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Another year and another climate conference is upon us, this one in Azerbaijan. It will start off on a positive note for India which recently hit the 200 GW mark in its non-fossil fuels installed capacity, or how much power it can produce from energy sources such as solar and wind. But…

Lakhan Oraon, a construction worker in Kerala’s Ernakulam district, has plans to visit his hometown in Lohardaga, west of Ranchi, the state capital of Jharkhand, only in December this year around the time of Christmas. The first phase of Assembly elections in the state is scheduled to begin on Wednesday,…

For years, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) electoral strategy in Jharkhand has centred on pitting the tribals who follow Sarna (a pagan belief system) against the Christian tribals. But since the last few months, the battle for Jharkhand’s vote has taken on a different tone. The ‘enemy’ is no longer…

Gujarat has secured some of India’s largest investment projects recently, including Micron’s semiconductor plant and the Tata-Airbus manufacturing facility. But these projects were initially lined up for other states and ended up with Gujarat at the last minute. 

This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by Newslaundry’s Anmol Pritam and Basant Kumar. 

This week was marked by the presidential elections in the world’s oldest democracy, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s close friend and fan Donald Trump securing a big victory. And as a friend of our honourable PM is a friend of our news anchors - Trump’s win was a cause for…

Great work on Hafta, NL team! I’ve been going through several of the archives that are available on video. 

The US presidential elections are done and dusted. We in India can now go back to our own election season, with the impending elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand at the end of this month.

Over the past few years, several renewable energy projects in western Rajasthan have run into trouble with local communities trying to claim government land as oran – parcels used for grazing with perceived cultural and religious significance. This week, a 600-MW solar project by Adani Green Energy Limited has found…

केरल हाईकोर्ट ने कहा कि मीडिया की अभिव्यक्ति की आजादी को किसी नागरिक की गरिमा, प्रतिष्ठा और गोपनीयता के अधिकार से ज्यादा तवज्जो नहीं दी जा सकती, खासकर आपराधिक मामलों की रिपोर्टिंग करते समय. लाइव लॉ की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, अदालत का कहना है कि केवल एक निर्णायक प्राधिकारी ही…

The Kerala High Court has held that the media’s freedom of speech cannot override a citizen’s right to dignity, reputation, and privacy, especially when reporting on an ongoing criminal case. The court said that only an adjudicatory authority can pronounce the guilt or innocence of an accused, LiveLaw reported.