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Despite being suspended by the Bar Council of India after hurling a shoe at CJI BR Gavai for his alleged anti-Hindu remarks, 71-year-old lawyer Rakesh Kishore has remained defiant, telling the media he has “no regrets” over his actions. A Supreme Court lawyer has now written to the Attorney General…

A Newslaundry report has been chosen for the 2025 edition of the Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity, instituted by Population First. 

It began quietly on a rainy August afternoon in Madhya Pradesh. It was around 3 pm on August 16, when six-year-old Divyansh Yaduvanshi developed a fever. His temperature read 100 degrees Fahrenheit – mild enough to seem harmless, yet enough to worry his father, Prakash Yaduvanshi, a small farmer from…

In 2018, Delhi bade farewell to its last thermal power plant. Before this, the other two had wound up their operations in 2009 and 2015. The closures were meant to stop toxic gases spewing from their stacks from worsening the city’s air quality.

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Hauz Khas metro station, the largest metro facility in the national capital. The nearest air quality monitoring station pegged the AQI at 148 or in the moderate category.

Eleven years after India launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the Union government’s flagship rural sanitation programme, it has missed its target of ‘Sampoorn Swachhata’ by 2024-25, exposing gaps in waste management, untreated sewage, and behavioural change that challenge the sustainability of India’s sanitation progress.

When thousands gather for a glimpse of a star, you expect joy. Celebration. Memories. 

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande, and The News Minute’s Dhanya Rajendran and Sudipto Mondal áre joined by senior journalist Josy Joseph for a special Hafta and South Central crossover episode on the future of media.

This week on TV Newsance, let’s revisit the time when Manisha went beyond the studio, from exposing Godi Media to uncovering the truth behind the Modi government’s claim of providing housing to 24 lakh people.