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What does love look like in 2026 India? Here’s what Delhi had to say

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, we at Newslaundry wanted to explore something that rarely makes the headlines – love. We went to one of Delhi’s favourite spots to ask people what love means to them, if it is tough to find, and how hard it is to sustain.

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Connecting the dots: From ‘Devbhoomi’ to Mumbai, the communal targeting media won't see

There is news. And then there is barely any news.

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Telugu YouTube channel targets Muslim vendors claiming ‘food jihad’

Muslim vendors selling kova buns at the Samakka Saralamma Jatara, a major tribal festival in Telangana’s Mulugu district, have been subjected to harassment by a YouTube channel that accused them of promoting so-called “food jihad”.

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What did we learn from Hardeep Puri’s media blitz?

Through the day yesterday, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Puri has been given the chance to hop from one channel to the other explaining how he’s smelling of roses on the whole Epstein thing. Quite literally.

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Epstein Files: Why the elite kept hitting ‘reply’ to a convicted paedophile

There’s a bunch of sick f***s. And the sickest part of all of this is that so many people knew.

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Deepak vs the mob: Tracing the names Kotdwar cops didn’t

Earlier this month, Deepak Kumar made headlines after intervening to protect an elderly Muslim shopkeeper from Hindutva vigilantes in Uttarakhand’s Kotdwar. What was less examined, however, was the police response that followed.

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Atithi Devo Bhava, but only if you eat dhokla and yoghurt foam

Imagine you travel 3096 miles from Russia to India. You are here for only 30 hours. But there’s a lot to look forward to beyond just trade deals and political talk. After all, India is the land of multiple heritage cuisines, known for its hospitality and its varied culinary traditions.

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Modi govt spent Rs 119 crore on print ads in 2024-25; 10 newspaper groups corner over half

The Narendra Modi-led central government spent Rs 119.79 crore on print advertisements in the financial year 2024-25, distributing the funds across 1,052 newspapers. However, official data shows that more than half of this amount – Rs 63.23 crore – went to just 10 major media groups.

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Feb 12, 2026: Lucknow breathes slightly easier than Delhi

For today’s Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The closest UPPCB monitoring station at Gomti Nagar pegged the AQI at 144 – in the ‘moderate’ category – and recorded PM2.5 levels at 144 and PM10 at 84.

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Noida, then Janakpuri, now Rohini: A trail of 3 deaths expose NCR’s deadly civic crisis

Deaths caused by administrative negligence in the National Capital Region refuse to stop. After the death of engineer Yuvraj Mehta in an excavation pit in Noida and Kamal Dhyani in a sewer pit in Delhi’s Janakpuri, another life has been lost – this time, 32-year-old migrant worker Birju Kumar, who…

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Trial by ballot: Can a ‘reform’ election finally stabilise Bangladesh?

Bangladesh approaches its parliamentary election on February 12 in a political milieu marked by upheaval, uncertainty and guarded expectation.

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Main dardi…ki loki kende chui-mui: A song for despots who can devastate millions but not take a joke

In the immortal words of the great philosopher and kabootarbazi-convicted Daler Mehndi: Main dardi, Rab Rab kardi, ki loki kende chui-mui, chui-mui, chui-mui.

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Feb 11, 2026 : Indian team to play a T20 World Cup match in ‘very poor’ air?

For today’s episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Arun Jaitley Stadium in central Delhi. The stadium is one of the venues of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup. The Indian men’s team is scheduled to play a match against Namibia at the stadium tomorrow.

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What did Ravi Nair tweet about Adani to land a prison sentence and a fine?

A magistrate court in Gujarat, on Tuesday, February 10, has sentenced investigative journalist Ravi Nair to one year of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5000 in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Limited. Ravi is an independent journalist, who has consistently reported on corporate monopoly and…

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66 stations, 98 daily calls, 80% station officers unrecruited: Inside Delhi’s fire service crisis

Delhi’s population is now estimated at 3.4 crore. The city’s fire service, however, runs on just 3,312 sanctioned posts, and even those are far from filled.

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Another round of massive layoffs likely at NDTV, nearly 100 get notices

Adani-owned NDTV appears to be heading toward another round of layoffs, with employees across departments being put on performance improvement programmes.

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Indore school holds annual day separately. One for Muslim students. Another for Hindu students

Annual day functions are usually chaotic, crowded affairs — too many parents, too many performances, too many speeches squeezed into one evening.

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‘Deletion can’t be end of matter’: Indian Express, Telegraph editorials tear into Sarma’s hate video

Himanta Biswa Sarma has stirred another controversy. This time, an AI-generated video shared by the Assam BJP – showing the chief minister firing at men wearing skull caps – has triggered a police complaint and petitions before the courts, even though the party later deleted the post.

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Instagram, Facebook, X block The Wire parody animation on PM Modi

Social media giants Instagram, Facebook, and X have blocked access to a parody animation by The Wire. The outlet’s Instagram account was also blocked in India for nearly two hours.

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20 years for a China critic: Former media tycoon’s jailing signals the end of an era for Hong Kong’s press

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.

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Feb 9, 2026: Rajghat’s AQI tells two stories

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry went to Rajghat, where the AQI was pegged at 168, or in the moderate category, as per the nearest air monitoring station.

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BJP govt said Delhi logged 200 ‘clean’ days in 2025. So why did this winter feel this bad?

On paper, the capital’s air seemed to be improving.

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Tirupati laddu row: What the SIT report finally says

Let’s imagine a statement being made repeatedly. Everyone is saying it. Politicians are shouting it. The media is amplifying it. The messages are all over your WhatsApp and social media. The outrage is just building up around you. And you end up believing it.

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South Central 60: India-US trade deal and Karnataka’s plan to bring back student elections

In the first session, hosts Pooja Prasanna and Anisha Sheth discuss the India-US trade deal and the recently announced reduction in tariffs. They are joined by senior journalists Smita Sharma and TK Arun.

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The Indian rightwing is celebrating the Washington Post layoffs. Here’s why that’s terribly idiotic

There are several serious conversations to be had about the Washington Post layoffs – about money, sustainability, the slow cannibalisation of news by tech platforms, and what journalism is now expected to do in 2026.

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