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Reporters Without Orders Ep 208: UAPA cases in Punjab, women’s safety in UP

This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Ayush Tiwari and Akanksha Kumar.

Newslaundry · Feb 26, 2022

Gorakhpur: Over 40 Covid deaths linked to election duty, but is pandemic a poll issue?

In Gorakhpur, chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s bastion and the BJP’s home turf, campaign posters and flags by political parties dot the cityscape ahead of the assembly polls in nine constituencies in the district on March 3. A hoarding by the city municipal corporation near Deen Dayal University urges voters to…

Newslaundry · Feb 26, 2022

Bundelkhand farm deaths belie Yogi govt claims on ‘no suicides due to agri distress’

On February 16, during an interview with Doordarshan, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath claimed no farmers in the state had died by suicide due to “agricultural distress” in the last five years.

Newslaundry · Feb 26, 2022

Reporters Without Orders Ep 207: Punjab’s unemployed youth, Delhi’s anganwadi workers’ protest

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Ashwine Kumar Singh and Tanishka Sodhi.

Newslaundry · Feb 19, 2022

#NLat10: Lovers and Haters with Newslaundry Part 2

In Part 2 of this series, we continue to explore the feedback we’ve received during our 10-year journey – a decade of ad-free, subscription-driven journalism and media critique.

Newslaundry · Feb 17, 2022

‘Disappointed’, embassy advisories ‘delayed’: Indian students stuck in Ukraine

While the Indian embassy has issued advisories amid the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, several Indians studying in Ukrainian towns told Newslaundry that the advisories were “delayed”, “disappointing” and “vague”.

Newslaundry · Feb 17, 2022

As Karnataka colleges reopen, a tough choice for many between faith, education

“If my parents ask me what is more important to me, Allah or education, then obviously I will choose my god over everything else,” said Naseeba*, 20.

Newslaundry · Feb 16, 2022

Punjab police is citing social media activity as evidence of charges under UAPA

In 2016, Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal returned to Punjab from Canada, where he’d moved to with his parents a decade ago. He came back to get married. Two months after his wedding and weeks before the 32-year-old was to return to Canada, Dhaliwal was charged with violating the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)…

Newslaundry · Feb 16, 2022

Morning Show Ep 15: Partition wounds, ‘beadbi’ and communalism in Punjab

In this episode, the Newslaundry team is joined by Sukirat, a writer, columnist, and trustee of left-leaning newspaper Nawan Zamana. He talks about communal politics in Punjab and why it's hard to pit Sikhs against Muslims in the way Hindus and Muslims have been divided in some parts of the…

Newslaundry · Feb 15, 2022

Another Election Show: Wondering what Hindu Rashtra would look like? Watch this

In December last year, the Dharam Sansad held in Uttarakhand had come under the scanner for open hate speech against Muslims. The participants in the gathering had demanded a Hindu Rashtra. Newslaundry interviews one of the speakers and attendees of the infamous Haridwar Dharam Sansad, Anand Swaroop.

Newslaundry · Feb 15, 2022