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Daily Dose Ep 1110: More MPs suspended, MHA nod to Delhi delimitation

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Parliament, the national capital, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, and North Korea.

Newslaundry · Jul 28, 2022

DD, AIR top posts couldn’t be filled for lack of suitable candidates, says I&B minister

The posts of Doordarshan and Akashvani directors general could “not be filled in the absence of suitable candidates” and so these posts are vacant since September and December 2019, respectively, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Newslaundry · Jul 28, 2022

Daily Dose Ep 1109: SC upholds validity of PMLA, AAP MP suspended from Rajya Sabha

Tanishka Sodhi brings you the news from the Supreme court, the Parliament, the Delhi High Court, Tamil Nadu, and the United States of America.

Newslaundry · Jul 27, 2022

Delhi’s Gymkhana Club is new battleground against ‘family fiefdoms’

The central government’s crusade against “family fiefdoms” seems to have reached the doorsteps of the elite Delhi Gymkhana Club, with the union ministry of corporate affairs alleging a violation of norms to fast-track membership claims of relatives of a “select coterie”, and concerns among members about alleged attempts to trace…

Newslaundry · Jul 25, 2022

Daily Dose Ep 1106: ED arrests TMC minister, CJI criticises media’s ‘kangaroo courts’

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from West Bengal, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Jharkhand, and Ukraine.

Newslaundry · Jul 23, 2022

Reporters Without Orders Ep 229: Assam student jailed, Alt News cofounder bailed

In this episode, host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Newslaundry’s Tanishka Sodhi and Pratyush Deep.

Newslaundry · Jul 23, 2022

‘Shakes confidence in the small world we have’: Trans people allege assault by cops

At 12.38 am on Friday, two policemen pulled up on a motorbike in front of Mitr Trust, an NGO in Delhi’s Sitapuri and, 19 minutes later, two men in khaki exited the gate, CCTV footage shows. A person in a black T-shirt and black shorts followed them along with a…

Newslaundry · Jul 23, 2022

TV Newsance 180: All the wrong questions on TV news

This week, we look at how the humble question mark is misused on TV news. TV news channels can get away with smear campaigns, polarising debates, and out and out hate news by simply placing a question mark before factless assertions. For example, Will India become a ‘Muslim Rashtra’ in…

Newslaundry · Jul 23, 2022

Daily Dose Ep 1105: Delhi liquor policy probe, Haridwar namaz arrests

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from New Delhi, the Parliament, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Sri Lanka, and Russia.

Newslaundry · Jul 22, 2022

Tea worker’s grisly accident in Assam spotlights how workers are given no safety gear

“When I saw her, I almost lost hope,” said Tulsi Nayak. “She was senseless and there was no hair or skin on her head.”

Newslaundry · Jul 22, 2022