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Iran gives safe passage to India through Strait of Hormuz? ‘Sources’ jump the gun again

Here we are again. Another day, another cycle of ‘sources’ making the fog of war foggier. This time, the chatter centres on claims that Iran will grant safe passage to India-flagged tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Order, order! Why you won’t be reading about judicial corruption until 2036

The recent judicial orders in the contempt case initiated by the Supreme Court over a chapter in a textbook published by NCERT discussing judicial corruption are going to set back the conversation on judicial reforms by a decade, if not more. To discuss the contents of the chapter is an…

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March 11, 2026: New AQI station, same old ‘poor’ quality air

For today’s episode of Aaj Ka AQI, we visited Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Last month, Rekha Gupta inaugurated six new Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS), including one at IGNOU, and we went to test it.

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‘Don’t call me Dhruv Rathee’: A 14-year-old has a newsroom at UP home, critics nearby, and now an FIR

In a neighbourhood in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 14-year-old Ashwamit Gautam lives a life very different from most teenagers his age. While many of his peers discuss exam syllabi or cricket scores, Ashwamit spends hours analysing India’s economy, politics and the future of opposition alliances – often from a small room…

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What a Douglas Adams classic can teach us about the age of AI

As a spillover of the application of artificial intelligence (AI) across many fields, questions about the nature and forms of intelligence have acquired new urgency. In many ways, this has revived an old philosophical puzzle: what exactly does it mean to think, to know, or to understand?

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Takedown orders surge on Meta amid crackdown on posts mocking Modi

The Centre has issued a spate of takedown orders for social media posts on X and Instagram that criticise or mock Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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मीडिया की लफ्फाजी, डंकापति का मौन और होली पर चढ़ा मजहबी रंग

दिल्ली के उत्तम नगर इलाके में होली का मौक़ा एक बार फिर से सांप्रदायिक तनाव और हिंसा की भेंट चढ़ गया. आरोप है कि एक ग्यारह साल की बच्ची द्वारा पानी का गुब्बारा फेंकने से मुस्लिम समुदाय की एक महिला इतना नाराज हो गई कि उसने अपने परिजनों को बुला…

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Limited menus, closures: Iran conflict hits Indian hotels as LPG shortage spreads

Patrons in Bengaluru and Chennai walked into eateries on Tuesday, March 10, only to see some of their favourite dishes missing, smaller menus and talks of closure in a few days. The looming shortage of commercial Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) supply in the face of the war against Iran by…

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7 ‘good’ air days in 5 years: How coastal Mumbai normalised chronic pollution

In Mumbai, a coastal city that once relied on sweeping sea breezes to clear its skies, winter pollution has become an inescapable feature of its urban environment. A dive into the air quality index (AQI) data across the past five winters makes it clear that clean air in Mumbai has…

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All was well, according to sources (and media that quoted them). Then LPG reality arrived

After a week of ‘government sources’ attempting to effectively gaslight the public on fuel security amid the war on Iran, the Centre has finally pulled the emergency cord of the Essential Commodities Act to ensure the uninterrupted flow of LPG to critical services.

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EC’s app was used to file fake voter forms before 2024 Maharashtra polls. The probe hasn’t moved

In the weeks before the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections, someone used the Election Commission of India’s own Voter Helpline App to file hundreds of fake voter registration applications in a single constituency – using forged Aadhaar cards, nonexistent addresses, and the stolen data of Mumbai college students.

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Iran war affects Bengaluru kitchens: Hotel body warns of citywide shutdown tomorrow

The Bangalore Hotels Association, representing hundreds of eateries and restaurants across the city, announced on March 9 that hotels and restaurants will be forced to cease kitchen operations from March 10 due to commercial LPG cylinder supply being hit.

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March 9, 2026: ‘Moderate’ AQI at AIIMS, ‘poor’ for Delhi

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited AIIMS. The nearest monitoring system pegged the AQI at 169, or in the ‘moderate’ category.

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Trump blames Iran but evidence mounts it was US precision strike that killed Iranian kids

The New York Times has confirmed that a missile striking an elementary school in Iran’s Minab last month was a US Tomahawk cruise missile – adding to mounting evidence that civilians have been targeted in the ongoing US–Israeli assault on Iran.

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Elder care was meant to reach homes. In most of India, it hasn’t

India’s increasing demographic of the elderly needs long-term care, daily support and palliative services. While national policies emphasise care at home, government data show that access to such services remains limited.

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A teen was murdered. How did no one get convicted?

In December 2007, a 17-year-old student named Ayesha Meera was found murdered. She was found in a hostel bathroom near Vijayawada.

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2 Republic TV journalists arrested for filming Iranian warship at Kerala port

Three people, including two journalists working with Republic TV, were taken into custody in Kochi on Sunday for attempting to record visuals of an Iranian naval vessel anchored inside Cochin Port.

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South Central 65: The doctor who went to court to donate kidney and Iran-Israel war

In the first segment of this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna speak to senior gynaecologist Dr Thankam Subramonian, who recently approached the Karnataka HC to altruistically donate a kidney after being denied permission by a medical committee.

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‘Bury your infant here’: A UP family’s nightmare at a Rajasthan brick kiln

For the past five days, Raj Jatav has done little but cry following the death of his two-month-old daughter, Ananya, who was suffering from pneumonia. “They did not let us do the last rites of our baby... We were forced to bury her outside the brick kiln,” said 27-year-old Raj…

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10 months after Pahalgam attack, another victim’s family waits for promised govt job

In April 2025, when the bodies from the Pahalgam terror attack returned home, governments across India promised swift help to grieving families. But months later, some of those promises remain stuck in files.

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पहलगाम हमला: दस महीने बीते, पीड़ित परिवार अब भी सरकारी मदद की राह देख रहा

पहलगाम हमला आपको याद है? 22 अप्रैल 2025 को दक्षिण कश्मीर के मशहूर पर्यटन स्थल पहलगाम की बैसरन घाटी में हुए आतंकी हमले ने देशभर को झकझोर दिया था. इस हमले में 26 लोगों की जान गई थी. मारे गए लोगों में एक नेपाली नागरिक के अलावा भारत के अलग-अलग…

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TV Newsance 335 | How TV news went full tabahi mode on the Iran-Israel-US war

This week began with a wave of devastating news as the escalating conflict involving Israel, the US, and Iran flooded social media with images of bloodshed. Most tragic was the report of a US airstrike on a girls' school in Iran that killed 165 students and staff. Predictably, the Western…

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Hafta Letters: Epstein files and Modi’s Israel visit, journalism’s role, and cuss words

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Why has India chosen US-Israel over Iran? A West Asia expert explains the shift

While Prime Minister Modi was quick to condemn Iran's strikes in the Gulf, New Delhi largely maintained a notable silence regarding the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. By withholding both a formal condemnation of the US-Israeli strikes and any expression of condolence until the Foreign Secretary finally signed the condolence…

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Govt suspends TRPs for 4 weeks over ‘sensationalist’ coverage of Iran-Israel war

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), which manages the TV audience measurement system in India, to "withhold reporting the Television Rating Points (TRPs) for News TV channels” for four weeks until further directions.

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