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The etiquette of national mourning: How to love a country implicitly and unquestioningly

I’m almost sure it was Dickens who wrote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; the season of WhatsApped mourning and the season of twittered calls for vengeance; the spring of nationalist unity and the winter of silenced doubts.”

Newslaundry · Apr 25, 2025

पहलगाम हमले पर सुरक्षा में चूक पर सवाल: भाजपा नेताओं ने पत्रकार को पीटा

दैनिक जागरण के वरिष्ठ पत्रकार राकेश शर्मा को भाजपा कार्यकर्ताओं ने बुरी तरह मारा-पीटा. शर्मा की गलती ये थी कि उन्होंने भाजपा नेता से एक सवाल पूछ लिया था. ये सवाल पहलगाम आतंकी हमले को लेकर सुरक्षा में हुई चूक के बारे में था. इस हमले में 26 लोगों की…

Newslaundry · Apr 25, 2025

‘Good measures, poor implementation, no legal teeth’: Can Delhi’s heat action plan face the heat?

Summer is upon us, and as Delhi braces for heatwave conditions, the focus is now on the recently released Heat Action Plan (HAP). 

Newslaundry · Apr 25, 2025

Beaten at BJP protest for Pahalgam ‘question’, journalist says accused ‘wanted to teach him a lesson’

Rakesh Sharma, a senior journalist with Dainik Jagran, was assaulted and chased for allegedly questioning BJP leaders about a security lapse in Pahalgam during the party’s protest in Kathua on the national highway near Kalibari Chowk. 

Newslaundry · Apr 24, 2025

Campus Pe Crackdown: The assault on student activism in India

With Delhi police entering the university library in Jamia Millia Islamia in wake of anti-CAA and NRC protests with batons and tear gas and JNU  students being assaulted by university guards and police personnel for writing slogans against anti-maoist exercise ‘Operation Kagar,’ the crackdown has even often taken scary violent…

Newslaundry · Apr 24, 2025

Delhi court fines journalist Rs 5,000 in Foreign Correspondents’ Club case

Over the past several months, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia has been embroiled in controversy concerning its leadership.

Newslaundry · Apr 24, 2025

‘Got two brothers from Kashmir,’ says daughter of Pahalgam terror victim

“Everyone froze when a terrorist began shooting. He asked everyone to lay down. He approached us and said a word, which sounded like ‘kalma’, twice. When we said we didn't understand, he shot my father. When I hugged him, the terrorist poked the gun on my head. I don’t know…

Newslaundry · Apr 24, 2025

Aaj Ka AQI: Tourists at risk at Qutub Minar?

Many tourist spots in the national capital are enveloped in smog on several days every year.

Newslaundry · Apr 24, 2025

प्रधानमंत्री आवास से चंद किलोमीटर दूर, दिल्ली की झुग्गियों के आसपास आज भी खुले में शौच

हर सुबह प्रधानमंत्री जब दिल्ली में होते हैं तो 7, लोक कल्याण मार्ग यानि अपने सरकारी आवास में जागते हैं. करीब 12 एकड़ में फैले इस आवास में बाग-बगीचे हैं और मोर जैसे सुंदर परिंदे हैं. इनके अलावा भी कई जीव-जंतु यहां कि सुंदरता में चार-चांद लगाते हैं. 

Newslaundry · Apr 24, 2025

‘Avoid religious rhetoric, draw on past economic and security gains’: Editorials after Pahalgam attack

Across editorial pages in the wake of the Pahalgam attack, the message was clear on Thursday: resist divisive rhetoric, draw strength from recent gains in peace and development, and ensure justice is swift and focused. 

Newslaundry · Apr 24, 2025