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Lucknow to Jantar Mantar: India’s youth are screaming, but who is listening?

Fifteen young people were suffocated to death. They were professionals. They were employed by a gaming studio. They worked in a room with no ventilation. In a building with only one exit, without even the minimum fire safety protocol.

Newslaundry · Jun 25

How one Indian textile worker copes with extreme heat in factory work and cramped living quarters

Before dawn breaks over the Indian industrial hub of Surat, textile worker Sibaram Pradhan is already awake, sitting on the floor in a cramped room he shares with as many as nine other men. Sweat beads on his forehead even at 6 a.m. as sweltering heat and humidity make days…

Newslaundry · Jun 25

‘They’re playing with faith’: Complainant claims Ram Temple SIT is an eyewash

The controversy surrounding the alleged embezzlement of donations made to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya continues to deepen.

Newslaundry · Jun 25

From hype to reality: Assessing TVK’s first month in Tamil Nadu

The 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election has fundamentally altered the state’s political landscape. Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the two-year-old party led by actor-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay has done what several political formations failed to achieve over the last three decades: break the near six-decade dominance of the Dravidian duopoly. For…

Newslaundry · Jun 24

Is the Cockroach Janata Party threatening the system, or just letting off steam?

While addressing the crowd gathered at the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday, founder Abhijeet Dipke invoked the famous Spiderman quote: “With great power comes great responsibility.” It is worth holding him to that standard, and asking what CJP has done right, and what it has…

Newslaundry · Jun 24

No FIR, ‘culprits will escape’: Ayodhya fumes over Ram Mandir ‘scam’

Two years after the consecration of the Ram Mandir, Ayodhya is once again at the centre of a controversy. This time over allegations that devotees’ offerings and donations were stolen.

Newslaundry · Jun 23

What the Lucknow fire says about the everyday gamble of being alive in India

What lies in an afternoon? A few desperate phone calls, corridors swallowed by thick black smoke, shattered windowpanes, and lives trapped inside rooms that had seemed utterly ordinary only minutes earlier. Imagining death by burning is not easy. Many find a grim comfort in believing that smoke suffocated the victims…

Newslaundry · Jun 23

Iran’s defiance: Lessons for the Gulf and the Global South

The 14-point US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by US President Donald Trump at the Palace of Versailles in France and President Pezeshkian of Iran in Tehran on 17 June, 2026 , clearly indicates that Iran has won the first round of negotiations.

Newslaundry · Jun 23

The Voice of Hind Rajab review: A child’s voice in a world that stopped listening

The Voice of Hind Rajab (Arabic)

Newslaundry · Jun 23

The Strait of Hormuz’s future is unsettled even as more ships venture through

Ship traffic has picked up in the Strait of Hormuz since Iran and the U.S. signed an interim deal to end a war that constricted global oil supplies and fueled inflation, but questions surrounding control of the vital waterway and whether vessels will be charged tolls to cross it could…

Newslaundry · Jun 23