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Air pollution is an existential crisis. That’s why we are making an exception

At Newslaundry, we don’t usually do campaigns. And by campaign, I mean specifically advocate a certain call to action for a cause that is also a story and part of the news cycle. That’s because it can be a slippery slope. While news organisations must have a value system and…

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Here’s how you can join the #FightToBreathe

Every year, the media rises to India’s air crisis challenge when the numbers go off the charts. But as soon as the air quality index turns less critical, the headlines fizzle out, leaving little accountability for those who can fix the problem.

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Hafta 516: ‘Scuffle’ in parliament, One Nation One Election bill, Ambedkar

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pandey, and Jayashree Arunachalam were joined by parliamentary affairs expert and journalist Meghnad S.

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Newsance 279: Rahul Gandhi, parliament ‘assaultgate’ and the media circus

This week was marked by “Assaultgate” in parliament, as opposition MPs and those from the governing parties traded accusations of insulting Ambedkar. Chaos erupted, two MPs were taken to the hospital, and a media circus followed.

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Hafta letters: First family of Bollywood, LTA Punjab, populist schemes

AnonymousIn last week’s Hafta, Chetan Bhagat was spot on when he described how minuscule the demands of a typical Indian are and how not only have they adopted a practice of just being submissive to what's happening in terms of poor services, but religion has been at the core of…

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Awful and Awesome: Rewind to our favourite moments

This week, it’s time to unwind and look back at our favourite moments and best clips of Awful and Awesome from the past few weeks – from laughs to jabs. This special episode is free, unlike others behind the paywall. Subscribe to listen to our previous episodes.

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IIM-B officials humiliated and denied equal opportunities to Dalit professor, finds probe

An inquiry has found evidence of caste-based discrimination at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), prompting the Karnataka Department of Social Welfare to call for action against six senior officials, including the institute’s Director Dr Rishikesha T Krishnan.

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‘Not dreaded criminal’: Allahabad HC stays Zubair’s arrest in FIR over X post till Jan 6

The Allahabad High Court has stayed the “immediate arrest” of Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair in connection with his X post featuring a video clip of controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand until January 6, Livelaw reported.

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Ahead of polls, AAP and BJP wage social media war with memes, satire videos

With the Delhi assembly election looming, the BJP and AAP have turned social media into a battleground, using memes and satirical videos to target each other. The posts from both parties’ official handles range from comparing their rivals to Bollywood’s iconic villains to tweaked movie posters that highlight crime in…

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Exclusive: In 3 Lok Sabha seats swung by BJP, many wrong voter deletions, violations of EC norms

From 70 FIRs over deletion of voters earlier this year in Andhra Pradesh to allegations about erasure of voters in poll-bound Delhi, electoral rolls seem to have replaced EVMs as a primary opposition concern over the last few months.

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Can freebies, sympathy vote help AAP tide over its Delhi challenge?

After a seven-phase general election and a series of assembly polls this year, the never-ending Indian poll cycle is set to kick off again, as early as February in Delhi.

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‘Never saw such police action’: Cong worker dead, journalists injured at Guwahati protest

A local Congress leader died and at least eight journalists were allegedly injured after the police action at the Raj Bhawan Chalo protest held by the Congress party in Guwahati on Wednesday over the lack of parliamentary discussions on key issues. The police had reportedly set off at least three…

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Umar Khalid gets 7-day interim bail in Delhi riots case to attend family wedding

A Delhi court has granted a seven-day bail to jailed activist Umar Khalid to attend a family wedding. The former JNU scholar, who has been in custody for over four years in a UAPA case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots, will be required to surrender by January 3, 2025,…

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‘Bullet lodged near her vertebrae’: Four children fired at by security forces in Chhattisgarh

At 8.30 am on December 11, 14-year-old Chaitram Oyam was with his parents, tending the kosra fields adjoining a jungle near his home in southern Abujmarh in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur.

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What’s Your Ism? Sudipto Mondal’s story of identity, caste and journalism

In episode 30, What’s Your Ism? takes a personal turn as Dhanya Rajendran interviews Sudipto Mondal, the voice behind the show, about caste, identity and journalism.

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Biomedical waste from Kerala dumped in Tamil Nadu, officials dodge accountability

Hours after it came to light that bio-medical waste from Kerala was illegally dumped in multiple locations in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district, government authorities in both states continue to dodge accountability. Medical documents bearing the name of Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), a state-owned cancer care hospital and research centre in…

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‘Advocate can’t do full-time journalism’: Bar Council of India tells Supreme Court

“A practicing advocate cannot work simultaneously as a full-time journalist,” the Bar Council of India recently told the Supreme Court, citing Rule 49 of the BCI Rules of Conduct, Livelaw reported. The rule mandates that an advocate must not engage in any other full-time or part-time salaried employment while practicing…

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Zakir Hussain: Life and music that transcended boundaries

“A fearsome technician but also a whimsical inventor,” The New York Times’ description of Zakir Hussain after one of his iconic Carnegie Hall performances in 2009 encapsulated the essence of his life and over 60 years of music.

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BJP leader calls for religious segregation among shopkeepers in East Delhi

A viral video of BJP’s Ravinder Negi, alias Ravi Negi, shows him threatening Muslim shopkeepers, asking them to write their names on their shops and urging Hindus to put up saffron flags.

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‘Join BJP, make video against Rahul’: MP couple ‘suicide note’ alleges ED harassment over politics

In a raid on the house of Madhya Pradesh businessman Manoj Parmar and his wife Neha, who died by suicide on December 13, the Enforcement Directorate officials turned off the cameras, assaulted Parmar, locked his family in a room, and seized Rs 10 lakh and 70 grams of gold without…

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Hafta 515: Soros vs Adani, dowry law misuse, Bollywood-Modi moment

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan were joined by journalist Faye D’Souza.

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Newsance 278: The Kapoor family dethrones TV anchors, Soros obsession

This week all our favourite TV news anchors were dethroned by none other than the Kapoor family. The Bollywood family fulfilled its dreams of asking many “personal sawals” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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‘We want to speak, CRPF saying we can’t’: What happened after Rahul met Hathras victim’s family

Hours before Rahul Gandhi arrived in a small village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, the state police and CRPF thronged the narrow roads. All vehicles were barred entry to the village, forcing eager journalists to walk over a kilometre to reach a nondescript home within.

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‘Assault, local pressure, police inaction’: In a village in Chhattisgarh, uncertainty over Christmas

Christian families in a village in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district say they feel uncertain about Christmas celebrations amid local pressure for “ghar wapsi”, after a mob allegedly stopped a funeral and assaulted seven members of the community last month.

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Cold War, Emergency, Hindenburg: ‘Foreign hand’ pretext to censor media criticism

The ubiquitous “foreign hand” is back again. It has hovered over Indian politics for decades, especially when the party in power is criticised for its actions, or inaction. It has been particularly persistent in the last decade and more since Narendra Modi became prime minister.

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