EXPLAINED: 27 | Vintage Vibes

Modi govt evades Lok Sabha question on animals in Vantara, inspections

The Union Ministry of Forests, Environment and Climate Change has evaded a parliamentary question on the number of animals kept at the Reliance Foundation sponsored Vantara facility in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district.

Newslaundry · Aug 11, 2025

Reaching Dharali means climbing mountains and crossing a disaster

A week after flash floods devastated Dharali in Uttarkashi’s Harsil valley, the destruction is still everywhere you look. Villages remain cut off, roads have vanished, and bridges lie twisted in the river.

Newslaundry · Aug 11, 2025

After Bihar’s SIR clean-up, some voters have dots as names. Will they press the EVM button too?

In Bihar’s Kaupa village in Rohtas district lives a family of dots. 

Newslaundry · Aug 11, 2025

Uttarakhand disaster: Why experts say it was not a cloudburst

Four days after flash floods wreaked havoc in the Dharali area of ​​Uttarkashi, the cause of the incident remains elusive.

Newslaundry · Aug 8, 2025

‘Gates shut, phones silent’: After Air India crash, transparency ‘nosedived’ at civil aviation ministry

Since the Air India crash in June, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has allegedly imposed unofficial restrictions on journalists, including those with official Press Information Bureau accreditation.

Newslaundry · Aug 8, 2025

Swachh Bharat dream vs Delhi ground reality: ‘Struggle to breathe, a landfill within colony’

While the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 2.0 aims to make all Indian cities garbage-free by 2026, waste management remains a serious concern even in the national capital. In Okhla, the dustbins are absent, door-to-door waste collection inadequate, and the garbage collection vehicles insufficient.

Newslaundry · Aug 8, 2025

Gold and gated communities: How rich India’s hoarding fuels inequality

Jo bhi hai wo theek hai, zikra kyon karenHum hi sab jahaan ki, fikra kyon karen.– Sahir Ludhianvi, Phir Subah Hogi, 1958. Truth, when repeated often enough, starts sounding very banal. It just doesn’t register. Take this sentence: India is an economically unequal country. The evidence is all around us, and…

Newslaundry · Aug 8, 2025

1 lakh ‘fake’ votes? No editorial, barely any front-page lead, top Hindi daily buries it inside

When the Leader of the Opposition accuses the Election Commission of “criminal fraud” with reams of purported evidence, and the poll panel responds not by investigating, but by demanding an affidavit – and yet, the story barely makes the front page – what does that say about the state of…

Newslaundry · Aug 8, 2025

Uttarkashi: No power, no calls, families anxious for news of the missing

Days after the flash floods in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi region, many families remain incommunicado with mobile networks and power supply affected in Harsil, Dharali and Gangotri areas. 

Newslaundry · Aug 7, 2025

Rahul Gandhi alleges over 1 lakh fake voters helped BJP win Bangalore Central

At a press conference held in New Delhi on Thursday, August 7, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing it of facilitating widespread electoral malpractice. And to make his point, the Congress leader chose the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha seat as…

Newslaundry · Aug 7, 2025