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July 17: Aaj Ka AQI outside the new Parliament building

The Parliament had passed a slew of measures in its winter session last year to tackle air pollution in the country, including the capital, Delhi.   

Newslaundry · Jul 17, 2025

Nimisha Priya’s execution in Yemen delayed, fate still uncertain

Although the postponement of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya’s execution has brought some relief to her family, numerous challenges remain in the effort to commute her death sentence. Mediation efforts held at various levels resulted in the indefinite postponement of the execution, which had been expected to be held on July…

Newslaundry · Jul 17, 2025

Why a 2.1 percent inflation doesn’t feel low

In June 2025, consumer price inflation – or retail inflation as it is more commonly referred to as – was at a 77-month low of 2.1 percent. The last time retail inflation was lower than 2.1 percent was in January 2019, when it had stood at 2 percent.

Newslaundry · Jul 16, 2025

उत्तराखंड: हिंदू राष्ट्र की टेस्ट लैब बनती देवभूमि

यह रिपोर्ट हमारे एनएल सेना 'हिंदू राष्ट्र प्रोजेक्ट' का हिस्सा है. इस प्रोजेक्ट के तहत की गईं बाकी रिपोर्ट्स पढ़ने के लिए यहां क्लिक करें.

Newslaundry · Jul 15, 2025

SC grants interim protection to MP cartoonist booked over ‘objectionable’ cartoon

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted cartoonist Hemant Malviya interim protection from arrest in a case over his allegedly objectionable cartoon of PM Narendra Modi and the RSS, LiveLaw reported. The apex court, however, came down heavily on Malviya, calling the post “inflammatory”. 

Newslaundry · Jul 15, 2025

Did global media rush to blame pilots in Air India crash?

Conspiracy theories are swirling around the preliminary report into the Air India crash, after some of its findings were published by The Wall Street Journal hours before the report’s official release by the Indian government. 

Newslaundry · Jul 15, 2025

UP teacher booked for ‘public mischief’. The crime? Poem promoting education over Kanwar Yatra

A government school teacher in Bareilly has been booked for the offence of reciting a poem that seemingly dared to promote education over religious pilgrimage and “blind faith”.

Newslaundry · Jul 15, 2025

After bail, accused visits village of Pune journalist beaten on camera. She says ‘worried for family’

On July 4, journalist Sneha Barwe was assaulted on camera – beaten with a wooden stick until she blacked out – while reporting on illegal construction near a riverbed in Nighotwadi village of Manchar, in Maharashtra’s Pune district. Ten days on, the prime accused in the case is still at…

Newslaundry · Jul 14, 2025

‘BLO used as scapegoat’: Ajit Anjum booked after video on Bihar voter roll revision gaps

An FIR has been registered against independent journalist Ajit Anjum in Bihar’s Begusarai district for allegedly spreading misinformation about the voter roll revision exercise in Bihar.

Newslaundry · Jul 14, 2025

July 10, 2025: Air quality at Commonwealth sports complex

The Commonwealth Games Village Sports Complex is visited by hundreds each day. During the 2010 Commonwealth Games and on many days in subsequent years, the area has seen poor air quality.

Newslaundry · Jul 14, 2025