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On NEET row, editorials point to ‘political class’s shortage of ideas, need for a rethink’

The controversy over NEET is refusing to die down. Amid widespread protests and a slew of petitions before the judiciary, the Centre has said that a high-level committee will recommend improvements in the NTA, the examination process, and security protocols.

Newslaundry · Jun 21, 2024

Day after bail, Delhi HC stays Kejriwal’s release

A day after a court granted bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court has halted his release after the Enforcement Directorate opposed the trial court’s order, Bar and Bench reported. 

Newslaundry · Jun 21, 2024

Delhi court grants bail to CM Arvind Kejriwal in liquor policy case

A Delhi court has granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy case, livelaw reported. 

Newslaundry · Jun 20, 2024

Delhi HC dismisses bureaucrat’s defamation suits against HT, Hindustan

The Delhi High Court has dismissed two defamation suits filed by 1999 batch IFS officer Mahaveer Singhvi against Hindustan Times and Hindustan over two reports published in 2002, LiveLaw reported.

Newslaundry · Jun 18, 2024

Washington Post points to incoming editor’s links to ‘thief’, questionable record

Days after Washington Post executive editor Sally Buzbee’s exit from the newsroom, the publication has reported that its incoming executive editor Robert Winnett’s links to a “self-described thief” in connection with his reporting has “raised questions” about his “journalistic record”.  

Newslaundry · Jun 17, 2024

‘Sweeping powers to govt’ under new laws concern Indian journos: Reuters Digital News Report

Indian journalists and digital media groups are concerned about the “sweeping regulatory powers given to the government” under new laws introduced by the Modi government, said the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in its annual Digital News Report released today.

Newslaundry · Jun 17, 2024

‘Baseless’: RSS official slams Jagran report on Bhagwat’s ‘clarification’ on Nadda’s comment

An RSS top official has denied Hindi news daily Dainik Jagran’s front-page report on the right-wing body’s chief Mohan Bhagwat’s purported clarification over the comment made by BJP president JP Nadda about the party “running itself”, independent of the RSS.  

Newslaundry · Jun 17, 2024

‘Not students, it’s about 25 lakh families’: Aspirants on NEET hopes, hype and harm

Results of the NEET-UG 2024 examinations – conducted by the National Testing Agency – have triggered an uproar due to allegations of paper leaks, the distortion of rankings with the grant of grace marks to some, and unusually high cutoffs. 

Newslaundry · Jun 15, 2024

Reporters Without Orders Ep 325: NEET, 3 decades of secrecy, and SP’s poll strategy

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and independent journalists Alishan Jafri and Nidhi Suresh.

Newslaundry · Jun 15, 2024

3 days after Cong leader’s police complaint, Rajat Sharma files defamation case

India TV editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma has filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court against Congress leaders Ragini Nayak, Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera over their tweets alleging that he used abusive language on air during a show on the day election results were announced, LiveLaw reported.

Newslaundry · Jun 15, 2024