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Teaser: Rajeev Gowda on India’s economy and how to put the Congress back on the political map

Rajeev Gowda is a Rajya Sabha MP, national spokesperson of the Congress party, and a former professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru. In a conversation with Meghnad S, Gowda talks about the major factors dampening India’s economy.

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NewsX passes off staffers as students on debate show. Now says one employee is still a student

On December 19, NewsX conducted a debate titled “Young students on CAA, Let’s Solve this CAA Warzone!“ on the nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Introducing the panel, the anchor Devika Chopra said, “I have several students with me in the studio right now.”

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The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap Ep 136: The Morning Show, Ajnabee, Drive and more

Rajyasree: I actually told you all that I’ll record the second week, and you said I’d rather record by myself with the subscribers. But even the subscribers complained and said please come back, because Abhinandan is saying any shit on the podcast. And I actually listened to the podcast and…

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The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap Ep 135: Under Armour, Living With Yourself, John Oliver, and more

Inderpreet: So the award you got, it was based on votes?

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The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap Ep 134: Atypical, Kaithi, Citibank ad row, Khulle Naagde, and more

This week on The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Newslaundry subscribers Amrita Roy and Aditya Relangi to discuss Season 3 of the series Atypical, Tamil movies Asuran and Kaithi, the album Khulle Naagde by the Bandish Projekt, and three advertisements that have become the talk of…

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Did a section of Kerala’s media drive Delhi University lecturer and his mother to suicide?

On October 20, the police found the decapitated body of Alan Stanley, a guest lecturer at Delhi University’s St Stephen’s College, on railway tracks near Sarai Rohilla station in the national capital. The same night, a friend went looking for Stanley at his residence in Pitampura. There, he found Stanley’s…

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#HaryanaResults: Why the Jats are disillusioned with the BJP

Results of the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana were declared today. The outcome in Haryana was far from what most exit polls had predicted. The BJP under Manohar Lal Khattar was expected to bag up to over 75 of the 90 seats on offer. Current trends indicate the party…

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Amid oppressive patriarchy in Haryana’s Mewat, a young Dalit woman is fighting to keep her dream alive

As one travels southwards in Haryana, the green of the Jat belt gives way to the arid landscape of Mewat region. The lower Aravallis begin to ascend in the horizon and mosque minarets become as frequent as temple spires. At the heart of Mewat is Nuh, the “least developed district…

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One year on, #MeToo has run out of steam. Is the failure to include marginalised voices to blame?

Last October was a fiery one with hundreds of working women across different sectors — media, entertainment, arts, social sectors — coming out with heartbreaking stories of sexual harassment in the workplace and toxic work culture. Starting with actress Tanushree Dutta speaking up against Nana Patekar’s behaviour during a film…

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‘Bring back Article 370’: Delhi University students protest lockdown in Kashmir

Students of the Delhi University held a protest against the lockdown in Kashmir at the Arts Faculty of North Campus on Thursday. It is over 70 days since the Indian government removed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and put the valley on lockdown.

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Why Haryana’s Jats are disillusioned with the BJP

October is a time of transition for the Jats in Haryana: the landed community prepares to harvest their crops. The day starts at dawn, with men walking out to the fields and women to hand pumps. Afternoons are reserved for hookah and siesta, evenings are for taking care of their…

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Daily Dose Ep 179: Brexit deal (finally!), MMS vs Sitharaman, RIP Rs 2,000 notes, and more

Produced by Meghnad S, recorded by Anil Kumar, and edited by Samrendra K DashYou can also listen to all our podcasts on the Newslaundry App and get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.

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Daily Dose Ep 171: #Aarey, Maharashtra Elections and more

In this episode of Daily Dose, Manisha Pande brings you stories from Mumbai, Hyderabad, Lucknow and more.Produced by Kartik Nijhawan, recorded by Anil Kumar and edited by Satish Kumar.You can listen to all our podcasts on the Newslaundry App and get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.Newslaundry is a reader-supported, ad-free, independent news…

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#UnnaoRapeCase: Doctors who examined survivor’s father will be prosecuted if trial throws up evidence, court says

The Delhi court trying the Unnao rape case this week disposed of an application for prosecuting doctors who examined the teenage survivor’s father after he was allegedly assaulted by Uttar Pradesh legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the main accused in the case who has since been suspended by his party, the…

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Daily Dose Ep 158: Afghanistan, excavations in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat farmers and more

This episode is hosted by Ayush Tiwari who has stories from Gujarat, Afghanistan, Tamil Nadu and more.Produced by Parikshit Sanyal, recorded by Anil Kumar, and edited by Umrao Singh.You can also listen to all our podcasts on the Newslaundry App and get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.Newslaundry is a reader-supported, ad-free,…

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#Chhattisgarh: Police claim Adivasi woman wasn’t raped by security forces, say her husband is a Naxal

It’s almost a year since a pregnant Adivasi woman was allegedly raped by security forces in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, and over nine months since the National Commission for Women and the National Human Rights Commission began sending notices to the Chhattisgarh police, asking for an Action Taken Report in the case.…

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Daily Dose Ep 155: Howdy Modi, Kashmir ‘normalcy’, Brexit update and more

This episode is hosted by Meghnad S who brings you stories from Delhi, the US, Kashmir and more.Produced by Parikshit Sanyal, recorded by Manoj and edited by Umrav Singh.You can also listen to all our podcasts on the Newslaundry App and get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.Newslaundry is a reader-supported, ad-free,…

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Hindustan Times journalist claims she was laid off at Amarinder Singh’s behest

On September 12, Sukhdeep Kaur, a journalist in Chandigarh, posted on Facebook that she had been pressured to resign from Hindustan Times after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh complained to the newspaper’s management about her adversarial reporting. When she resisted, Kaur claimed, she was handed a termination letter on September…

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Is legacy media muddying waters and claiming digital space?

After the Indian government introduced a cap of 26% on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in digital media platforms on August 28, a number of articles have thrown light on the shortcomings of the move, calling it “restrictive”, “regressive” and “confusing”.

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Daily dose Ep 145: Auto sector worries, #Brexit, #KartarpurCorridor and more

Recorded by Anil Kumar, produced by Parikshit Sanyal edited by Samarendra K Dash.You can also listen to all our podcasts on the Newslaundry App and get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.

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How Chinmayanand’s school tried to discredit Asaram Bapu’s victim

Krishna Pal Singh, better known as Swami Chinmayanand, has been in troubled waters lately. On August 23, a video of a 23 year-old girl from Shahjahanpur’s SS Law College surfaced online, where she claimed that a “big leader of the saint society” in Shahjahanpur who had “destroyed the lives of…

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How 3 Pune colleges helped Pune Police accomplish a ‘secret mission’ against ‘Urban Naxals’

On a cold December morning in 2018, a strange event occurred on the grounds of D.E.S. Navalmal Firodia Law College in Pune. The staff was gingerly led into their staff room for an unexpected meeting. The room was crowded with extra chairs and the doors were closed. Inside the room…

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#HaftaLetters: A review of NL Hafta review by Navjot and Sonali on Kashmir

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Capital life in times of floods

As heavy rains ravage many states in North India, a flood alert was issued earlier this week in parts of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. The Delhi government issued an advisory stating, “People in low-lying areas to vacate their place as the water level neared warning level in the Yamuna river.”

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A review of NL Hafta by Arvind, Vikas and Anand

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