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‘She told me I am blind because of my past deeds’: Woman recounts abuse at Christmas event

Safalta Kartik, a visually impaired woman from Jabalpur, is on the verge of becoming a teacher after completing her final B.Ed exams – an achievement carved out through years of struggle against disability, poverty, and indifference. 

Newslaundry · Dec 23, 2025

TV media sinks lower as independent media offers glimmer of hope in 2025

As we come to the end of 2025, how do we assess the state of our mainstream media? Can it sink lower than it already has, given that it stands at 151 out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index? 

Newslaundry · Dec 22, 2025

TV Newsance 326 | A very curly tale, or how taxpayers’ money was used for govt PR

Food, travel, vlogs… and now government promotion? This episode of TV Newsance breaks down how Curly Tales became the face of a ₹6 crore Doordarshan documentary promoting the Modi government — and how the same content quietly appeared on private, monetised YouTube channels.

Newslaundry · Dec 20, 2025

Hafta letters: Asking cops about air quality, Sanchar Saathi, criticism of Mamdani coverage

Raj Kumar Jindal

Newslaundry · Dec 13, 2025

‘Nobody helped us’: The sole survivor of Goa club fire who lost husband, sisters

Among the 25 people who died in the massive fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, Goa, were four members of 40-year-old Bhavna Joshi’s family. Joshi, the sole survivor, was visiting Goa with her family when she lost her husband and three sisters that night.

Newslaundry · Dec 11, 2025

Press Club of India elections: Battle to reassert ‘democratic-secular values’ vs RSS influence

“We will not succumb to this attack. Today, the world should know what Hindustan is doing to Kashmir. The world should know that this is Modi’s India, not Gandhi’s,” declared Sheikh Abdul Rashid – then an independent MLA, today a sitting MP – his voice steady even as black ink…

Newslaundry · Dec 11, 2025

Dec 11, 2025: ‘Very poor’ AQI outside Parliament, but govt data says otherwise

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry was outside Parliament to document the air quality index (AQI) at 11 am on Thursday. 

Newslaundry · Dec 11, 2025

‘They said girls like us can’t do anything’: Meet India’s blind women cricket champions

On November 23, 16 blind women made history, winning the first-ever Blind Women’s T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka after defeating Nepal by seven wickets in the final.

Newslaundry · Dec 10, 2025

Dec 9, 2025: ‘Very poor’ air during evening rush-hour in Yusuf Sarai

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Yusuf Sarai market to document the air quality index (AQI) during the evening rush hour on Tuesday. 

Newslaundry · Dec 10, 2025

You can rebook an Indigo flight. You can’t rebook your lungs

A reiteration of the obvious is never wasted on the oblivious – Percival Everett, Erasure.I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moodsI contain multitudes– Bob Dylan, I contain multitudes. On December 6, I wrote a piece for Newslaundry explaining why India has been held hostage by a single airline: IndiGo. It went viral…

Newslaundry · Dec 9, 2025