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In 1976, at the height of the Emergency, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi froze delimitation – the redrawing of parliamentary and assembly constituencies – effectively locking India’s political map in place. The freeze, meant to last until 2001, outlived her government. But decades later, the Narendra Modi government seems determined to…

Functional democracies like to assume their institutions are like solid parents. Then one day, those institutions turn out to be estranged relatives. 

भारतीय चिकित्सा परंपरा का ज़िक्र आते ही आयुर्वेद को अक्सर ‘प्राकृतिक’ और ‘सुरक्षित’ मान लिया जाता है. अक्सर लोग इसे बिना किसी डॉक्टर की सलाह के भी नियमित रूप से लेते हैं. सरकार भी आयुर्वेद को भारत की सॉफ्ट पावर के तौर पर दुनिया के सामने पेश कर रही है.

In India, Ayurveda is often seen as “natural” and therefore automatically “safe”. Millions consume Ayurvedic medicines without consulting a doctor. The government, too, promotes Ayurveda globally as part of India’s soft power.

For today’s Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry travelled to the Parliament Complex, where the budget session is underway. The closest CPCB monitoring station showed the AQI as 282, but our air quality monitor put the number at 406 – in the 'severe’ category. 

Every time the call of duty came in August 2024, Salman Qureshi answered. He was there when the police in Indore needed an independent witness to round up men drinking in public. He was there when the police busted men gambling in abandoned homes. He was there when the police…

Organisers of Mumbai’s famous Kala Ghoda Arts Festival have cancelled a book discussion featuring scholar and civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde on the orders of the Mumbai Police. Participants of this discussion have also been instructed to delete all social media posts related to the event, according to a report…

एक जिम मालिक पार्किंसन रोग से पीड़ित, 70 वर्षीय मुस्लिम दुकानदार को बचाने के लिए तब आगे आ गया जब कुछ लोग उनसे उनकी दुकान के नाम से “बाबा” शब्द हटाने की मांग कर रहे थे. इसके बाद अब जिम मालिक दीपक कुमार कश्यप पुलिस एफआईआर, धमकियों और अपने जिम…

A gym owner stepped in to protect a frail, 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper with Parkinson’s disease from a group of men demanding he drop “Baba” from his shop’s name. Days later, he is the one facing police cases, threats, and mobs outside his gym.

The Chhattisgarh government spent Rs 18.57 crore on television advertisements in just three months – between October and December 2024 – according to information obtained under the Right to Information Act. This works out to roughly Rs 20.41 lakh of public money every day.

8 जनवरी को न्यूज़ 18 ने एक एक्सक्लूसिव खबर चलाई, दावा किया गया कि कर्नाटक सरकार ने नेशनल हेराल्ड को विज्ञापनों के बदले वित्त वर्ष 2023-24 में 1.90 करोड़ रुपए और 2024-25 में 99 लाख रुपये का भुगतान किया है. इस खबर के दौरान चैनल ने स्क्रीन पर लिखा था—…