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Unchecked hate speech: From Kerala's right wing X Spaces to YouTube’s Hindutva pop

From X Spaces where Malayali right-wing voices urge Hindus to “arm themselves,” to YouTube’s Hindutva Pop songs with lyrics that glorify violence and rack up millions of monetised views, hate is being amplified, monetised, and often slipping past platform checks.

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Rajiv Pratap Rudy on PM’s claims on ‘infiltrators’, ‘vote-chori’, Nishikant Dubey’s ‘arrogance’

In an interview with Sreenivasan Jain, senior BJP leader and Bihar MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy addresses the controversy over the Election Commission’s deletions of 65 lakh names from Bihar’s electoral rolls, which the opposition calls “vote chori.” He defended the Prime Minister’s claims of a surge of infiltrators into Bihar…

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South Central 42: Kavitha’s exit from BRS, states push back on GST

In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss K Kavitha’s suspension and resignation from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) after she claimed that her cousins Harish Rao and Santosh were responsible for corruption in the Kaleshwaram project. They are joined by political and policy consultant Tara…

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Delhi floods: Thousands evacuated as low-lying regions get inundated

The Yamuna River is in spate, and India’s capital, Delhi, is yet again gripped by devastating floods. Following non-stop rainfall and after water was released from Haryana’s Hathnikund Barrage, Yamuna’s water level rose far above the danger mark. As a result, low-lying areas have been inundated, roads resembled rivers, and…

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How poachers targeted areas outside protected zones to traffic 100 tigers to Myanmar

Poachers have, of late, been targeting tigers outside protected areas instead of the core zones. Involvement of Myanmar-origin traffickers on either side of the border has enabled seamless coordination between traders. The arrest of serving and former personnel from enforcement agencies has heightened concern among authorities. Authorities need to keep…

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Hafta letters: Video games, weakening economy, online betting

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From farmers’ protest to floods: Punjab’s blueprint of resistance lives on

Gurdaspur is usually slow, almost sleepy, when the skies above are not lit with drones from across the border. But the rains came hard, and with them the Majha belt – Ajnala, Ferozepur, Fazilka – was underwater in a day. By the second, cavalcades of Fortuners and Hiluxes rolled in,…

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TV Newsance 313: What happened to India’s No. 1 China hater?

This week on TV Newsance, we look at Palki Sharma’s changing views on China. From calling Covid the “Wuhan Virus” and predicting China’s collapse, to praising Chinese robots and museums at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit – what happened to India’s “China basher No. 1”?

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Gauri Lankesh case: Govt and judicial inaction, bureaucratic delays slow down trial

Eight years after activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh was killed on September 5, 2017, the trial is progressing at a snail’s pace. Lapses by both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress governments and the judiciary have led to inordinate delays.

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Dainik Bhaskar joins the smear campaign against MP’s rural changemakers

Imagine waking up one morning to find your name splashed across a newspaper – not for your work, not for your ideas, but branded as a villain in a story you never got to tell.

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No surprises in Tianjin show: Xi’s power trip, with Modi and Putin as props

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s China visit to attend the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit at Tianjin held no surprises. Everything about it, including the separate and different statements from India and China after Modi’s talks with Xi Jinping, was predictable.

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Delhi’s iconic Cottage Emporium now has empty shelves, workers and artisans in crisis

Located on Janpath in Delhi, the Central Cottage Industries Emporium was once considered a showcase of India’s art and craftsmanship. Today, both employees and artisans find their livelihoods at risk.

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पेट्रोल में इथेनॉल: मिलावट की राजनीति

अगर आपके पास पेट्रोल से चलने वाली गाड़ी है, तो इस बात की पूरी संभावना है कि आप इथेनॉल मिश्रित पेट्रोल का इस्तेमाल कर रहे हों क्योंकि भारत में अब लगभग हर पंप पर यही मिश्रित पेट्रोल मिल रहा है. दरअसल, भारत ने सामान्य पेट्रोल में 20 प्रतिशत इथेनॉल मिलाकर…

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Weeks after NL investigation, centre notifies audit rules on e-waste recycling compliance

Weeks after Newslaundry’s investigation into e-waste recycling facilities in four states, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the Environment Audit Rules, making way for a second line of regulatory mechanism for environmental compliance.

