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पहलगाम हमला: दस महीने बीते, पीड़ित परिवार अब भी सरकारी मदद की राह देख रहा

पहलगाम हमला आपको याद है? 22 अप्रैल 2025 को दक्षिण कश्मीर के मशहूर पर्यटन स्थल पहलगाम की बैसरन घाटी में हुए आतंकी हमले ने देशभर को झकझोर दिया था. इस हमले में 26 लोगों की जान गई थी. मारे गए लोगों में एक नेपाली नागरिक के अलावा भारत के अलग-अलग…

Newslaundry · Mar 7

TV Newsance 335 | How TV news went full tabahi mode on the Iran-Israel-US war

This week began with a wave of devastating news as the escalating conflict involving Israel, the US, and Iran flooded social media with images of bloodshed. Most tragic was the report of a US airstrike on a girls' school  in Iran that killed 165 students and staff. Predictably, the Western…

Newslaundry · Mar 7

Hafta Letters: Epstein files and Modi’s Israel visit, journalism’s role, and cuss words

Pooja 

Newslaundry · Mar 7

BREAKING NEWS from 1979, and some weapon appreciation journalism

We’ve all come to expect exaggerations from Indian TV news anchors, especially in times of conflict. But sometimes they deliver something far rarer: breaking news from 1979.

Newslaundry · Mar 6

‘How can we believe he’s dead?’: As Gulf war traps Indian sailors, a family waits

Anshu last spoke to her husband on the night of February 28. Their five-year-old son was starting at a new school the next morning, and Captain Ashish Kumar had asked her to call him after the admission – let him know how it went.

Newslaundry · Mar 6

Hafta letters: Spineless strongmen, selective outrage, and the need for a more diverse NL

Drishti Bhattacharya

Newslaundry · Mar 5

Did Frontline cover caricature Brahmins or critique caste power? Editor calls backlash a distraction

The latest issue of The Hindu Group’s Frontline magazine has come under fire for its depiction of a Brahmin on its cover page illustration – inspired by Edvard Munch’s famous artwork The Scream.

Newslaundry · Mar 5

March 5, 2026: Don’t let the ‘moderate’ AQI fool you. Delhi has an ozone problem

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Lodhi Road. While the IMD monitoring system recorded an AQI of 123 at 11 am, our handheld device showed a higher reading of 173 – placing the air quality firmly in the ‘moderate’ category.

Newslaundry · Mar 5

International embarrassment: Khaleej Times calls out Indian media on basic fact-checking

In yet another humiliation for our mainstream television media, Khaleej Times, the UAE’s longest-running English daily, recently debunked claims by various channels regarding an alleged drone strike in Dubai. 

Newslaundry · Mar 5

HPV vaccine rollout faces wild theories and real questions. The govt is unready for both

The recent launch of a nationwide vaccination programme aimed at preventing cervical cancer in teenage girls and women has been met with scepticism and doomsday predictions by a section of very vocal critics of vaccination on social media. 

Newslaundry · Mar 5