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‘New Nepal’, old anxieties: Will a Gen Z mandate trigger a new playbook for South Block?

With the close of nominations, the contours of Nepal’s next parliamentary contest on March 5, 2026, have begun to take shape. These elections carry profound implications for India’s strategic interests. The voting comes after a violent Gen Z uprising that ousted the Oli government in September 2025 and reinstated Nepal’s…

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‘Unique, the reporter who lived like a local’: Mark Tully, as others remembered him

Long before podcasts and push alerts, before television debates swallowed the news cycle, many Indians first encountered the world each morning through a radio voice that sounded unhurried and quietly certain. In homes, tea shops and hostel rooms, the BBC bulletin would crackle on, and somewhere in it would be…

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9 in 10 Indians do not exercise

Only one in 10 Indians exercised on a given day in 2024, according to the Time Use Survey by the National Statistics Office (NSO). Exercise participation has increased since 2019, when 5.7 percent Indians reported exercising, but remains close to the 8 percent recorded in the 1998 survey conducted by the Central…

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Telangana’s NTV controversy and the cost of captured media

You may have gotten tired of hearing us talk about why the media needs to be independent.

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What the one-screen Republic Day meant for India’s sense of nationhood

On the not-so-distant edges of memory, Republic Day mornings in India followed a simple media rule: one screen, one ceremony.

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8 decades later, Ambedkar’s warning still echoes. The republic deserves better than hero worship

“Journalism in India was once a profession. It has now become a trade. It has no more moral function than the manufacture of soap. It does not regard itself as the responsible adviser of the public. To give the news uncoloured by any motive, to present a certain view of…

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South Central 59: Cinema, politics and the war on film critics

In this episode, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss the organised hate campaigns against film reviewers in the country. The discussion spans themes including the communal profiling of actors and reviewers and delves into whether fan culture catalyses the polarisation of films based on nationalism, religion, and gender politics.…

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Box office over backbone: The anxiety behind Bollywood's reaction to the AR Rahman row

During a recent interview, BBC Asian Network's Haroon Rashid politely pressed Oscar-winning music composer A.R. Rahman to respond to the criticism that Islamophobia is coded into the way Muslims are depicted in the Hindi film Chhaava, for which Rahman did the music. Chhaava was one of the highest-grossing Hindi films…

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Adani moves to 100 percent ownership of IANS

AMG Media Networks Ltd (AMNL), the media arm of Adani Enterprises – the flagship entity of the Adani Group – has taken full control of the Delhi-based news agency, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), by buying the remaining 24 percent stake for an undisclosed amount.

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Hafta 573: Funding the ‘circus’ in Davos as the net tightens on press freedom in Kashmir

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by journalist and entrepreneur Govindraj Ethiraj.

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TV Newsance 329 | Paragliding in Davos, fake Trump and a techie left to die in a Noida pit

This week on TV Newsance, we take you to the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, where anchors went skiing and paragliding, and Indian politicians arrived armed with MoUs and photo ops.

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Hafta Letters: Abhinandan ‘should stop generalising’ and Jayashree’s ‘tedious tirade’

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‘The Wasted Decades’: A grudging recommendation for the Nehru-bashing season

It is difficult to discuss a book that you significantly disagree with when it is written by a friend whom you like and respect. But there is a positive side to this: Disclosing this increases transparency and credibility, which I hope will remain irrespective of what I say about and…

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Jan 23, 2026: Despite rain, Republic Day venue records ‘very poor’ AQI

Preparations for the Republic Day parade are in full swing at Kartavya Path, where thousands are expected to gather. But even as light rain swept across Delhi, air quality at the venue remained alarming.

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The bigger story in Kashmir is the media’s silence on action against its own

The job of a journalist, in any part of India, is to observe, investigate, verify and report. But if you do precisely that in Kashmir, you are in big trouble. That is what journalists associated with major English language newspapers – Indian Express, Hindustan Times and The Hindu – found…

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How one word in AR Rahman’s BBC interview led to patriotism test

AR Rahman is one of India’s most celebrated and globally recognised artists. For decades, his music has shaped how the country sees itself and how the world sees India. And yet this week, Rahman found himself in an extraordinary position: having to publicly reaffirm his love for his own country.

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‘Impact of pollution on Indian economy far more consequential than impact of any tariffs’: Gita Gopinath

The impact of pollution on the Indian economy is “far more consequential than any impact of any tariffs that have been put on India so far,” said Gita Gopinath, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, at a discussion hosted by India Today's Kalli Purie at the World Economic…

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Saurabh Dwivedi to lead Indian Express’s Hindi foray

Saurabh Dwivedi is all set to helm The Indian Express in its new Hindi avatar, overseeing its entire operation, including video shows and an e-paper. The initiative will seek to take The Indian Express’s English editorial depth to a mass Hindi-speaking audience.

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‘How can you remove names without checking?’: Inside Prayagraj’s battle over voter lists

The release of the draft electoral rolls under UP’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has left many residents of Prayagraj’s western and southern assembly constituencies anxious. Since January 11, the Election Commission has set up claims and objections booths across the city.

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6 journalists summoned this month, ‘25’ in a year: The police trail following Kashmir’s press

The oral summonses issued to at least five national media journalists in Kashmir, following their reporting on the profiling of mosques, mark the latest episode of what many describe as systematic surveillance of the valley’s press.

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Jan 21, 2026: Visitors to Lodhi Garden breathe ‘very poor’ air as AQI hits 336

For today’s episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the famous Lodhi Garden in central Delhi. The nearest CPCB air quality monitoring station pegged the AQI at 283 in the ‘poor’ category, while our own monitor showed 336, in the ‘very poor’ category.

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Mark Carney calls out the rules-based global order lie, but only after it hurts middle powers

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent special address to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, has sent geopolitics watchers and commentators into a tizzy. He did something political leaders seldom do: he delivered a mea culpa.

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The Social Life of Indian Trains review: A journey that misses out many worlds

Indian railways, as a social microcosm of the country, have long figured in reflections and commentary on India. They find their way into literary narratives of many kinds, and into screen portrayals too. In these tellings, the train carries a cross-section: class, region, habit, speech, and silence, held together in…

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‘Told to sign bond, reporter does not’: Express confronts police action against reporter in Kashmir

Days after journalists from national publications were summoned by the Jammu and Kashmir police, The Indian Express publicly backed its Srinagar-based reporter Bashaarat Masood, detailing the police action against him in a front-page report.

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Inside the influencer campaign that defended a contested Aravalli order

In the last week of December 2025, Instagram was flooded with strikingly similar posts carrying the hashtag #AravalliIsSafe. Using near-identical scripts, influencers argued that a controversial Supreme Court order on the Aravalli Hills was being misrepresented, environmental concerns were exaggerated, and critics were spreading misinformation.

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