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September 4, 2025: Deer Park’s rare treat after heavy rainfall

On Thursday, Newslaundry visited the Deer Park in Hauz Khas Village for this episode of Aaj Ka AQI.

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In upscale Delhi neighbourhood, public walkways turn into private parking lots

Elite neighbourhoods in Delhi flaunt order. But beyond their walls lies a story of public spaces being quietly taken over. In Gulmohar Park, our latest ground reports found hundreds of metres of public walkways and green spaces swallowed by private driveways, parking lots, and garden extensions.

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From failed Democrat to Trump’s unhinged enforcer: The strange career of Peter Navarro

Since August 27, when the US tariffs on India came into effect, millions of Indians have had to familiarise themselves with many US political personalities. This is especially true for those who consume news in vernacular languages or rarely pay attention to world affairs. Last week, in this star-studded sky…

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‘Will get your delivery done elsewhere’: Cong MLA RV Deshpande’s sexist remark for woman journalist

Veteran Karnataka Congress leader RV Deshpande has triggered outrage after he made a sexist, flippant remark to a query posed by a woman reporter. Former Minister Deshpande, the MLA of Haliyal in Uttara Kannada, was interacting with the reporters after offering ‘bagina’ to Kali river, when he was told about pregnant…

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सिस्टर रूथ केस: एक नन का अंतहीन संघर्ष

क्या आपने कभी सोचा है कि अगर कोई नन यानि सिस्टर अपने ही चर्च के सबसे ताकतवर शख्स के खिलाफ खड़ी हो जाए तो क्या होगा? तो ये कहानी है सिस्टर रूथ की. साल 2018 में केरल की एक नन, सिस्टर रूथ ने जालंधर धर्मप्रांत के बिशप फ्रैंको मुलक्कल पर…

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In defence of slow storytelling: A reporter’s diary

Reporting may be noble, but on the ground it is an act of audacity.

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Punjab’s darkest floods in 3 decades: As governance failures drown villages, stories of hope surface

At least 30 dead. Over 2.56 lakh people affected. Close to 1,400 villages inundated. Nearly 3 lakh acres of crops submerged. Around Rs 50,000 crore in losses from paddy crops alone. All of Punjab’s 23 districts hit – at least half of them seeing heavy damage.

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मोदी को मां की गाली और बैटल ऑफ बिहार के बीच रामदेव, निशिकांत, गिरिराज

न्याय का परचम भारत देश में उस बुलंदी पर है जहां मुरदों और मुर्गों को बिना भेदभाव के न्याय दिया जा रहा है. और तो और पूरी दुनिया ने देखा खुद रामलला हाईकोर्ट और सुप्रीम कोर्ट में अपना केस लड़े और जीते. भांति-भांति के तरीकों से लोगों को न्याय मिल…

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Bollywood posters, superhero costumes, fake drones: TV turns SCO into blockbuster trailer

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s latest summit was supposed to be about trade and security – with a dash of geopolitics. But on certain Indian TV channels, it looked more like a superhero sequel nobody asked for.

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Even the largest group of genocide scholars says Gaza is a genocide. Why can’t the media?

The International Association of Genocide Scholars, the world’s largest body of genocide scholars with 500 academics including Holocaust experts, has voted overwhelmingly to recognise Israel’s war on Gaza as genocide.

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In Odisha’s poorest homes, migrant incomes build a new future

Lachchman Majhi remembers watching traditional folk theatre in Gopalpur village from a vantage point atop his father’s shoulders when he was a small boy.

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