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Let Me Explain: CBFC or censorship bureau? Who’s deciding what India can watch

This is a protest outside the CBFC office in Thiruvananthapuram.

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Why are tribal students dropping out after primary school?

Nearly every tribal Indian child aged six to 10 years is enrolled in school, but by the age of 14, only three in four go to school, while fewer than half the children aged 16-17 remain enrolled, data from the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+) for 2023-24, the…

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South Central 34: Karnataka’s DKS-Siddaramaiah tussle and RSS hypocrisy on Preamble

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath first discuss the tussle between DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah over the state’s Chief Minister-ship.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 375: Four curious deaths in Kashmir, reclaiming Buddha in Bihar

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by The Caravan’s Sunil Kashyap, and Jatinder Kaur Tur.

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Lights, camera, liberation: Kalighat’s sex workers debut on global stage

In the lanes of Kalighat, Kolkata’s densely populated red-light area, a quiet revolution is brewing – armed with lights, cameras, and scripts.

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Hafta letters: Zohran Mamdani, spending on elections, Dalai Lama and Tibet

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TV Newsance 304: Anchors add spin to bland diplomacy and the Kanwar Yatra outrage

This week on TV Newsance, we look at how godi media manufactured two kinds of patriotism – one global, one hyper-local – both equally absurd.

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I&B proposes to amend TV rating rules, invite more players besides BARC

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has proposed amendments to rules for TV rating agencies that will allow for more players apart from the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to enter the market, The Hindu reported.

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Scapegoat vs systemic change: Why governments can’t just blame a top cop after a crisis

Recently, the Bengaluru bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal quashed the suspension of an IPS officer following the RCB stampede. Police officers are only human, the tribunal said, and not “bhagwan”.

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Delhi’s war on old cars: Great for headlines, not so much for anything else

Drawing room conversations often reveal what’s truly on people’s minds.

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डिस्टर्ब्ड एरिया एक्ट: गुजरात का वो कानून जिसने मुस्लिमों के लिए प्रॉपर्टी खरीदना असंभव कर दिया

भारत-पाकिस्तान के बीच हुए संघर्ष के बाद प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी गुजरात के वडोदरा शहर पहुंचे थे. यहां इन्होंने रोड शो किया. जिसमें कर्नल सोफिया कुरैशी के पूरे परिवार को बुलाया गया था. परिजनों ने पीएम पर फूलों की बारिश की.

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How Muslims struggle to buy property in Gujarat

After the conflict between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Vadodara city in Gujarat and held a roadshow. Colonel Sophia Qureshi’s entire family was invited to the event, showering the PM with flowers as he passed.

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Air India crash aftermath: What is the life of an air passenger in India worth?

In the last 10 years, I haven’t taken a single flight on a particular airline in India. It’s on my personal blacklist – one that I won’t name for obvious reasons, but which has routinely been in the news for financial distress for over a decade. It often doesn’t pay…

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How good is the air near Delhi’s Safdarjung Tomb?

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Safdarjung Tomb, located at New Delhi's Lodhi Road.

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National Herald case: ED claims Sonia, Rahul paid Rs 50 lakh for assets worth Rs 2,000 crore

The Enforcement Directorate has alleged a “conspiracy” in which Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi acquired the complete ownership of Associated Journals Limited, the publisher of National Herald newspaper, at Rs 50 lakh while the newspaper’s real estate value was more than Rs 2,000 crore.

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‘Bill needs to be binned’: Karnataka government slammed for its fake news bill

The recently introduced Karnataka Misinformation Fake News (Prohibition) Bill, 2025 has drawn criticism from various quarters, warning that its implementation may muzzle free speech and independent journalism.

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A flurry of new voters? The curious case of Kamthi, where the Maha BJP chief won

Since last year, Newslaundry has been tracking lists of voters – how many are added, how many are removed, and whether all these processes make sense.

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After SC verdict, why were over 8,000 electoral bonds still printed?

In February 2024, the Ministry of Finance ordered the State Bank of India to stop the printing of electoral bonds. This was 12 days after the Supreme Court declared the scheme unconstitutional.

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Fadnavis vs facts? EC data doesn’t match CM’s claims

After Rahul Gandhi tweeted a Newslaundry report on a sharp rise in voters in Nagpur South West, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responded with data to shut all the criticism. He claimed there were at least 25 constituencies that saw voter numbers go up by more than eight percent between…

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Is there really a potential change at the top in Karnataka?

Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. In this week’s newsletter, we tell you why Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala has arrived in Karnataka amid speculations about a leadership change. In Tamil Nadu, CM…

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सस्ती ‘रीसाइक्लिंग’: लोगों की सेहत, पर्यावरण और कानून से खिलवाड़ कर रही हिताची?

एयर कंडीशनर निर्माता जॉनसन कंट्रोल्स-हिताची ने ई-कचरे के लिए सरकार द्वारा अनिवार्य न्यूनतम मूल्य से बहुत कम कीमत पर रीसाइकिलर्स को बोलियां लगाने की अनुमति दी है. ये जानकारी न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री द्वारा देखे गए आंतरिक रिकॉर्ड की प्रतियों से निकलकर सामने आई है. मालूम हो कि भारत में हिताची का मालिकाना…

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TN, Maharashtra, Bihar and WB police cite contested law to take down tweets

The Tamil Nadu Police Department has sent X (formerly Twitter) two notices to remove tweets mocking the state government, Chief Minister MK Stalin and Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin. These notices were sent on April 23, 2025, under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, a contested provision.

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AI, influencers, and a public that’s losing interest: The big challenges for Indian media

News influencers. Gen AI. And a public that is turning away from news as we know it.

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‘Existence of a motive is no substitute for proof’: Court accepts CBI closure report in Najeeb case

Nearly nine years after the disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, a Delhi court today accepted the Central Bureau of Investigation’s closure report in the case.

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What you can learn from the angry reactions to Zohran Mamdani’s win

A charismatic 33-year-old Indian-American politician from New York called Zohran Kwame Mamdani is creating waves of upset – both in his home country and in India – but for entirely different reasons.

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