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Tamil Nadu: YouTuber Savukku Shankar’s house attacked, alleges police complicity

YouTuber Savukku Shankar’s house in Chennai was vandalised on Monday, March 24, by a group of unidentified individuals who allegedly entered the premises under the guise of sanitation workers. The attackers poured sewage water, ransacked the house, and verbally abused his mother. The assault is believed to be in retaliation…

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January show, March upload, Sunday night raid: Mumbai club’s fall after Kunal Kamra’s joke

Weeks after it made headlines for being the venue of podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia’s remarks, the Habitat Comedy Club in Mumbai now stands shut following vandalism, two FIRs and a political controversy surrounding Kunal Kamra’s performance at the venue.

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House panel bats for single regulatory umbrella for all mediums

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has recommended to look into the feasibility of creating a unified media council – a single regulatory umbrella encompassing print, broadcasting, and digital media platforms.

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March 24, 2025: Parliament’s impact on pollution fight

Newslaundry goes to Parliament House for this episode of Aaj Ka AQI. On Monday, the air detector pegged PM2.5 levels at over 130 while PM10 hovered around 150 at the spot.

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FIR over Kunal Kamra’s Shiv Sena joke, another over vandalism at Mumbai venue

The Mumbai police have filed a case against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Monday over his remarks on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde after a complaint by Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel.

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India’s 11 richest states allocate only 4% of budget for police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid

India’s 11 richest states allocated Rs 1.97 lakh crore in 2024-25 for the functioning of their justice systems – including the police, judiciary, prison and legal aid – which was 36 percent more than the spending in 2022-23, according to a new report by India Justice Report, a collective that…

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Let Me Explain: Why PM Modi shuns the press and why it matters

What does it mean for a country’s democracy when its prime minister sits down for a three-hour long chat with an foreign podcaster but doesn’t hold a single press conference in eleven years. Who questions the state when billionaires with close ties to the union government run major TV news…

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South Central Ep 19: Journalists’ arrest in Telangana, India’s ASHA workers’ struggle

In this episode, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, Leena Reghunath, are joined by TNM’s executive editor Sudipto Mondal, Mana Telangana editor Amar Devulapalli, and public health researcher Malu Mohan.

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EXCLUSIVE: जानें USAID के टॉप 5 लाभार्थी

अमेरिका से लेकर भारत तक और दुनिया के तमाम देशों में पिछले कई दिनों से यूएसएआईडी या यूएसएड को लेकर चर्चा हो रही है. अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप इसे आर्थिक बोझ कह रहे हैं तो ये भी सच है कि इस अमेरिकी मदद कार्यक्रम के जरिए कई देशों में स्वास्थ्य,…

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‘Where will we go?’: Anxiety as USAID freeze shuts down Pune’s transgender clinic

Gauri, a 27-year-old transwoman, left her village in Dharashiv district in 2019, to come to Pune in search of a job and start her gender transition. Today, she lives alone in Pune, where she works as a domestic worker in offices and homes. When times are dire, she resorts to…

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Mirror Now to shut down: Times Network to absorb some employees, lay off others

The Times Group is shutting down operations of its English news channel Mirror Now in May 2025, sources from within the organisation confirmed to The News Minute. Employees were informed about the decision only last week during a town hall meeting.

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Newsance 291: Sudhir’s big government job? TV anchors fan communal flames in Nagpur

This week our beloved anchor Sudhir Chaudhary follows the desh ke yuva, he so often preaches to, in chasing a government job. Join us as we revisit Sudhir’s greatest hits and best research, in light of news reports that his company will provide research support to DD News. In this…

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‘An independent judiciary needs a free media’: Justice S Muralidhar at the Media Foundation Awards

Jatinder Kaur Tur of The Caravan won this year’s Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person of the Year at the Media Foundation Awards. The event, held at the India International Centre, New Delhi, on Friday, also saw the introduction of two new journalism awards – the Kamla…

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Hafta 529: US campus crackdown, defining patriotism, English media dominance

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande are joined by The News Minute’s Dhanya Rajendran and The Wire’s Seema Chishti.

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Hafta letters: Coverage of economy, lack of data, Indian approach to Europe

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Awful and Awesome Ep 382: Women’s Day ads, Super/Man

While discussing Hyundai’s Women’s Day ad:

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From courtrooms to uncertainty: Inside UNI’s Rs 75-crore deal with Statesman

After nearly two years of courtroom battles and backstage negotiations, a resolution has finally emerged for the United News of India – a news agency that once challenged the PTI’s dominance in the media landscape.

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Anticipatory bail for Mahesh Langa in documents case

The Gujarat High Court has granted anticipatory bail to journalist Mahesh Langa in an FIR which accuses him of obtaining highly confidential government documents through alleged corruption, criminal conspiracy and theft, LiveLaw reported.

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Data ‘discrepancies’ clouding NCAP progress: Report

A report by the Center for Research on Energy and Air has pointed out discrepancies in India’s air quality data, raising questions about the progress recorded by the National Clean Air Programme.

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Fast, furious and foolhardy: Mapping India’s growing epidemic of consequence-free reckless driving

On March 14, a brutal collision between a speeding Volkswagen Virtus and two two-wheelers in Gujarat’s Vadodara district, killed one woman and injured seven others. The driver responsible, Rakshit Chaurasiya, a law student, was found overspeeding.

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एआई ग्रोक को लेकर एक्स से बात कर रहा आईटी मंत्रालय: मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स

सूचना और प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्रालय सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफॉर्म एक्स के साथ बातचीत कर रहा है. सूत्रों के मुताबिक, इस बातचीत के केंद्र में मीडिया प्लेटफॉर्म का एआई ग्रोक है. जो कि एक जेनरेटिव चैटबॉट है. पीटीआई की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, ग्रोक द्वारा गालियों और असभ्य भाषा के इस्तेमाल को लेकर बातचीत…

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IT ministry in talks with X over Grok slurs: Reports

Sources in the Information and Technology Ministry are “engaging” with social media platform X over its generative AI chatbox Grok using Hindi slangs and slurs in its responses, PTI reported.

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X moves Karnataka HC over takedown orders through govt portal

Social media platform X Corp has moved the Karnataka High Court challenging the Centre’s Sahyog portal, Bar and Bench reported.

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March 20, 2025: How breathable is the air at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium?

As the seven-day Khelo India Para Games 2025 kicks off in Delhi, Newslaundry reached the event’s venue, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, on Thursday, to take stock of the city’s air quality.

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