’s diversity…

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मालाबार माफिया: हिंदी के एड गुरु पीयूष पांडे

षीयूष का मतलब होता है अमृत. मगर नाम पीयूष होने का मतलब ये नहीं कि आप अमरत्व लेकर पैदा हुए हैं. ‘एड लीजेंड’ पीयूष पांडे भी चले ही गए. पीयूष ब्राम्हण थे, ब्राह्मणों को द्विज यानि दुजन्मा कहने की परम्परा है. तो वो जयपुर में पैदा भले 1955 में हुए…

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