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Exempt journalists from DPDP Act: Media bodies to govt

The Press Club of India and 21 media bodies have submitted a joint memorandum to the Union Minister for Electronics and Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging the government to exclude the professional work of journalists from the ambit of the contentious Digital Personal Data Protection Act.

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Hafta letters: Kannada vs Tamil, wearing sindoor, impactful letters

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In right-wing victories across the globe, a warning and mirror for India

Over the past four years, there has been an unprecedented surge in right-wing populist victories across the globe. From the US and El Salvador to Italy, Hungary, and even India, populist leaders have either returned to power or have emerged with strong mandates.

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‘Fragile pause, questions on US commitment’: Editorials on Israel-Iran ceasefire

A delicate ceasefire appears to exist between Israel and Iran after an intervention by the US in what president Donald Trump called the “12-day war”.

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SIPs are the hidden link in India’s housing bubble

India’s housing dream has been slipping out of reach for a while – but now the story seems to be becoming true even for the richie-rich.

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Rahul cries foul, Fadnavis says ‘lies’. But will EC put its detailed report in public?

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of “shooting arrows in the dark” after the latter’s remarks on “vote theft” in the 2024 Maharashtra elections.

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Negotiating realities in frosty India-Bangladesh relations

The manipulation of historical memory is often inseparable from the pursuit of political power. In Bangladesh, successive governments have used state machinery to revise official narratives about the 1971 Liberation War and post-independence politics. However, the current interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus appears to be undertaking the most far-reaching transformation yet.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 373: JP Nadda’s rise, Maharashtra voter roll

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Sumedha Mittal.

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Ahead of monsoon in Delhi, a locality exposes cracks in 100% desilting claim

With the monsoon set to arrive in Delhi this week, questions are swirling over the city’s preparedness. Nowhere are the cracks more evident than in the southwest locality of Palam, where a ground visit by Newslaundry has found that the Public Works Department’s claim of “100 percent desilting” doesn’t hold…

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In 6 months, Fadnavis seat added 29,219 voters. Poll staff claim lapses

In just six months between the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the Maharashtra assembly polls, Nagpur South West – the seat held by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis – added 29,219 new voters. About 162 voters everyday. That’s a sharp 8.25 percent increase, more than double the 4 percent threshold that…

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Hafta 542 : Iran and Israel’s nuclear conflict, Thug Life and mob censorship

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by The Hindu’s diplomatic affairs editor Suhasini Haider, The News Minute’s Pooja Prasanna, and filmmaker Hansal Mehta.

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Family feud turns legal: Dayanidhi Maran accuses brother Kalanithi of Sun TV fraud

Chennai Central MP and former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran has sent a legal notice to his elder brother, Sun Group chairman Kalanithi Maran, accusing him of orchestrating large-scale fraud in the allotment and transfer of shares in Sun TV Network and its affiliated firms, Bar and Bench reported .

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From Trump’s ceasefire claim to Modi’s G-7 optics, media didn’t ask the right questions

Did he, or didn’t he? That is a question that remains unanswered. US President Donald Trump continues to claim that he stopped the clash between India and Pakistan after India launched Operation Sindoor in May. At the same time, we are told officially that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a…

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In Delhi heat, water crisis hits the marginalised the hardest

Many areas in Delhi are facing a water crisis this summer. Bearing the brunt are those living in slums and unauthorised colonies in localities such as Chanakyapuri and Sangam Vihar.

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‘Every call feels like the last’: Kashmiri students stuck in Israel-Iran crossfire

Twenty-one-year-old Muskan doesn’t tell her mother everything. She puts on a smile, tries to calm her down, “but every call feels like the last.”

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‘Sitting in rain, no money for rent’: 2 Delhi families say homes bulldozed despite court stay

“Despite a stay till September 1 from the Delhi High Court, they came and destroyed my house,” said 19-year-old Krishna as he stood next to the rubble that was his home.

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‘Tough test…Delhi can’t be isolated from Global South sentiment’: Editorials on Israel-Iran conflict

A dangerous new phase of hostilities has erupted between Iran and Israel, drawing international concern amid fears of a wider regional war. Beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also sparked global alarm over its potential to destabilise critical energy corridors.

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Air India crash: For grieving families, closure awaits a DNA match

The funerals of many of the victims of the Air India crash are yet to happen and closure remains tough as families wait for DNA test reports – only 86 bodies have reportedly been verified so far.

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June 16, 2025: The air outside IIT

Last year, a report by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi revealed that air pollution can be reduced by 15 to 25 percent by tackling the capital’s civic issues like filling potholes, fixing unpaved roads and clearing garbage dump to eliminate road dust.

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India’s gender divide in domestic, care work is deeper than you think

Indian men spend less time on unpaid domestic and caregiving work compared to the women, and the little time they do spend is also concentrated in outdoor activities such as shopping, travelling, moving and transporting for family needs, and playing with children, an analysis of data from the Time Use…

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Israel-Iran conflict and India’s strategic dilemma

The latest escalation in tensions between Israel and Iran is arguably the most significant among a slew of flare ups, involving both state and non-state actors, in West Asia in the last two years. Even if these conflicts have been seen as the spillover of the Gaza conflict, each one…

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What went wrong before the Air India Dreamliner crash?

Experts from the US and UK are expected to join Indian investigators in the coming days to ascertain what caused the London-bound Flight AI171 to crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, which killed at least 270 people.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 372: Kumbh stampede death toll, UP police encounters

This week, host Avdhesh Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal, BBC’s Abhinav Goel and reporter Akansha Kumar.

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Hafta 541: Air India crash, Manipur violence, covering crime stories

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by former Executive Director, Air India, Jitendra Bhargava, and Executive Editor of The Frontier Manipur, Paojel Choaba.

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‘They were burnt beyond recognition’: Eyewitnesses of the Air India plane crash

Eyewitnesses of the Air India flight crash on Thursday in Ahmedabad reported a massive explosion, followed by thick smoke and panic as people fled their homes following the tragic incident.

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