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On this week’s TV Newsance, while India observed Constitution Day, our beloved Godijeevis did what they do best — lose themselves in Ram Mandir flag-hoisting visuals. Hours of primetime were spent decoding Prime Minister Modi’s “body language”, “divine emotions”, and “historic hand gestures”… all while Delhi gasped through its worst…

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Murmurs of a power struggle within the Karnataka government have grown louder. The Congress leadership in Delhi is reportedly weighing the rival claims of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who wants to continue in the role, and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who seeks to replace him.

The story about the Delhi blast on November 10, where a car exploded at peak hour in the Red Fort area, killing 15 people and injuring many more, continues to unravel as we read every day about the police and investigating agencies uncovering so-called “terror modules” and arresting more people. 

सरकार ने प्रिंट मीडिया यानी आपके पास आने वाले रोज़ाना अखबारों को मिलने वाले विज्ञापनों की दर में 26 फीसदी का इजाफा कर दिया है. ये तो आप अब तक जान ही चुके हैं. साथ में आप यह भी जान चुके होंगे कि इसके जवाब में न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री ने अपने सब्सक्रिप्शन…

In India’s media economy, few forces distort the news landscape as powerfully as government advertising. And the Narendra Modi government’s own data shows just how sharply public money is concentrated in a handful of Delhi newspapers.

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has remarked that Delhi’s air is so toxic that even a morning walk is difficult. But with GRAP restrictions on physical attendance rolled back, thousands in the capital are compelled to go to schools and work despite poor air quality. 

Hearing the case of Reuters journalist Raphael Satter, whose Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card was revoked in December 2023, the Delhi High Court reportedly pulled up the Ministry of Home Affairs’ counsel for inadequate paperwork. According to Bar and Bench, the judge said, “Your officers have completely distorted it.” 

As Babasaheb Ambedkar rises ever higher as a symbol of the self-respect of India’s oppressed and as the hope of an egalitarian India, the Brahminical forces and the Sangh Parivar have intensified their claim that Ambedkar was not the one who wrote the Indian Constitution. According to them, the real credit must…