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Daily Dose Ep 1087: SC on Nupur Sharma, Shinde vetoes Thackeray’s Aarey plan

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from the Supreme Court, Maharashtra, Manipur, and Ukraine.

Newslaundry · Jul 1, 2022

Awful and Awesome Ep 259: RRR, Spiderhead, Beyoncé’s new single

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Newslaundry · Jul 1, 2022

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair sent in 4-day police custody

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair has been remanded to four days in police custody.

Newslaundry · Jun 28, 2022

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Mohammed Zubair of Alt News arrested for 'disturbing religious harmony'

The Delhi police on Monday arrested Mohammed Zubair for allegedly disturbing religious harmony. The arrest comes less than a week after Twitter received a request from the Narendra Modi government claiming that Alt News co-founder’s account violated Indian laws.

Newslaundry · Jun 27, 2022

Why we report on the media

The last two years have been hard on journalists. We’ve had to report on a devastating pandemic, while losing our colleagues to the virus. In the first four months of 2020 alone, 31 media professionals succumbed to Covid, and the toll has since risen to nearly 600, according to a…

Newslaundry · Jun 25, 2022

Reporters Without Orders Ep 225: Nupur Sharma’s downfall, TV anchors in court

In this episode, host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit.

Newslaundry · Jun 25, 2022

Hafta letters: Personality politics, casteism, French actress on Newsance

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Newslaundry · Jun 25, 2022

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NL Playoffs Ep 23: The state of Indian football with special guest Bhaichung Bhutia

In this episode of NL Playoffs, hosts and Newslaundry subscribers Aniketh and Gowtham interview one of the most famous names in Indian football – Bhaichung Bhutia. They discuss his contributions to the game and how he transitioned from playing in India to playing in Europe.

Newslaundry · Jun 24, 2022

‘We are Sainiks of Bal Thackeray’: Why Thane’s Shiv Sena workers back Eknath Shinde

The city of Thane was close to Bal Thackeray’s heart. It was where the party first tasted electoral victory in 1967 by winning the civic polls, which would be closely followed by similar victories in Mumbai and Nashik. It was also once the fiefdom of legendary Sena leader Anand Dighe…

Newslaundry · Jun 24, 2022

News TV tones down Agnipath violence coverage after NBDA letter

Several news channels have either blanked out or reduced the use of old visuals of the anti-Agnipath protests after an alleged missive from the news broadcasting and digital association, which counts “25 leading news and current affairs broadcasters” as its members.

Newslaundry · Jun 21, 2022

A red pill called ‘BJP’

BJP stands for Bharatiya Janata Party. BJP also means Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana. Conveniently so for the Narendra Modi government.

Newslaundry · Jun 20, 2022

TV Newsance 175: Friday violence, studio-veers and vilification of Umar Khalid

People mainly avoid news due to repetitiveness, a lack of trust and the sense of powerlessness it triggers, according to the Reuters Digital News Report 2022. But what could exemplify the broken record more than the apocalyptic world of Indian TV news?

Newslaundry · Jun 18, 2022

Watch: Why are people avoiding news?

The Digital News Report 2022 released this week by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University shows that interest and trust in the news is declining almost everywhere. Interest has fallen from 63 percent in 2017 to 51 percent in 2022, and just over four out…

Newslaundry · Jun 16, 2022

Reporters Without Orders Ep 223: Sidhu Moosewala’s death, Amanatullah Khan role in AAP

In this episode, host Ayush Tiwari is joined by Newslaundry’s Nidhi Suresh.

Newslaundry · Jun 11, 2022

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Newslaundry · Jun 10, 2022

‘Orwellian India’: How Kashmir police are going after a Caravan journalist for doing his job

“I am not a criminal…I have simply done my job,” said the Caravan journalist Shahid Tantray, who went off social media on the day the magazine put out a detailed statement alleging that he and his family were being harassed and threatened by the police after his reports on the…

Newslaundry · Jun 10, 2022

NL Playoffs Ep 22: Nadal’s 14th French Open title, Wimbledon 2022

In this episode of NL Playoffs, hosts and Newslaundry subscribers Aniketh and Gowtham are joined by fellow subscriber Abhijeet. They discuss Rafael Nadal’s 14th French Open title and Iga Swiatek’s second title in the same tournament. They also talk about the upcoming Wimbledon Championships and the Champions League finals.

Newslaundry · Jun 9, 2022

Why Bengali vlogger Roddur Roy’s arrest for ‘abusing’ Mamata has kicked up a storm

Controversial Bengali vlogger Roddur Roy was arrested on Tuesday for making “derogatory” remarks about West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, a Lok Sabha MP and all-India general secretary of the Trinamool Congress.

Newslaundry · Jun 9, 2022

Emerging star to ‘fringe element’: The steep rise and sudden fall of Nupur Sharma

Not all Delhi University Students Union presidents are destined for a mainstream political career. Some quit along the way, while a few plod on with the help of their party’s leadership. Nupur Sharama, recently suspended as the BJP’s national spokesperson after her derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammed on Times Now…

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Newslaundry · Jun 9, 2022

‘Nationalist with a twist’: Why BJP’s Annamalai is throwing his weight behind YouTuber Karthik Gopinath

“It is unacceptable that a student of law ignored the law,” said a senior BJP member on condition of anonymity. “Annamalai’s association with Karthik has only tarnished the former’s name.”

Newslaundry · Jun 8, 2022

Why Subhash Chandra’s Rajya Sabha dreams are now Congress’s nightmares

On the first day of June, the world learnt that Subhash Chandra belonged to Rajasthan. The Times of India that day quoted the Essel group chairman calling it his “native” state. The backdrop was political. Chandra’s revelation came after he filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha as an independent candidate…

Newslaundry · Jun 8, 2022

NL Interview: Facebook whistleblower on how the company favours those in power

Last November, in an interview with Newslaundry, data scientist and former Facebook employee Sophie Zhang described the social media company’s reluctance to act against fake accounts in India.

Newslaundry · Jun 7, 2022

Nupur Sharma is small fry. Meet BJP’s actual ‘fringe elements’

Nupur Sharma’s political career was arguably a whimper but it was certainly paused with a bang. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s national spokesperson was suspended on Sunday for making denigrating remarks against Prophet Muhammad on Times Now in May. Her colleague Naveen Jindal was expelled for similar antics. The BJP’s decision…

Newslaundry · Jun 6, 2022

How Sidhu Moosewala helped cancer patients and won his village’s admiration

In an interview with Zee Punjabi in 2021, the singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known by his stage name Sidhu Moosewala, said if he had one superpower he would “cure all cancer patients”.

Newslaundry · Jun 4, 2022

‘We won’t grow crops on this field anymore’: In Moosewala’s village, grief and caution

Surrounded by a group of people under the solitary tree in his large agricultural field, Sandeep Singh, 28, sat staring at a platform a few metres away, in Moosa village of Punjab’s Mansa district – with a poster of his friend Sidhu Moosewala, and the words “Miss you Ustad”.

Newslaundry · Jun 3, 2022

What happened to Modi’s national ‘clean air’ project? Not much in three years

Three years since its launch, the national clean air programme – aimed at reducing particulate matter levels in 102 cities – is way behind its targets with two years left for the deadline.

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