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18 ‘encounters’ since 2021: MK Stalin must urgently reform the Tamil Nadu police

With three extra-judicial killings in a single week, the Tamil soil of social justice has seemingly turned into a full-fledged police state. The Cuddalore ‘encounter’ of April 2 was the eighteenth such encounter since the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government came to power in 2021. The government justified the murders of…

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Aaj Ka AQI: Delhi govt polluting without consequence?

A petition before the National Green Tribunal had recently claimed that many Delhi government vehicles pollute without consequence. An analysis of a list of 107 vehicles found that at least 66 official vehicles lacked a pollution under control certificate.

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‘Didn’t feel routine’: Siddique Kappan claims Kerala cops tried to visit home at midnight

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and his family have alleged that a team of policemen tried to visit his house in Mallappuram’s Vengara at midnight, inciting fear.

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While Delhi gasps, is the government driving dirty?

While the traffic police aggressively penalises ordinary citizens for pollution violations, are they equally tough on Delhi government vehicles?

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Let Me Explain: What Piyush Goyal got wrong about Indian startups

Union minister Piyush Goyal's remarks at Startup Mahakumbh left Indian entrepreneurs stunned. Goyal questioned their innovation, pointing out that many build on existing infrastructure – food delivery, ride-hailing, and edtech – without creating new technology. While his critique holds merit, it overlooks systemic issues: red tape, low RD investment, and…

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Climate change puts India’s pulse production at risk

J Venkat Narayana, a 45-year-old farmer from Marreddipalli village in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, has cultivated tur (pigeon pea) for over seven years. But changing weather patterns and unpredictable rainfall are playing havoc.

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South Central 22: US crackdown on Indian students, Waqf bill

In this episode, Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath are joined by The Hindu’s Suhasini Haidar and lawyer Zafarullah Khan.

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Regulatory gaps, ‘lack of audit’, pending dues: Fee control is a mirage in Delhi

What began as isolated complaints about rising tuition costs has exploded into a full-blown political confrontation between the Aam Aadmi Party and the newly-installed BJP government led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 364: Adani’s use of UP forest road, activists ‘targeted’ in 2020 Delhi riots

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivanarayan Rajpurohit, independent journalists Ashfaque EJ and Saurabh Kumar.

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एनएल चर्चा 366: राज्यपाल के अधिकार पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के विचार और राज ठाकरे की ‘हेट पॉलिटिक्स’

इस हफ्ते महाराष्ट्र में राज ठाकरे के नेतृत्व वाली महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेना के कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा मराठी बनाम गैर मराठी विवाद को तूल देने और तमिलनाडु के राज्यपाल आर.एन. रवि द्वारा प्रदेश की विधानसभा द्वारा पारित 10 विधेयकों को रोकने को सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा मनमानी और अवैध करार दिए जाने के…

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Hafta 532: Trump’s tariff blunders, Supreme Court’s remarks on Tamil Nadu Governor

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by Semafor’s business reporter Rohan Goswami and political consultant and federalism expert Tara Krishnaswamy.

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TV Newsance 294: Trump’s tariffs = Modi’s demonetisation? How bad ideas go global

What do Trump’s global tariff war and Modi’s demonetisation have in common?

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Hafta letters: India’s litterbugs, Mumbai woes, counting cricket viewers

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Awful and Awesome Ep 384: White Lotus S3 finale, Empuraan, The Studio

While discussing Empuraan:

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AICC meet: Congress skims over INDIA bloc agenda, offers unclear roadmap for alliance

As the All India Congress Committee session concluded this week in Ahmedabad – only the sixth time in its 150-year-old history that it was held in Gujarat and the first since 1961 – there seems little clarity about how the party aims to stem the drift in the Indian National…

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दिल्ली में वायु प्रदूषण: दिल्ली सरकार के वाहन दौड़ रहे बिना जांच और प्रमाणपत्र के

दिल्ली में खराब हवा की समस्या साल दर साल पेश आती है. इस बढ़ते वायु प्रदूषण की सबसे बड़ी वजहों में है यहां की सड़कों पर लगातार बढ़ रहे वाहनों की संख्या. बिगड़ती आबोहवा को सुधारने के लिए कुछ नियम कानून बनाए गए हैं. मसलन, हर साल गाड़ियों का प्रदूषण…

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Catch me if you Camm: Despite 2014 IMC ban, fake doctor practised with bogus credentials for over a decade

On March 9, 2018, during a question-and-answer session in the Lok Sabha, three Members of Parliament – Chandu Lal Sahu, Santosh Ahlawat, and Rajesh Kumar Diwaker – posed a question to the then Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Ashwini Kumar Choubey. Their question: “The total number of…

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Tamil Nadu BJP notifies state president polls, invokes 10-year primary member rule

Amid speculation that Tamil Nadu BJP Legislature Party Leader Nainar Nagendran may be appointed as the next state president, a notification issued by the Tamil Nadu BJP regarding the election for the post has added a fresh twist to the ongoing developments. According to the notification the willing aspirant should…

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Delhi’s air turns more toxic with rising garbage burning. Official apathy to blame?

While fires at Delhi’s trash towers have often grabbed headlines, in national and international outlets, open burning of waste in dumpsters, parks, or on the roadside doesn’t draw the same kind of attention. Experts have, however, warned that such fires contribute significantly to the rise in particulate concentration, making air…

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दिल्ली: कोरोना के बाद पहली बार स्कूल पहुंचे रोहिंग्या बच्चे

चाहे अंतरराष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार की बात करें, यूएन कन्वेंशन्स की या फिर भारत के अपने संविधान की, शिक्षा प्रत्येक बच्चे का मूलभूत अधिकार है. लेकिन इसके बावजूद दिल्ली मे रोहिंग्या शरणार्थियों के बच्चों को करीब पांच साल तक शिक्षा से वंचित रखा गया. इन बच्चों के परिजन बार-बार स्कूल का दरवाजा…

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‘Felt miserable watching others go to school’: Rohingya kids are finally students

Whether it is international human rights law or the Indian Constitution, education is a fundamental right of each child in India. But for five years, Rohingya refugee children were deprived of this in Delhi, despite multiple reach-outs to schools. All of this changed last Friday with a Supreme Court intervention,…

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Great Nicobar: Union govt plans Rs 81,000 cr project without even mapping tribal lands

We are in Barnabas Manju’s office, a one-bedroom house in a government quarters in Campbell Bay. He is the chairman of the Tribal Council of Great Nicobar and Little Nicobar. A long-pending demand of the Tribal Council is for a formal office with work equipment. “There is nothing here. No…

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UP journalist shot dead after ‘threatening to expose temple priest aide’s sex crimes’

Over a month after journalist Raghvendra Bajpai’s murder in Sitapur, police have told the media that he was killed by contract killers hired by the aide of a temple priest. Bajpai had threatened to expose the aide for sexually assaulting a minor on the temple’s premises, police said.

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Sena leader who led Mumbai vandalism is back on front page, with more events for ‘lasting impression’

Days after he allegedly led the vandalism that triggered the shutting down of Mumbai’s Habitat Club, Shiv Sena leader Rahool Kanal’s name is back on the front page. This time, it’s not for breaking furniture but for distributing food to dogs “all over Mumbai” and ration kits to hospitals, old…

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Former CJI Dipak Misra copy-pasted 212 of 451 paras in order, says Singapore top court

The Singapore Court of Appeal has set aside an international arbitral award involving a government railway contract after finding that the award had significant portions that were “copied and pasted” from two similar Indian arbitration awards.

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