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UP journalist booked over LPG queue video, cops say ‘visuals old, misleading’

A journalist in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad has been booked over visuals of people queuing outside a gas agency – uploaded the same day that a 70-year-old man died of a suspected heart attack while waiting in queue for an LPG cylinder.

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HC summons Arnab Goswami in a Rs 2 crore defamation case filed by Congress

In not-so-good news for Arnab Goswami and Republic TV, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a summons in a defamation suit filed by the Indian National Congress over a May 2025 broadcast claiming that the party operated an office in Turkey. The Congress party has sought damages of Rs…

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March 16, 2026: Delhi breathes ‘good’ air, but not due to policy

In today’s episode of Aaj Ka AQI, our air quality monitor recorded an AQI of around 40 in Sarvodaya Enclave, which falls in the “good” category — something we rarely see in the city.

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‘This Bill is nothing but erasure’: How India’s new trans amendment could undo decades of rights

When the Supreme Court recognised the right to self-identify one's gender in the 2014 National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) v Union of India judgement, it was celebrated as a watershed moment for transgender rights in India. But activists say a new amendment to the transgender persons law could reverse that…

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Gods in the commons: Noida’s norms ‘on paper’, temples on the ground

On a bright February morning in Sector 15-A, one of Noida’s oldest and most affluent neighbourhoods, around 50 residents gathered in Vrindavan Park for what they called a picnic. They carried posters asking to protect the environment and wore T-shirts that read, “Let the parks be.” The amenities surrounding them…

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‘Energy transition without carbon capture is impossible’

In a first, India set aside Rs 20,000 crore in the recent Union budget for Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). This technology, adopted in a limited way by many countries, will be rolled out over the next five years in sectors such as chemicals, power, steel, cement and refineries.

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Indian govt ban on TV channel ratings during war time

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Opposition vs CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Om Birla

Imagine watching a cricket match where the umpire starts favouring one team. Appeals from one side are ignored. Decisions against the other team come instantly. At some point, the players start questioning the umpire.

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Savita Bhabhi and I: A true love story

How did I end up writing Savita Bhabhi stories?

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South Central 66: LPG crisis fears and why Opposition wants impeachment of CEC Gyanesh Kumar

In the first segment of this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss the LPG crisis and what that could mean for India going forward. They are joined by energy journalist and policy expert Shreya Jai, and climate journalist and researcher Aruna Chandrasekhar.

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Centre revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention with ‘immediate effect’

In a surprising turn of events, the Centre decided to revoke the detention of Ladakhi activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA) on Saturday, nearly six months after he was first taken into custody. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) noted in an official release that…

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TV Newsance 336 | LPG shortages hit kitchens across India, yet TV media says ‘no crisis'

This week on TV Newsance, we track the fallout of a world on fire as the Iran-Israel-US conflict enters its second week of devastation. With oil facilities in flames and Iranian skies choked by soot, the images coming out are nothing short of apocalyptic. Following the closure of the Strait…

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Hafta letters: NL value, Lutyens statue debate, state of India today

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The case of the missing Rs 80 lakh crore: Who shrunk India’s consumption economy?

On February 27, 2026, a new gross domestic product (GDP) series with 2022-23 as its base year was unveiled. This replaced the previous series with a base year of 2011-12. GDP is a measure of the size of an economy. The base year is a fixed year used to compare…

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Three years, no trial: Bail for Monu Manesar ignites fresh anguish for Nasir and Junaid’s families

The Nasir-Junaid murder case of February 2023 has resurfaced in the national spotlight after the Rajasthan High Court granted bail to the prime accused, Monu Manesar, on March 5. Bail for the self-styled ‘cow vigilante’ comes as the victims' families continue their three-year wait for a trial.

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Hindu Ekta Sammelanams in Kerala disguise Sangh politics as temple gatherings

Saffron flags fluttered along a narrow lane about 300 metres off Edappally’s busy main road as the chenda melam drew people toward the Anjumana Devi temple ground on February 28. What appeared to be a festive evening featuring a mega Thiruvathira soon transformed into a Hindu Ekta Sammelanam organised by…

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Why is the India Today Conclave platforming an anti-Indian racist?

The India Today Group has invited Laura Loomer – a garden-variety racist (particularly of the anti-Indian kind), Donald Trump loyalist, ‘proud Islamophobe,’ and Israel-first influencer – as a speaker to the India Today Conclave 2026. The MAGA influencer is scheduled to speak tomorrow between 12.30 pm and 1 pm on…

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Uttam Nagar unrest: A neighbourhood on edge, and ‘outsiders’ stoking a communal fire

Tarun Kumar, a 26-year-old Dalit youth, was beaten to death in the JJ Colony area of West Delhi’s Uttam Nagar on March 4.

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‘My mother cries on the phone’: TV’s war spectacle leaves Indians in Israel calming frightened families

Mohan Chandpa has lived around a mile from the Gaza border for two months. The 40-year-old spray-painter, who works in Sderot, an industrial town in southern Israel, says the most distressing calls he receives aren't about missile alerts – they are from his mother.

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In Delhi, breathing safely has been a coin toss for the last 4 years, says govt data

Data tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday revealed that the capital’s air quality breached the 200 AQI mark on 685 days since 2022 – crashing through the ‘poor’ threshold set by the CPCB and frequently spiralling into ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ territory.

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March 12, 2026: ‘Severe’ AQI for Safdarjung patients

In this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, we visit the area around Safdarjung Hospital, located next to one of Delhi’s busiest intersections.

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For Western and Indian press, people are just footnotes in the performance of war

As I write this on March 12, we have entered the 13th day of the unprovoked war launched by Israel and the United States against Iran. Every day we are inundated with information, opinion, and visuals on this constantly developing war with no end in sight.

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Iran gives safe passage to India through Strait of Hormuz? ‘Sources’ jump the gun again

Here we are again. Another day, another cycle of ‘sources’ making the fog of war foggier. This time, the chatter centres on claims that Iran will grant safe passage to India-flagged tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Order, order! Why you won’t be reading about judicial corruption until 2036

The recent judicial orders in the contempt case initiated by the Supreme Court over a chapter in a textbook published by NCERT discussing judicial corruption are going to set back the conversation on judicial reforms by a decade, if not more. To discuss the contents of the chapter is an…

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March 11, 2026: New AQI station, same old ‘poor’ quality air

For today’s episode of Aaj Ka AQI, we visited Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Last month, Rekha Gupta inaugurated six new Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS), including one at IGNOU, and we went to test it.

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