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I covered Op Sindoor. This is what it’s like to be on the ground when sirens played on TV

I’ve been reporting from the ground for five years. I’ve covered elections, protests, accidents, communal violence and the environment. I’ve waited outside police stations and hospitals, slept on station floors, travelled overnight to places that stop making headlines within a day. Still, this year felt heavier. Some assignments ended when…

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Dec 29, 2025: Okhla’s waste-to-energy plant makes it harder to breathe

When a waste-to-energy plant was first set up in Okhla, residents were told this is the solution to the capital’s waste woes. But for those living in the area, it is more of a problem than a solution. Residents describe black smoke, respiratory issues, asthma attacks, and multiple other everyday…

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‘Should I kill myself?’: How a woman’s birthday party became a free pass for a Hindutva mob

“I had invited my entire class. That included Hindus, Muslims and even Christians,” said Shivangi Patel. “If a classmate of mine is Muslim, am I not allowed to interact with him?”

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Reporter’s diary: How I chased trucks and scaled walls to uncover India’s e-waste recycling fraud

Weeks before I hit the ground, my editor Raman Kirpal's brief was clean and cold: check the books of India's top recyclers, and then corroborate their numbers with legwork.

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Tamil Nadu: Odisha migrant assaulted with sickles, four juveniles held

The Tiruttani Town police on Sunday, December 28, apprehended four juveniles for attacking a youth from Odisha with sickles and filming the assault near the Old Railway Quarters in Tiruttani.

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Tata Harrier and Tata Safari 1.5 Petrol: A bold stroke but will it work?

It’s a bit counterintuitive. In an environment where urban air pollution is a major talking point and internal combustion engines are as villainous as a thug in a Bollywood action masala, launching a petrol engine is nothing short of a bold move. Yet, for one reason or another, the good…

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Cyber slavery in Myanmar, staged encounters in UP: What it took to uncover these stories this year

Young Indians with hopes and aspirations trapped in the dark underbelly of cyber slavery in Myanmar. Families in Uttar Pradesh living in fear of police ‘half-encounters’. And a year spent telling stories of people fighting to survive.

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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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