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Let Me Explain: Why politicians downplaying India’s pollution crisis is worrisome

When a recent Central Pollution Control Board report revealed that water along several ghats of the Ganga was unfit for bathing during the Mahakumbh, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath was quick to claim that the water was pure and even fit for drinking. He even alleged that those who raised…

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South Central Ep 17: Cinema’s role in ‘fueling’ crime in Kerala, hyper-nationalism in Indian cricket

In this episode, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna and Leena Reghunath are joined by feature filmmaker Don Palathara, senior sports journalist Sharda Ugra and social media influencer Aysha Mahmood.

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एनएल चर्चा 361: आकाश आनंद का बसपा से निष्कासन और डोनाल्ड ट्रंप की ‘लट्ठमार’ राजनीति

इस हफ्ते अमेरिका के नए राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप और यूक्रेन के राष्ट्रपति जेलेंस्की के बीच हुई बहस और बहुजन समाज पार्टी की प्रमुख मायावती द्वारा भतीजे आकाश आनंद को पार्टी से निष्कासित किए जाने को लेकर विस्तृत बातचीत हुई.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 360: ‘Love jihad’ crusaders in MP, police ‘action’ in Sambhal

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal and Avdhesh Kumar.

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Kapil Mishra used word ‘Pakistan’ to ‘spew hatred’, and ‘garner votes’: Delhi court

A Delhi court on Friday said the word “Pakistan” was “very skillfully woven” by BJP leader and Delhi’s new law and order minister Kapil Mishra “to promote enmity on the grounds of religion” and “spew hatred” “only to garner votes” in 2020, reported Live Law.

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Hafta 527: Return of Aurangzeb, Mayawati’s ‘mistakes’ and the future of BSP

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Dr Sumeet Mhaskar, professor of sociology at Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, and Ajoy Bose, veteran journalist and author of Behenji: The Rise and Fall of Mayawati.

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TV Newsance 289: Modi’s Vantara visit, IIT Baba, Aurangzeb – TV news goes wild!

This week, we dive headfirst into the chaos, because on Indian TV news, spectacle always trumps substance.

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Hafta letters: Echo chambers, role of university spaces, problematic takes

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Stone-pelting rumours, MCD ‘U-turn’: The chronology of chaos in Delhi’s Brahmpuri

In North Delhi’s Brahmpuri neighbourhood, several Hindu residents of Gali No. 12 are planning to move out of the area and have put up for-sale signs outside their houses. The reason: A contentious expansion and new entrance of the nearby Al Mateen Masjid.

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Awful and Awesome Ep 381: Severance S2, Oscars, Sikandar trailer

While discussing the headlines:Rajyasree: In better news, Kangana has said that Javed Akhtar has promised to write a song for her next film…Abhinandan: Very nice. I wonder what that song will sound like. (Breaks into song) Ek ladki ko dekha to aisa laga…I will not say anything more. Rajyasree: Yeah, don’t…

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‘Bid to suppress journalistic freedom’: Rajasthan HC on FIR against Arnab Goswami

The Rajasthan High Court has restrained the Rajasthan police from taking any coercive action against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami over a 2022 case linked to Republic Bharat’s coverage of the demolition of a Hindu temple in Alwar, Bar and Bench reported.

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No fund for permanent campus, Motihari central varsity in limbo

Ahead of the 2015 Bihar assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a central university in Bihar’s Bhagalpur as part of a Rs 1.25 lakh crore package to the state. But a decade later, the varsity plan remains on paper with the draft detailed project report awaiting the Union…

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Days after rescuing teen from bonded labour, Delhi police still haven’t filed FIR

“She was studying in Class 12,” says Shyamala*, her voice trembling. “Now we are struggling to even get her home.”

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दस साल में नहीं बन पाया इस केंद्रीय विश्विद्यालय का स्थायी परिसर, केंद्र से जारी नहीं हुई राशि

अगस्त 2015 में बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने ‘प्रधानमंत्री का बिहार पैकेज’ की घोषणा की थी. जिसमें भागलपुर में केंद्रीय विश्वविद्यालय का निर्माण कराना भी शामिल था.

