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लाइफ सपोर्ट सिस्टम पर मागा-मीगा वाली दोस्ती और जज्बाती अंकल का क़हर

जज्बाती अंकल को सुबह-सुबह हैप्पी फ्रेंडशिप डे का एक वीडियो प्राप्त हुआ था. वह वीडियो दोस्ती की मौत का पैगाम था. अंकल उसे बार-बार देखे जा रहे थे और देख-देख कर निराशा और गुस्से से भर जा रहे थे. लेकिन हम जज्बाती अंकल की कहानी पर हम बाद में आएंगे.…

Newslaundry · Aug 6, 2025

The News Minute moves Karnataka HC against Dharmasthala gag orders

The News Minute has approached the Karnataka High Court challenging two separate gag orders that have been used to curb its reportage on the Dharmasthala mass burial case. The court is likely to hear the matter next week.

Newslaundry · Aug 6, 2025

हाथी महादेवी के बहाने पीआर का नया अवतार: यह पशु प्रेम है या वनतारा प्रेम?

कुछ दिनों पहले महाराष्ट्र की एक हथिनी माधुरी उर्फ महादेवी खूब चर्चा में रही. बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट के आदेश के बाद इसे रिलायंस समूह के चश्मेचिराग़ अनंत अंबानी के निजी अभ्यारण्य वनतारा में पहुंचा दिया गया था. इसे लेकर एक तबका विरोध पर उतर आया. लोग प्रदर्शन करने लगे. हथिनी को…

Newslaundry · Aug 5, 2025

Ram Rahim out on yet another parole, 14th since conviction in 2017

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year sentence for raping two of his followers, was released from Rohtak’s Sunaria jail on Tuesday after being granted a 40-day parole by the Haryana government, The Indian Express reported. 

Newslaundry · Aug 5, 2025

‘Don’t say anything against our pitaji’: The lure of Ram Rahim

The story was first published on Newslaundry in 2017, a day before Ram Rahim was convicted of rape. We are republishing it today as Ram Rahim, who is serving a 20-year jail term, gets parole – again. 

Newslaundry · Aug 5, 2025

Over 100 journalists demand ‘immediate, unsupervised press access to Gaza’

More than 100 journalists from various global media outlets have signed a petition demanding “immediate and unsupervised foreign press access to the Gaza Strip”.  

Newslaundry · Aug 5, 2025

Can INDIA bloc keep pace with Rahul Gandhi’s politics of institutional distrust?

Newspaper reports suggest that the leaders of the national opposition bloc, INDIA, are set to attend a dinner hosted this week by Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi. This is being seen as the first instance of the major bloc partners closing ranks since the parliamentary polls…

Newslaundry · Aug 5, 2025

How machine learning can help discover drugs against hepatitis C

Every year, the hepatitis C virus affects more than 200 million across the world. The infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease, including chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.

Newslaundry · Aug 4, 2025

What’s missing from your child’s textbook? A deep dive into NCERT’s revisions in Modi years

Year after year, whole sections, topics, and names are altered if not altogether taken out of the school textbooks that belong to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). This has occurred so steadily over the last few years that news about history being erased from the school…

Newslaundry · Aug 4, 2025

Should India host the Olympics? An authoritative guide to why this is a bad idea

On July 1, inside a glass tower in Lausanne, India made its pitch to the world. 

Newslaundry · Aug 4, 2025