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WhatsApp university blames foreign investors for the rupee’s slide – like blaming fever on a thermometer

On December 16, the rupee crossed the 91-per-dollar mark to touch an all-time low of 91.09. As soon as this happened a joke started going around on WhatsApp: USD (+1) = INR (+91). Finally ISD Codes and Exchange rate matched.

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Dec 18, 2025: Construction in the heart of Delhi amid ‘severe’ AQI

For this episode of AQI, Newslaundry stood outside Kartavya Bhavan on Mansingh Road to document the air quality index (AQI) at 8 pm last night.

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SEBI accuses Pranav Adani, relatives of insider trading in Adani Group’s open offer for NDTV: Report

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has alleged that Pranav Adani, the nephew of billionaire Gautam Adani and a senior executive on the boards of multiple Adani Group companies, had “shared price sensitive information about Adani Group’s open offer to acquire shares of NDTV with his brothers-in-law, violating insider…

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Kerala actor assault case: Survivor moves police over identity leak, online abuse

A week after the verdict in the 2017 Kerala actor assault case, the survivor has lodged a complaint with the Kerala Police alleging cyber harassment and the circulation of a video linked to one of the convicts. Police sources said a case is likely to be registered soon based on…

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Dec 17, 2025: ‘Severe’ AQI’s impact on DU North Campus

Today’s Aaj Ka AQI is from Delhi University’s North Campus, home to some of India’s most prestigious colleges.

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Bondi Beach shooter’s family in Hyderabad say they are shocked, cut ties years ago

The family of Sajid Akram – one of the gunmen involved in the shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia – said they were shocked by the news and had not been in touch with him for many years. Sajid Akram’s brother, who lives in Hyderabad, told TNM that Sajid…

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Why we still don’t know who the rich are in India

India knows how to count the poor. From ration cards to multi-decade surveys such as the National Sample Survey , there are sophisticated systems to track deprivation – who’s getting by, who’s falling behind, who needs support.

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Palestine, century-old classic, Santosh: Centre blocks 19 films at Kerala film festival

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has refused screening permission for 19 films at the 2025 International Film Festival of Kerala. Several of the blocked titles deal with Palestine-related themes and a movie called Beef, (and deals with a completely unrelated topic)

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Bad air, big crowd: Fans say seeing Messi was unmissable in a city used to breathing poison

Amid GRAP-4 restrictions and worsened air quality, thousands waited at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi to catch a glimpse of Lionel Messi at the concluding event of the footballer’s ‘GOAT India Tour’.

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In ‘the land of abundant water’, Jal Jeevan has a cruel truth

Anita Tripura wakes up at 3.30 a.m., pulls out her teesing – – a large bamboo basket with aluminium pots stacked up inside it – and marches downhill in darkness. The teesing is attached to a long cloth-band that hangs from her forehead. A flickering kerosene lamp that she holds…

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SC grants interim bail to Mahesh Langa

The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case, Bar and Bench reported.

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Dec 15, 2025: Severe AQI at AIIMS as GRAP-4 kicks in

Today’s Aaj Ka AQI comes from AIIMS Delhi, India’s flagship health institute directly impacted by worsening air quality .

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Let Me Explain: How the Sangh mobilised Thiruparankundram unrest

On December 3, the morning of Karthigai Deepam in Thiruparankundram looked like it always does. Pilgrims drifting in, vendors settling into their usual spots, the town waking up to a rhythm it knows well.

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South Central 54: The state of investigative journalism in 2025

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss whether investigative journalism is becoming one of the most endangered professions in India, or whether that is a misplaced fear. Looking back at 2025, the conversation focuses on how much space investigative reporting still has, the risks…

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Responsibility without power: When human buffers become punching bags for the public

The passing of Britain’s well-known playwright Tom Stoppard late last month prompted many to recall his enduring body of work. Most tributes rightly recalled his theatre plays and screenplays. There was, however, less mention of his little-known novel Lord Malquist and Mr Moon, published in 1966, quite early in his…

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The 2019 rule change that accelerated Indian aviation’s growth journey, helped fuel IndiGo’s supremacy

In February 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed near Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 people on board. The US National Transportation Safety Board linked the accident to pilot fatigue.

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‘Archetypal journalist’ Rahul Shivshankar to take CNN-News18 to new heights

Zakka Jacob will step away from his position as Managing Editor of CNN-News18. Rahul Shivshankar of ‘Mr McAdams’ fame will lead things at the channel, assuming the position of Editorial Affairs Director, according to an internal email sent to Network 18 employees.

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TV Newsance 325 | Indigo delays, primetime 'dissent' and Vande Mataram marathon

This week on TV Newsance, our primetime poets turned into WhatsApp shayari machines, dropping couplets that would make even Ghalib file a noise complaint. But the real twist wasn’t their poetry – it was their sudden ability to question power once Indigo messed up their flights. A disruption close to…

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Hafta letters: Asking cops about air quality, Sanchar Saathi, criticism of Mamdani coverage

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‘Not as grave as Nirbhaya’: What unfolded before sentencing in Kerala actor assault case

As the Ernakulam Additional Special Sessions Court heard final arguments before sentencing in the 2017 Kerala actor abduction and assault case, the courtroom became the site of a pointed debate over how accountability should be measured in a gangrape conviction. Both sides invoked the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder (Nirbhaya…

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Govt declares Delhi has had the lowest AQI in 8 years. Rahul Gandhi urges for a debate on pollution

Responding to the Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose's questions about the action that the Union government has taken to address the worsening air quality in the national capital, they claimed that "Delhi has observed the lowest average AQI in the past 8 years, i.e., from 2018 to 2025 (barring 2020…

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गोवा नाइट क्लब: 3 बहनों और पति को खोने वाली भावना ने बताई हादसे की पूरी कहानी

शनिवार की रात गोवा के एक नाइट क्लब में लगी भीषण आग में 25 लोगों की मौत हो गई, जबकि 6 घायलों का इलाज अस्पताल में जारी है. मृतकों में अधिकांश क्लब के कर्मचारी थे. गोवा के अर्पोरा में हुए इस हादसे के पीड़ितों के लिए प्रधानमंत्री राष्ट्रीय राहत कोष…

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‘Nobody helped us’: The sole survivor of Goa club fire who lost husband, sisters

Among the 25 people who died in the massive fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, Goa, were four members of 40-year-old Bhavna Joshi’s family. Joshi, the sole survivor, was visiting Goa with her family when she lost her husband and three sisters that night.

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SC’s bail verdict pending, Delhi court grants Khalid interim bail for sister’s wedding

A Delhi court on Thursday granted interim bail to Umar Khalid, the former JNU scholar and political activist who has been incarcerated under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), among other charges, for his alleged role in a larger conspiracy related to the 2020 Delhi riots, according to LiveLaw.

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Press Club of India elections: Battle to reassert ‘democratic-secular values’ vs RSS influence

“We will not succumb to this attack. Today, the world should know what Hindustan is doing to Kashmir. The world should know that this is Modi’s India, not Gandhi’s,” declared Sheikh Abdul Rashid – then an independent MLA, today a sitting MP – his voice steady even as black ink…

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