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After SSC protest, aspirants say ‘issues sidelined, impact on studies’

From Jantar Mantar to Ramlila Maidan, thousands of SSC aspirants recently took to the streets demanding transparency in recruitment exams. But the protest has been able to achieve little.

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Sept 1, 2025: Delhi breathing easy, but life expectancy cut short ‘by 8 years’

On Monday, Newslaundry visited Dilli Haat, which attracts tourists from across India and abroad. The AQI at the nearest air quality monitoring station in Lodhi Road was pegged at 85, or ‘satisfactory’. But the monsoon may have a role to play.

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Peter Navarro’s Brahmin remark sets off a meltdown

Peter Navarro, Donald Trump’s favourite tariff warrior, has a gift for provocation. He has now dipped into India’s caste politics to explain why Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is, in his telling, “bankrolling” Russia’s war machine with oil purchases.

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The challenges in UP’s wetland conservation

Sanjaya Singh knew that most bureaucratic decisions last only until a transfer order is issued, or a new official takes charge. So, when it came to the conservation of Uttar Pradesh’s 1.24 million hectares of wetlands, Singh – then principal chief conservator of forest and chief wildlife warden – led with an…

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Let Me Explain: Coconut, curd, jasmine, and what Bollywood thinks of the South

Pooja : Aiyo Rama… Welcome to Let Me Yexplain… Come, come.

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South Central 41: Questions over Ambani’s Vantara & the farce of Rahul Mamkootathil as MLA

In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss Anant Ambani’s Vantara project and how, under the guise of animal rescue, it may be hiding something far more sinister. They are joined by investigative journalist M Rajshekhar.

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Did cracks in concentration lead to Pujara’s downturn?

In 2007, three years before Cheteshwar Pujara made his debut, Indian social theorist Ashis Nandy remarked that Test cricket was one of the last surviving critiques of the industrial revolution. His point was that, besides its tenacity of focus stretched over five days, it was open to the possibility of…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 381: Loopholes in Bihar SIR, Assam’s 3000-bigha land row, right-wing targeting of journalists

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and Pratyush Deep.

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From Hauz Khas to SDA: Delhi’s posh colonies have stolen your footpaths

Inside Hauz Khas Enclave, yet another posh South Delhi neighbourhood, there’s a sense of calm and quiet affluence. Thanks to the good roads flanked by opulent houses, the serene shade of tall trees, and the metal barricades blocking the streets in the area. But this illusion begins to crack the…

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Param Sundari review: A romcom where Makeupitta Sundari shreds Malayalam like a coconut

I entered the theatre, delicately balancing two coconuts in each hand. In my mouth, I held a vakathi. When the security guard stopped me for carrying a weapon, I pointed to my Mohiniyaattam costume and the mullapoo in my hair. He understood immediately. I was that exotic creature from “down South”. He waved…

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Hafta 552: Online gaming ban, Trump’s 50 per cent tariff on India

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan are joined by economist and author Vivek Kaul and sports journalist Sharda Ugra.

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Hafta letters: App glicthes, being unbiased, new favourites

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TV Newsance 312: Kalli vs NDTV and Navika loves Ranveer

The world of Indian news podcasts just got weird – gush-fests, rival rants, and spiritual TRP boosters.

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In Bihar, over 1,000 voters in a single house that doesn’t exist

There are 1,069 voters in a polling booth in Rahijagatpur village, Bihar’s Madhepura district. Each of them is listed under a single house. The voters may be real; the house is not.

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Against God’s men: A nun, a bishop, and the trial of India’s Catholic Church

“You have to understand. I’m a nun. I took a vow of chastity. To stand in court and say I was raped felt like I was the sinner,” said Sister Ruth*, almost in a whisper. “I felt unworthy of God.”

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Bihar’s silenced voters, India’s gagged press: The twin threats to Indian democracy

The Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, probably expected that his August 18 press conference would settle the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” charge. He was wrong. This is a story that has refused to die, notwithstanding Trump’s tariffs, or…

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BJP MP tweets ‘tax return of great journalist’, Abhisar Sharma and others say breach of privacy

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey tweeted an alleged ITR document to claim a massive rise in the income of a journalist after he left his job to “abuse” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP. Who was this journalist? He left his followers to guess.

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SC declines to quash FIR against journalist Abhisar Sharma, grants interim protection

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain journalist Abhisar Sharma’s plea seeking to quash an FIR lodged by the Assam police over a video in which he accused the state government of indulging in “communal politics” and questioned its land allotment decisions, LiveLaw reported.

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As Trump tariffs hit India, Baba Ramdev is here to save the day

It was a busy Wednesday for TV news anchors, and an even busier one for Ramdev’s PR calendar. By some yoga miracle, the Patanjali cofounder managed to stretch himself across ABP News with Chitra Tripathi, Aaj Tak with Shweta Singh, News18 India with Aman Chopra, and even India TV’s Saurav…

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BJP MP Ram Chander Jangra on Bihar voter rolls, ‘anti-national journalists’, Dhankhar exit

In a conversation with Newslaundry, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra insists the opposition is “exaggerating” about alleged irregularities in electoral rolls.

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एनएल इंटरव्यू: बिहार एसआईआर, उपराष्ट्रपति के इस्तीफे और ‘एंटी नेशनल पत्रकारों’ पर भाजपा सांसद रामचंद्र जांगड़ा

भारतीय जनता पार्टी के राज्यसभा सांसद रामचंद्र जांगड़ा ने न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री से खास बातचीत में अपने जीवन, राजनीतिक विचारों और मौजूदा राष्ट्रीय मुद्दों पर खुलकर राय रखी. हरियाणा के रोहतक जिले से आने वाले जांगड़ा का सफर साधारण किसान परिवार से शुरू होकर संघ और ओबीसी आंदोलन के जरिए संसद तक…

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Tianjin test: Modi to meet Xi amid fragile reset

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit China’s Tianjin on August 31 for a summit meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. His last visit to China was in 2018 for the SCO Summit in Qingdao.

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MEA says Israel probing journalist deaths. But Gaza hospital staircase stands as a monument to impunity

The Union Ministry of External Affairs has condemned the deaths of five journalists in an Israeli attack on a Gaza hospital, with spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal calling the killings “shocking and deeply regrettable” in response to media queries. “We understand that the Israeli authorities have already instituted an investigation.”

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Abhisar Sharma moves SC against Assam FIR

Abhisar Sharma has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Assam police case against him and the constitutionality of section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita under which it was lodged, among other sections, LiveLaw reported.

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अनुराग ठाकुर अंतरिक्ष में, पत्रकारिता पाताल में, बीच में डंकापति

हस्तिनापुर का माहौल बहुत हंगामेदार हो गया था, या कहें कि पूरे आर्यावर्त का माहौल ही हंगामाखेज़ हो चला था. राजकुंवर पाटलीपुत्र में वोटचोरी यात्रा निकाल रहे थे. डंकापति पाटलीपुत्र की यात्रा पर थे. धृतराष्ट्र लंबे वक्त से दरबार से गायब थे. इसे लेकर तरह-तरह की अटकलें लगाई जा रही…

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