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India’s data landscape is broken. Here’s what needs to change

By the end of last year, 16 major Indian datasets were delayed across sectors such as health, education, economy, environment, and demography as IndiaSpend reported in 2024. Ten of these have since been released.

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BJP got Rs 6000 cr donations in a year: Who gave and why?

In 2024-25, one political party in India received more money than all others combined, by a massive margin.

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Hafta x South Central: Highs & lows of media in 2025, influencers in news, Arnab’s ‘turnaround’

For this special year-ender episode, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande and The News Minute’s Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna are joined by columnist and media critic Santosh Desai.

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TV Newsance 2025 rewind | BTS bloopers, favourite snippets and Roenka awards prep

It’s the end of the year, and what a year it has been for the #TVNewsance team!

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Hafta letters: ‘Pointless’ article, love for Dhanya, improving AQI

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From school skit to viral church protest: How a Christmas event was recast as ‘anti-Hindu’

What began as an annual Christmas programme featuring schoolchildren, skits and a science exhibition in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly ended with slogans outside a church and demands for an FIR.

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TV anchors slam ‘fringe’ Bajrang Dal, gush over Modi – miss the connection entirely

Christmas festivities in India have been overshadowed by acts of vandalism, intimidation, and violence by right-wing Hindutva groups this year, whether it’s in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and even Kerala. You can read our reports on such acts committed by members of the Bajrang Dal, VHP and others here…

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‘Purity’ doesn’t bring peace: 2025’s warning for Bangladesh, Myanmar, Assam and Bengal polls next year

Four upcoming elections are set to shape the politics and security of a region that sits at the strategically sensitive junction of India and China and directly affect the lives of a population larger than that of every country in the world barring India and China.

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Amid buzz over Navneet Sehgal’s PMO role, Cong points to Newslaundry report

Amid speculation that former Prasar Bharati chairman Navneet Sehgal is going to be appointed to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Congress has asked the government to clear the air while referring to a Newslaundry report.

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How we broke the voter roll story before it became a national conversation

More than a year ago, when I began looking into possible manipulation of voter rolls, the first person to help me understand it was Dr SY Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India.

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Dec 25, 2025: Delhi struggles with ‘poor’ AQI as L-G blames Kejriwal

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry stood inside Hauz Khas Village to document the air quality index (AQI) at 10.30 am.

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In India, Christmas is marked by reports of Sangh-linked organisations attacking Christians

With Christmas around the corner, festivities for Christians in India have been overshadowed by reports of targeted attacks on the community by Hindutva right-wing groups. Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and other states saw mobs harassing or assaulting Christian groups during prayer meetings and carol processions. In Kerala, a group of carolling…

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Is India’s environment minister lying about the new definition of the Aravallis?

The #SaveAravalli campaign stands out in an unexpected way. At a time when most protests against the government are quickly branded “anti-national” or dismissed as the work of “Urban Naxals,” that script hasn’t been rolled out here.

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A toxic landfill is growing in the Aravallis. Rs 100 crore fine changed nothing

As protests grow against the degradation and redefinition of the Aravalli range, another serious crisis looms: the Bandhwari landfill.

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Efficiency vs ethics: The AI dilemmas facing Indian media

AI is impacting industries across the world, and the media is one of them. How can we use AI to fact-check at scale when there’s risk of bias and misinformation? How does innovation and ease balance out with safeguards that protect journalism’s core values?

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Dec 24, 2025: Delhi breathes easier, but its green shield is at risk

Today’s Aaj Ka AQI is from the Mehrauli Archaeological Park, a site spread across 81 hectares in south Delhi. The park lies close to Sanjay Van that is part of the Aravalli range – specifically the South Central Ridge – one of the city’s last remaining natural buffers.

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Sansad Watch 2025 special: Did our MPs do their jobs this year?

In our final Sansad Watch episode, we take stock of what happened in Parliament this year.

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Visiting Kerala’s Attappallam, where a migrant worker was beaten to death

It was with dreams of finding a job and financially securing his family that Ram Narayan Baghel, a 40-year-old construction worker from Karhi village in Chhattisgarh, arrived in Kerala’s Palakkad on December 13. Just five days after his arrival, on December 17, he was brutally lynched to death by a…

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MGNREGA vs VB G RAM G: What changes for states and workers

MGNREGA allowed rural workers to ask the government for work and be paid if work was not provided.

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‘She told me I am blind because of my past deeds’: Woman recounts abuse at Christmas event

Safalta Kartik, a visually impaired woman from Jabalpur, is on the verge of becoming a teacher after completing her final B.Ed exams – an achievement carved out through years of struggle against disability, poverty, and indifference.

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From Tata and MEIL to Vedanta, corporates dominate BJP’s Rs 6,000 crore donations

The Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, has become the top recipient of political donations in 2024–2025, collecting more than Rs 6,000 crore. This is 12 times more than what its major rival, the Indian National Congress, received, which stood at Rs 517 crore.

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‘Arrests reactionary, culture of impunity’: Bangladeshi dailies slam govt over Hindu worker’s lynching

Last week, Dipu Chandra Das, a 27-year-old garment worker, was beaten to death by a mob in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka sub-district in Bangladesh, over allegations of hurting religious sentiments. The case has dominated mainstream news media in India too with TV channels criticising rising fanaticism in Bangladesh and dailies calling out…

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Forget the chaos of 2026. What if we dared to dream of 2036?

Tuesday, January 1, 2036.

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Inside Mamdani’s campaign: The story of 2025’s defining election

Few political contests in 2025 drew as much global attention as New York City’s mayoral race. The winner in the heart of global finance was a brown, immigrant Muslim politician – unafraid to claim his identity and running on an eye-catching redistributionist platform. Zohran Mamdani’s spectacular win in this contest…

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TV media sinks lower as independent media offers glimmer of hope in 2025

As we come to the end of 2025, how do we assess the state of our mainstream media? Can it sink lower than it already has, given that it stands at 151 out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index?

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