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Dowry-related crimes in India are routinely underreported and undercounted, an IndiaSpend analysis of government data and various studies shows. This reflects in official data as well. National crime data show that several states routinely report hundreds of dowry deaths but few or no cases under the dowry harassment law. In 2022 for…

In 2023, PM Modi called Donald Trump his special friend. Two years on, that ‘friendship’ is being tested, and it may be costing Indians jobs, visas, and their livelihoods. 

Ladakh is in turmoil. But primetime newsrooms have rewritten the story – tailored to your TV screens.

While cancelling the FCRA licence of an organisation founded by Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on September 25 said that the Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (Secmol) received foreign funds to study the national sovereignty against the “national interest” and in violation…

Lightning strikes kill more people in India than any other natural disaster.

भारत में बिजली गिरने की घटनाओं में बीते 5 सालों में 57 प्रतिशत की बढ़ोतरी देखी गई है. इसका सबसे ज़्यादा प्रकोप ग्रामीण इलाकों में देखा जा रहा है. अर्थ नेटवर्क की 2019 की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, भारत का भूगोल ज़्यादातर भूमध्य रेखा और हिंद महासागर के नज़दीक होने की…

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This week, Amit Shah gave interviews to Aaj Tak, NDTV, and CNN News18 – and the questions were copy-paste. From “BFF with Modi” to “success formula,” anchors repeated the same lines like parrots. Journalism or PR exercise?

The recent interview with former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud revealed a pattern. The former CJI would initially stick to the content of the verdict but then offer justifications that were absent or in conflict with the official judgments.