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Did cracks in concentration lead to Pujara’s downturn?

In 2007, three years before Cheteshwar Pujara made his debut, Indian social theorist Ashis Nandy remarked that Test cricket was one of the last surviving critiques of the industrial revolution. His point was that, besides its tenacity of focus stretched over five days, it was open to the possibility of…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 381: Loopholes in Bihar SIR, Assam’s 3000-bigha land row, right-wing targeting of journalists

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and Pratyush Deep.

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From Hauz Khas to SDA: Delhi’s posh colonies have stolen your footpaths

Inside Hauz Khas Enclave, yet another posh South Delhi neighbourhood, there’s a sense of calm and quiet affluence. Thanks to the good roads flanked by opulent houses, the serene shade of tall trees, and the metal barricades blocking the streets in the area. But this illusion begins to crack the…

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Param Sundari review: A romcom where Makeupitta Sundari shreds Malayalam like a coconut

I entered the theatre, delicately balancing two coconuts in each hand. In my mouth, I held a vakathi. When the security guard stopped me for carrying a weapon, I pointed to my Mohiniyaattam costume and the mullapoo in my hair. He understood immediately. I was that exotic creature from “down South”. He waved…

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Hafta 552: Online gaming ban, Trump’s 50 per cent tariff on India

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan are joined by economist and author Vivek Kaul and sports journalist Sharda Ugra.

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Hafta letters: App glicthes, being unbiased, new favourites

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TV Newsance 312: Kalli vs NDTV and Navika loves Ranveer

The world of Indian news podcasts just got weird – gush-fests, rival rants, and spiritual TRP boosters.

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In Bihar, over 1,000 voters in a single house that doesn’t exist

There are 1,069 voters in a polling booth in Rahijagatpur village, Bihar’s Madhepura district. Each of them is listed under a single house. The voters may be real; the house is not.

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Against God’s men: A nun, a bishop, and the trial of India’s Catholic Church

“You have to understand. I’m a nun. I took a vow of chastity. To stand in court and say I was raped felt like I was the sinner,” said Sister Ruth*, almost in a whisper. “I felt unworthy of God.”

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Bihar’s silenced voters, India’s gagged press: The twin threats to Indian democracy

The Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, probably expected that his August 18 press conference would settle the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” charge. He was wrong. This is a story that has refused to die, notwithstanding Trump’s tariffs, or…

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BJP MP tweets ‘tax return of great journalist’, Abhisar Sharma and others say breach of privacy

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey tweeted an alleged ITR document to claim a massive rise in the income of a journalist after he left his job to “abuse” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP. Who was this journalist? He left his followers to guess.

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SC declines to quash FIR against journalist Abhisar Sharma, grants interim protection

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain journalist Abhisar Sharma’s plea seeking to quash an FIR lodged by the Assam police over a video in which he accused the state government of indulging in “communal politics” and questioned its land allotment decisions, LiveLaw reported.

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As Trump tariffs hit India, Baba Ramdev is here to save the day

It was a busy Wednesday for TV news anchors, and an even busier one for Ramdev’s PR calendar. By some yoga miracle, the Patanjali cofounder managed to stretch himself across ABP News with Chitra Tripathi, Aaj Tak with Shweta Singh, News18 India with Aman Chopra, and even India TV’s Saurav…

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BJP MP Ram Chander Jangra on Bihar voter rolls, ‘anti-national journalists’, Dhankhar exit

In a conversation with Newslaundry, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra insists the opposition is “exaggerating” about alleged irregularities in electoral rolls.

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एनएल इंटरव्यू: बिहार एसआईआर, उपराष्ट्रपति के इस्तीफे और ‘एंटी नेशनल पत्रकारों’ पर भाजपा सांसद रामचंद्र जांगड़ा

भारतीय जनता पार्टी के राज्यसभा सांसद रामचंद्र जांगड़ा ने न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री से खास बातचीत में अपने जीवन, राजनीतिक विचारों और मौजूदा राष्ट्रीय मुद्दों पर खुलकर राय रखी. हरियाणा के रोहतक जिले से आने वाले जांगड़ा का सफर साधारण किसान परिवार से शुरू होकर संघ और ओबीसी आंदोलन के जरिए संसद तक…

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Tianjin test: Modi to meet Xi amid fragile reset

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit China’s Tianjin on August 31 for a summit meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. His last visit to China was in 2018 for the SCO Summit in Qingdao.

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MEA says Israel probing journalist deaths. But Gaza hospital staircase stands as a monument to impunity

The Union Ministry of External Affairs has condemned the deaths of five journalists in an Israeli attack on a Gaza hospital, with spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal calling the killings “shocking and deeply regrettable” in response to media queries. “We understand that the Israeli authorities have already instituted an investigation.”

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Abhisar Sharma moves SC against Assam FIR

Abhisar Sharma has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Assam police case against him and the constitutionality of section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita under which it was lodged, among other sections, LiveLaw reported.

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अनुराग ठाकुर अंतरिक्ष में, पत्रकारिता पाताल में, बीच में डंकापति

हस्तिनापुर का माहौल बहुत हंगामेदार हो गया था, या कहें कि पूरे आर्यावर्त का माहौल ही हंगामाखेज़ हो चला था. राजकुंवर पाटलीपुत्र में वोटचोरी यात्रा निकाल रहे थे. डंकापति पाटलीपुत्र की यात्रा पर थे. धृतराष्ट्र लंबे वक्त से दरबार से गायब थे. इसे लेकर तरह-तरह की अटकलें लगाई जा रही…

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The Rs 444 question: Why India banned online money games

Hungama hai kyun barpaa thodi si jo pee li haiDaakaa to nahi maara chori to nahi ki hai– Akbar Allahabadi On August 21, Parliament slammed the brakes on online money games by passing the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025. The government’s press release made its intent clear:…

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एसएससी प्रदर्शन: छात्रों का आरोप- अध्यापकों ने हमारा आंदोलन खराब कर दिया

दिल्ली के रामलीला मैदान में रविवार, 24 अगस्त को कर्मचारी चयन आयोग (एसएससी) की परीक्षाओं में हो रही अनियमितताओं के खिलाफ छात्रों ने एक बड़ा प्रदर्शन किया. इस प्रदर्शन में देशभर के 2000 से ज्यादा छात्र शामिल हुए थे.

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Some teachers tried to ruin movement, claim students protesting SSC ‘irregularities’

Nearly 2,000 students and teachers from across India converged at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan to protest alleged irregularities in Staff Selection Commission exams on Sunday.

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A day in the life of an ex-IIT professor crusading for Gaza, against hate in Delhi

A recent video from Rajghat made headlines when the police tried to remove an elderly man fasting in solidarity with Gaza. That man was former IIT professor VK Tripathi. When an officer asked why Gaza mattered to him, he replied: “You are a human being first, inspector later.”

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Brain drain to brain gain: How India can reclaim early career scientific talent from the US

As American politics casts a long shadow over its reservoir of scientific talent, India, a talent exporter to the world’s technology and research centres for decades, might be poised for a wave of reverse migration of scientific talent from the US.

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Modi govt may present draft guidelines on social media conduct before SC in Nov

The Supreme Court has directed the Union government to frame draft guidelines to regulate social media conduct, in active consultation with the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA), The Hindu reported.

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