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‘Don’t call homeopaths quacks’: AYUSH body flags insults, govt blocks Liver Doc’s post

On the evening of June 8, the Board of Ethics and Registration for Homoeopathy (BERH) under the National Commission for Homoeopathy, a statutory body under the Ministry of AYUSH, issued a circular warning that calling registered homoeopathic practitioners “quacks” is defamatory and may be legally actionable.

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What happened at the INDIA bloc meeting? Pushback against Congress, conciliatory end

The meeting of the INDIA bloc in New Delhi, on Monday, June 8, saw criticism of the Congress from several regional parties, introspection on the alliance’s functioning, and a decision to form a coordination committee and meet once every two months.

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HC refuses interim injunction in Anjana Om Kashyap’s case against Khan Sir, others

The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to grant any interim injunction in the defamation suit filed by Anjana Om Kashyap and TV Today Network against online educator Faisal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, and several others.

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Peddi wants the politics of Tamil anti-caste cinema, but without its progressive vision

The controversy surrounding Ram Charan’s latest film Peddi began with criticism over its portrayal of women, particularly the treatment of Janhvi Kapoor’s character Achiyamma. However, the debate has since expanded into a larger discussion about women’s representation in Telugu cinema and the limited agency female actors often have within mainstream…

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Why India cannot let the rupee float

India’s exchange-rate debates often proceed as though the price of the rupee were merely another financial price best left to market correction and macroeconomic adjustment. In theory, a weakening currency performs a useful balancing function.

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The farm failures keeping India hooked on imported oil

India meets only 44 percent of its domestic demand for edible oil and spends more than $20 billion a year on imports, a bill that is bound to increase with the war in West Asia disrupting global supply chains and India’s foreign currency reserves under strain.

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The Adani rising story aided by policy changes

In 2018, a policy change removed the requirement for prior experience in airport operations. Soon after, one corporate group won all six airports up for bid.

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South Central 78: Annamalai says bye to BJP – Reasons and what’s in store

In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss the recent political developments in Tamil Nadu and the resignation of the BJP’s former state head, Annamalai. They are joined by senior journalist RK Radhakrishnan.

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‘Go Back, Godi media’: CJP protesters at Jantar Mantar had no time for TV media

While Instagram, X and YouTube were flooded with videos from the ground, India’s mainstream television news channels – central to what many derogatorily call Godi Media – seemed to be watching an entirely different country.

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Hafta letters: What South Korea does for students, questions for Anand, visa monopoly

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YouTube live: Godi media vs online teachers

CBSE's new digital marking system is broken and students are paying the price.

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After the poll debacle, the revolt: How Mamata is losing control of her TMC

“In nightmares and terror, you protected me on your lap, you affectionate mother…” Ritabrata Banerjee was passionately reciting the full version of Rabindranath Tagore's Jana Gana Mana on March 9 when Mamata Banerjee abruptly cut him short.

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World Environment Day: Why we need local Indian languages to navigate climate change

Ask the next five people you meet if they can say ‘climate change’ or ‘global warming’ in their mother tongue.

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Delhi’s ‘cleanest May in 5 years’ is a toxic illusion

This May, Delhi recorded a monthly average AQI of 156, its cleanest in five years. The Central Pollution Control Board considers this ‘moderate’ air quality, but European standards would call it unhealthy.

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25 cases in 3 years: The anti-conversion law problem Congress refuses to fix in Karnataka

Three years after promising to repeal Karnataka’s anti-conversion law, the Congress government is no closer to keeping its promise. In that time, 25 cases have been filed under the law across the state, taking the total tally in Karnataka to 46 since the law was first passed.

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The mattress shop that turned its stock into a safety net for Delhi fire victims

When fire engulfed the Flourish Stay hotel in Malviya Nagar on Wednesday morning, Riyazuddin did not wait for instructions. The owner of a mattress shop across the street began pulling stock off his shelves and laying it on the road below the burning five-storey building – a makeshift safety net…

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The making of DK Shivakumar: From party troubleshooter to Karnataka CM

DK Shivakumar has just become the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, and the Congress party is getting ready to steer its way to the 2028 Assembly elections with its long-time crisis manager at the helm.

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At CJP’s first presser, questions on funding, June 6 protest and politics

Journalists filed into the Deputy Speaker Hall at the Constitution Club of India well before the stipulated time. Seating ran out quickly, with some journalists settling on the floor.

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Delhi blaze: 11 foreigners among 21 dead as questions emerge over building safety and response time

The scenes inside the Flourish Inn Stay in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar were so horrifying that they were “indescribable,” Wasim, an eyewitness, told Newslaundry as he tried to recall what unfolded at the property on Wednesday morning, when a major fire tore through the building, leaving at least 21 people dead.

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65°C on the ground: Delhi’s bus stops are turning into heat traps

Delhi’s Heat Action Plan says passengers should have access to basic amenities such as drinking water at buses and bus stops. But our ground report found a different reality. Across multiple bus routes and bus stops, drinking water was largely absent, even as temperatures hovered between 40°C and 45°C.

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A third language can’t fix schools that can’t deliver the first

Last month, the CBSE issued a circular mandating that Class 9 students study three languages from July 1 – at least two of them Indian, with English demoted to a “foreign language”

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The Bengali Muslim and the Bangladeshi Dalit

In the final episode of the special What’s Your Ism sub series titled “Epar Opar Hahakaar”, TNM Executive Editor Sudipto Mondal sits down with political scientist Dr Navine Murshid, who authored the book “India’s Bangladesh Problem”.

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‘Getting panic attacks’: College deadlines loom with students trapped in CBSE chaos

Saransh, 19, from Meerut, had been studying twelve to thirteen hours a day since mid-April, surviving on sleepless nights and BITSAT mock tests, chasing a seat at BITS Pilani. He needed 75 percent in PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) but fell short by a few marks. When his answer sheets…

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The ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran are stretching the term’s meaning

Ceasefires have been announced, often to great fanfare, in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. So why is there still so much fighting?

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