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‘How will I send future generations to school?’: Delhi teacher booked over ‘communal remarks’ in class

A Delhi government school teacher has been booked for allegedly passing communal slurs in a classroom in Delhi, days after another teacher was caught on camera ordering a classroom to slap a Muslim student in Uttar Pradesh.

Newslaundry · Aug 30, 2023

Vandalism, roadshows, machismo: Delhi University gears up for student body polls after 3-year hiatus

The beats of Indian drums, punctuated by car horns and the occasional siren, reverberated outside Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College on Monday. It was a tacit announcement, especially for first-year students watching with intrigue — Delhi University students’ body polls are in the offing. The elections are due on…

Newslaundry · Aug 30, 2023

‘CM’s cylinder promise false’: In poll-bound MP, women return without BJP govt’s rakhi gift

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s recent announcement to give out subsidised LPG cylinders to women seems to have backfired in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, with many returning empty-handed from gas agencies in Shivpuri district.

Newslaundry · Aug 29, 2023

Hafta letters: Gandhi, political activism and Science desk

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Newslaundry · Aug 26, 2023

HC orders action if Isha Foundation construction illegal, petitioner says govt job to act now

Nearly six years after a tribal body’s petition, the Madras High Court has sought an inquiry into whether Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev’s Isha Foundation had the necessary permissions to carry out certain constructions on its campus in Coimbatore. The court has also told the district town and country planning department to…

Newslaundry · Aug 25, 2023

Session with Sena: Reporting on the conflict in Manipur

It’s been months since the first wave of violence gripped Manipur, leaving behind many crucial questions. Why did it spiral into a civil war? Was the official response too little, or too late, or both? And what lies ahead for the people of the northeastern state?

Newslaundry · Aug 25, 2023

Space weather, tectonic activity, solar history: All that Chandrayaan-3 is likely to unravel

India is finally on the Moon. It took an arduous journey of years, a failed mission and a voyage of 40 days for Chandrayaan-3 to be the first to arrive on the Moon’s dark side or south pole on Wednesday. But why at all are we there?

Newslaundry · Aug 24, 2023

In Chandrayaan-3 success, lessons for the media, and for developmental policy

On August 23, India was literally “over the Moon” when Chandrayaan-3 successfully made a soft landing on a part of the Moon where no one had succeeded thus far. The achievement was not that of one person, but of a team of literally hundreds of scientists affiliated to the Indian…

Newslaundry · Aug 24, 2023

Gaon Savera’s social media handles blocked after ‘correspondence’ from Indian government

The social media handles of independent news website Gaon Savera were blocked this week. The website’s Twitter account was withheld in India on Tuesday, and its Facebook page has been inaccessible since Monday.

Newslaundry · Aug 23, 2023

How Dainik Jagran manufactured a ‘surgical strike’ by the Indian army in PoK

Hindi daily Dainik Jagran seemed to have the story of the year in its Tuesday morning edition. The headline of its lead story on the front page screamed “Bharat ne Pakistan par fir ki surgical strike”, translating to India unleashes surgical strike again on Pakistan. 

Newslaundry · Aug 22, 2023