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Madras High Court tells Vikatan to temporarily remove Modi cartoon, directs Centre to unblock website

The Madras High Court today passed an interim order directing the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to lift its ban on Vikatan’s website. However, the court said this is on the condition that Vikatan temporarily removes its cartoon of Narendra Modi that had precipitated the ban.

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महाराष्ट्र सरकार की मीडिया पर नजर, मॉनिटरिंग सेल के लिए 10 करोड़ का बजट

महाराष्ट्र सरकार ने बीते बुधवार को एक सरकारी प्रस्ताव (रेजोल्यूशन) सार्वजनिक किया. इसके मुताबिक, सरकार ने एक मीडिया मॉनिटरिंग केंद्र स्थापित करने का निर्णय लिया है. जिसकी अनुमानित लागत 10 करोड़ रूपये रखी गई है. यह सेंटर राज्य सरकार से संबंधित समाचारों की कवरेज की निगरानी करेगा.

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March 6, 2025: Can a fuel ban clean up the city’s air?

In this episode, Newslaundry visits the INA Road to look at steps taken by the Delhi government to tackle vehicular pollution. The government recently announced a petrol ban for old private vehicles. But what has it done for public transportation?

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Maharashtra allocates Rs 10 cr to monitor media ‘under one roof’

The Maharashtra government has decided to set up a media monitoring centre at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore to monitor reportage and act on negative or misleading news about the state government, The Indian Express reported.

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Months after HC order, Army denies permission for Ayodhya hotel

The Indian Army has denied permission for the construction of a hotel in Ayodhya’s Ghatampur village, saying the land was reserved as a buffer zone in a firing range.

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Delhi’s airpocalypse needs more than band-aid solutions

As I sat down to write this piece from my home nestled in the hills of the Western Ghats in Kerala, I had to try hard to summon a memory of the sharp sting of Delhi’s air on a bad air day.

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गिद्ध और सुअरों की खोजबीन के बीच टीआरपी का मसाला बने IIT वाले बाबा

देश ने तय कर लिया है कि मोदीजी के नेतृत्व में वो विश्वगुरू भी बना रहेगा और 80 करोड़ लोगों को मुफ्त राशन बांटता रहेगा. इसका सबूत बीते दिनों दो अलग-अलग अवसरों पर मिला. पहला अवसर था मध्य प्रदेश की महाप्रतापी सरकार द्वारा आयोजित ग्लोबल इन्वेस्टर समिट के दौरान बंट…

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In Sambhal, cops hunt for man already in jail over ‘photo that wasn’t his’

Over three months after the communal violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, the police have arrested 89 people so far. Yet they’re still searching for 160 others, 74 of whom haven’t even been identified yet, according to posters the police have put up in Sambhal city.

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Delhi’s drainage crisis deepens as NGT deadline looms

As the latest desilting deadline approaches in Delhi, two drains – Sonia Vihar and Shastri Park – exemplify the paralysis within the capital’s drainage management system.

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Ganga purity study was shady from the start. But media amplified it unquestioned

On February 20, the Uttar Pradesh government issued a statement which quoted a Padma Shri awardee scientist to “debunk doubts” about the purity of Ganga water amid the Mahakumbh. This came days after the Central Pollution Control Board had pointed out that faecal coliform levels in the river were 13…

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साफ हवा को लेकर भारत की जरूरत और उसकी करनी में अंतर

राष्ट्रीय स्वच्छ वायु कार्यक्रम के ज़रिए वायु प्रदूषण को कम करने में देश की प्रगति के दावों के बावजूद भारत लक्ष्य से बहुत पीछे है, और पिछले साल दुनिया के 10 सबसे ज्यादा प्रदूषित देशों में से एक था. लेकिन यह समस्या पिछले कुछ वर्षों में सरकारी समितियों, गैर-सरकारी संगठनों…

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