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‘Thrown on the road’: Terminated Infosys employees describe forced resignations

In a shocking and controversial move, multinational tech giant Infosys laid off an estimated 400 trainee employees from their Mysuru training facility on Friday, February 7. It is said that more terminations are imminent. While the company claims that employees ‘voluntarily’ signed their release agreements, those affected tell a different…

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India sees 74.4% surge in hate speech in 2024, BJP leaders among key offenders: Report

India witnessed an alarming 74.4 percent increase in hate speech incidents in 2024 compared to 2023, with political leaders, especially from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party, playing a central role in spreading anti-minority rhetoric. According to a report by the India Hate Lab, 1,165 verified in-person hate speech events were…

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‘Don’t delete EVM data’: Supreme Court tells ECI on voter verification plea

The Election Commission of India cannot erase the poll results data from electronic voting machines during checking and verification of microcontrollers of EVMs, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.

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मणिपुर में अज्ञात लोगों ने पत्रकार को किया अगवा, 7 घंटे तक बंधक बना कर रखा

मणिपुर की राजधानी इंफाल में कथित तौर पर एक पत्रकार को कईं घंटों तक बंधक बनाए रखा गया. वरिष्ठ पत्रकार यम्बेम लाबा को कुछ अज्ञात लोगों ने बंदूक की नोक पर अगवा कर लिया. इसके बाद जब मंगलवार तड़के परिवार ने पुलिस को सूचना दी तो उन्हें कथित तौर पर…

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Jailed for ‘kidnapping’ her own child, a homeless woman’s long road to justice

In October 2023, news reports hailed the Mathura Government Railway Police for successfully reuniting a mother with her two-year-old daughter who had been “kidnapped” 10 months before. The police were lauded for their “extensive and unrelenting investigation”.

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Manipur journalist ‘kidnapped’ by unidentified assailants

Senior journalist Yambem Laba was reportedly abducted by unidentified armed persons from his residence in Imphal at gunpoint early Tuesday morning hours after he had returned from a television talk show on the current political crisis in Manipur.

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Newslaundry vs Subramanian Swamy: 13 years ago, did we find anything to agree on?

Thirteen years ago, when Newslaundry was a handful of months old, something remarkable happened – Abhinandan Sekhri agreed with Dr Subramanian Swamy.

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Inside the ‘manosphere’ that’s luring young Indian men and boys

Trigger warning: Mentions of extreme misogyny, sexual harassment and queerphobia.

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Feb 10, 2025: What is Delhi’s Municipal Corporation doing to fix the capital’s air?

Today on Aaj Ka AQI, Avdhesh Kumar took stock of Delhi’s air outside the headquarters of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The PM 2.5 levels ranged between 200 and 210, PM 10 between 230 and 240, and the pollution level was officially categorised as ‘serious’.

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‘Common man’s revenge’, Congress ‘played spoilsport’: Editorials unpick AAP’s big loss in Delhi

Delhi was a crucial election for the Aam Aadmi Party, which hoped to return for a third term. But the party suffered a debilitating loss on Saturday, earning only 22 seats in the 70-seat Delhi assembly while the BJP got 48. The Congress and other parties got none at all.

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50% more women in higher education in India, but fewer choose engineering, IT

Despite steady growth in women's enrollment in higher education in India, a disparity persists between engineering and technology-related courses and other disciplines.

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Let Me Explain: Boost for Bihar in budget and why southern states feel sidelined again

The 2025-2026 union budget has reignited the debate about southern states not getting their fair share.

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NL@13: When Abhinandan Sekhri interviewed ML Sharma, the defence lawyer in Nirbhaya case

Asking uncomfortable questions, pushing people in power into a corner, holding others accountable – Newslaundry has been doing all of this and more for 13 years now.

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South Central Ep 13: Chennai police vs media, Kumbh cover-up, Telangana caste survey

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna and Leena Reghunath are joined by Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande and The News Minute’s Sudipto Mondal and Jahnavi.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 357: How BJP planned to wrest Delhi away from AAP

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by The Caravan’s Sunil Kashyap.

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Targeted campaigns, special wings, LG factor: Five ways the BJP scripted its success in Delhi

Fireworks at noon, a local band playing deafening music, an electric crowd garbed in saffron roaring “Jai Shri Ram”.

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दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव: कांग्रेस ने लगाई हार की हैट्रिक, वोट शेयर में मामूली बढ़त

दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव के नतीजों ने सियासी पारा बढ़ा दिया है. राजधानी में जहां भारतीय जनता पार्टी को पूर्ण बहुमत मिला है, वहीं आम आदमी पार्टी (आप) की करारी हार हुई है. लेकिन एक बार फिर से दिल्ली की गद्दी पर लगातार 15 साल राज करने वाली कांग्रेस पार्टी एक…

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A 13-year-old interview as NL turns 13: Can Abhinandan Sekhri agree with Tavleen Singh?

Newslaundry just turned 13 and, like any teenager worth their salt, we’re planning to be rebellious, defiant and full of questions. Qualities that, you might say, we’ve exhibited from the start, and which we’ll only ramp up in the years to come.

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Why did Arvind Kejriwal lose his assembly seat? Here’s all the reasons why

The BJP ended its 27-year drought in Delhi with a landslide victory on February 8. As this story was published, the BJP had officially won 44 seats and is leading in four against the AAP’s winning in 21 and leading in one. A simple majority in the 70-seat Delhi assembly…

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Results: As BJP gets 48 seats, Modi bows to ‘dear sisters and brothers of Delhi’ for ‘historic mandate’

After a month of mud-slinging, campaigns, wild insinuations and poll promises, the Delhi elections are done. The results are simple enough: the BJP is back in Delhi after a 27-year vanvas.

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Hafta 523: Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand, Budget 2025, rupee’s ‘dollar’ problem

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Supreme Court advocate Mihira Sood and journalist Govindraj Ethiraj.

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Newsance 285: Media’s ‘holy dip’ with Modi, a tale of two Parliament speeches

While Delhi residents went to the polls this week, the Prime Minister was at the Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj. Along with him went all the mainstream media’s cameras and reporters to talk about how, where, why and what exactly Modi was thinking when he took the holy dip. Channels…

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Hafta letters: Trump’s promises, understanding spirituality, India’s middle class

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NL@13: Madhu Trehan interviews Karan Thapar. Can he take it?

It was February 2012.

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Behind the mystery pollsters offering predictions through exit polls

Earlier this week, Newslaundry reported that out of 13 exit polls declared for the Delhi elections, 11 predicted the BJP winning the most seats. Not just that, at least 10 gave the BJP a simple majority, which is 36 or more in the 70-member assembly.

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