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There are two Indian American politicians presently standing for elections in two very different locations.

Five press bodies have condemned the second FIR against The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa. Four of them have urged the Press Council of India to “perform its mandate of safeguarding the freedom of the press”.

क्या आपने कभी सोचा है कि तितलियां, कीट पतंगे और कीड़े-मकोड़े न हों तो धरती कैसी होगी? अगर ये नन्हें प्राणी गायब हो जायें तो क्या धरती का अस्तित्व रह पायेगा? जवाब है नहीं. क्योंकि ये तितलियां, पतंगे और कीड़े- मकोड़े पोलिनेशन करने और मिट्टी की सेहत के लिए ज़रूरी…

Four of the world’s 36 recognised biodiversity hotspots are in India, while the World Wildlife Fund’s latest Living Planet report shows a decline of up to 73 percent in wild animal populations across the world. At a time when the earth is facing its worst biodiversity crisis, the issue of…

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu recently urged people in south India, especially in his state, to consider having more children, while Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin rhetorically asked why families shouldn’t have 16 kids. There are deep political, economic, and social reasons behind these statements. The low population…

Fifty-four-year old Suresh has been drinking alcohol since he was nine. He ran away from his house in Bengaluru and landed in Goa. He has been working in a bar ever since.

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Scroll’s Rokibuz Zaman and Newslaundry’s Drishti Choudhary.

अंग्रेजी दैनिक ‘द हिंदू’ के पत्रकार महेश लांगा के खिलाफ लगातार दूसरी एफआईआर दर्ज होने के बाद पत्रकारों में रोष है. आज कई वरिष्ठ पत्रकारों और लांगा के सहयोगियों ने इस कार्रवाई की निंदा की. साथ ही कहा कि पत्रकारों का काम ‘गोपनीय और संवेदनशील जानकारी एवं दस्तावेजों’ से दिनभर…

Over four days after a second FIR was lodged against The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa, his colleagues took to X to condemn the police action and uphold “a journalist’s right to obtain and process a confidential or ‘sensitive’ official document in line with their work”.

हर साल की तरह इस बार भी दिल्ली में  वायु और  यमुना नदी का प्रदूषण सुर्खियों में है. एक तरफ दिल्ली की हवा की गुणवत्ता दिन प्रतिदिन गंभीर श्रेणी में जा रही है तो दूसरी तरफ यमुना के पानी में उफान मारती जहरीली गैसें और झाग (टॉक्सिक फोम) चिंता का…

A thick layer of white foam has taken over the Yamuna river in Delhi yet again. The toxic foam, a result of untreated sewage waste, has raised concerns months after a report pointed to increasing encroachment and concretisation on the floodplains of the river.