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A conversation that never took off: When Nikhil Kamath’s nervous schoolboy energy met Elon Musk

Among internet personalities who speak too much, Elon Musk occupies a special place. The entire world ( including many Indians) know his views on free speech, wokism, on rockets, on civilisation, on Trump and on the people he is fighting on X with this week. Which is why an Indian…

Newslaundry · Dec 6, 2025

2 UP towns, 1 script: A ‘land jihad’ conspiracy theory to target Muslims buying homes?

In Meerut and Bulandshahr, two Muslim families set out to build a better life in the homes they had just bought. But almost immediately, local Hindutva groups objected to their presence in Hindu-majority areas.

Newslaundry · Dec 5, 2025

As sections of Indian media go gaga over Putin, he launches competitor to challenge ‘Western narrative’

As Indian TV channels aired nonstop coverage of Vladimir Putin’s visit to India, the Russian premier today launched the Indian arm of the Russian state–funded television network Russia Today (RT). 

Newslaundry · Dec 5, 2025

5 channels spun NCERT textbook poem into ‘love jihad’ plot. Watchdog orders takedown

The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has issued an order directing five news channels to take down eight shows that accused an NCERT textbook of a ‘love jihad’ conspiracy.

Newslaundry · Dec 4, 2025

Dec 4, 2025: AQI in Vasant Kunj is significantly worse than official data

For today’s AQI, Newslaundry visited Vasant Kunj in South Delhi. The nearest air quality monitoring station at Sri Aurobindo Marg, operated by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, showed an AQI reading of 283 at 9 am, which falls in the ‘Poor’ category. But when we deployed our portable air quality…

Newslaundry · Dec 4, 2025

After TNM report on leaked theatre footage, KSFDC strengthens CCTV safeguards

TNM recently published an investigative story on how CCTV footage that captured intimate moments of couples from cinema theatres was leaked and sold illegally through Telegram. Our reportage has now prompted action from theatre authorities in Kerala. 

Newslaundry · Dec 4, 2025

Navneet Sehgal quits as Prasar Bharati chief before term expiry

Navneet Kumar Sehgal has stepped down as chairman of Prasar Bharati, a year and a half into his three-year tenure. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has accepted his resignation and formally relieved him of his duties.

Newslaundry · Dec 4, 2025

Who moved my Hiren bhai?

Is Hiren Joshi leaving the PMO? Is it a routine transfer? A reshuffle? An “administrative adjustment”?

Newslaundry · Dec 4, 2025

‘We have to live with air pollution’: Delhi’s athletes, parents and coaches feel they have no choice

Sitting in his chair at a cricket ground in West Delhi’s Shakurpur, 73-year-old Shrawan Kumar watches around 50 school-going boys and girls rotate through their drills. The stern but good-humoured coach seems unbothered by the haze settling over the ground. 

Newslaundry · Dec 3, 2025

Beyond ‘divyangjan’, ‘sabka saath’ rhetoric, India is a country of barriers for the disabled

Jimmy* is 19, studying at a government college in Nagpur, dealing with Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) disease, a degenerative nerve disorder that weakens the limbs. On campus, there’s a buggy service meant for disabled students. But it either arrives late, or not at all. 

Newslaundry · Dec 3, 2025