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‘Another Diwali when I can’t go home’: In MP, thousands wait for jobs despite clearing exams

Each youngster in Madhya Pradesh is addressed as either bhanji (niece) or bhanja (nephew) by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who, as their maama (uncle), often makes tall claims about giving them jobs.

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‘Incomplete reports’, ‘financial toll’: The burden of digital device seizures on journalists, outlets

Be it the searches at NewsClick, BBC, the Wire, or at the homes of journalists in several states over the last few years, the seizures of journalist’s digital devices have often underlined two issues – pertaining to journalistic privilege and the fundamental right to privacy.

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Centre set to release guidelines for govt ads on websites, social media platforms: Report

The Central Bureau of Communication, which is the nodal department under the union ministry of information and broadcasting for government advertising, is working on rates and preparing guidelines for government advertisements on websites and social media platforms, the Indian Express reported.

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‘Rivalry’ between ex-bureaucrat, Delhi vigilance secy resurfaces with letter to media, defamation threat

Tensions between a former bureaucrat and a secretary in Delhi’s vigilance department are back in the media glare with a series of letters and official notes referring to a CBI probe into a bank fraud case filed last year.

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Photojournalist booked in Rajasthan over ‘edited’ Modi video, ‘spreading propaganda’

Rajasthan’s cyber cell has booked a photojournalist following the BJP state unit’s IT team’s complaint over an alleged “edited” video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he posted on social media.

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‘Risk, low voter turnout’: Choppers ferry poll officials in Maoist-hit Bastar

On November 4, three days ahead of the assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, a dozen polling officials flew to the state’s highly sensitive polling stations in the Moaist-hit Bastar division from its headquarters in Narayanpur.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 295: Reporting on conflict from Israel-Palestine, Manipur

This week, host Gurmehar Kaur is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Dainik Bhaskar’s Vaibhav Palnitkar.

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Diktats, ‘patriarchal’ system: The hurdles facing Mizoram’s few women politicians as voters seek change

In Mizoram’s capital Aizawl, thousands gathered in protest last month to question the eligibility of a Congress candidate from the Lunglei South constituency in Lunglei district.

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Just 1 MLA in 30 years: Manipur won’t swing the Mizoram election, but will hurt the BJP

Wearing a white cotton kurta, Kiren Rijiju sat in the sitting-room area of Room 706 at Aizawl’s Regency Hotel, talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s keen interest in Northeast India.

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‘Fight against BJP symbol’: Dantewada Cong candidate on jobs, nepotism, Maoism

Newslaundry and The News Minute are on the ground in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada, where Chhavindra Karma is contesting the election on a Congress ticket against BJP’s Chetram Arami. His father Mahendra Karma was among several Congress leaders who were killed by Maoists in 2013. Dantewada, which is an ST constituency, has…

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‘Defamatory’ media and an FIR: What happened during AMU’s ‘pro-Palestine’ protest?

Three weeks ago, a primetime anchor on Zee UP-Uttarakhand declared that students at Aligarh Muslim University had “sloganeered in support of the terrorist group Hamas”.

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‘Anti-Christian image’, Manipur issue: Is discontent brewing within BJP’s Mizoram unit?

Among the political party offices in poll-bound Mizoram’s capital city Aizawl, the BJP state unit’s Atal Bhawan stands out. Located a stone’s throw away from Raj Bhavan, it’s an imposing building with a large office space and picturesque views, with a thick growth of purple flowers looming on one side…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 294: NGOs losing FCRA licences, Mahua Moitra row

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

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Coming soon: The Newslaundry website and app made accessible for people with disabilities

The internet today shapes the way we live and the way we work. Which is why it’s more important than ever to make the digital ecosystem accessible and disabled-friendly.

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Ram-Leela, Tonk rallies: What kept Ramesh Bidhuri too busy for the privileges committee?

October has been a busy month for BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 293: Crisis for NGOs, Rajasthan politics

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

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‘Muslim conversion gang’ in Ahmednagar: Unravelling the truth behind these claims

On October 11, the chairman of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights shot off a fiery letter to the chief secretary of Maharashtra.

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Mahua Moitra’s ‘jilted ex’, former ToI columnist, lawyer: Who is Jai Anant Dehadrai?

Earlier this week, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra of accepting gifts and cash in lieu of asking questions in Parliament, and requested Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla to suspend her. Dubey said the allegations were passed on by one Jai Anant Dehadrai, who had undertaken…

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‘A new professional address, soon’: Sanket Upadhyay set to leave NDTV

Sanket Upadhyay will soon leave NDTV as the network’s consulting editor after a four-year stint. Announcing the move on X, he indicated that he will have a “new professional address” soon.

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‘No moderation, algorithm, paid blue ticks’: How social media fuelled fake news on Israel-Palestine conflict

A gruesome video of a man beheading a child went viral on social media last week — initially shared by a premium or verified Twitter account as evidence of Hamas’ attack on Israel. The video was viewed by millions online, and shared with hashtags #IslamIsTheProblem and #IsraelUnderAttack.

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I-T dept revokes tax exemption status of 4 NGOs, letters to two mention protests against Adani

The Income Tax department has revoked the tax exemption status of four non-government organisations – Oxfam India, CARE India, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, and Environics Trust, Newslaundry learned from sources and top officials linked to these organisations. The tax exemption was reportedly revoked about two weeks ago.

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Rajasthan polls: Meet ex-army man who angered Jats, ‘pained’ Gehlot, stirred a political storm

Over a controversial appointment to the Rajasthan Public Service Commission, chief minister Ashok Gehlot has found himself in the political crossfire of the state’s two prominent communities, just ahead of the assembly elections.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 292: Coal ministry’s mining push, MP journalist named in 11 FIRs

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Shreegireesh Jalihal of The Reporters’ Collective and Avdhesh Kumar of Newslaundry.

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‘Unprecedented’: Pakistan journalists face visa uncertainty for Cricket World Cup despite ICC accreditation

In over two decades of his career as a Karachi-based sports journalist, Javed Iqbal has always been in the stadium stands to cover the Pakistan cricket team’s matches. The senior journalist’s reportage of the game has taken him to several countries, including five visits to India.

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Fraud, intimidation, suicide: BBC documentary exposes the murky world of Chinese loan apps

A 24-year-old woman dies by suicide in a Telangana village. A woman in Pune murders her grandmother to steal her jewellery. And a Mumbai resident has morphed photos of herself sent to her entire contact list.

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