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Feb 20, 2025: How polluted is the air at Ramlila Maidan?

Heads of at least 20 states and UTs attended the swearing-in ceremony of Delhi’s new chief minister Rekha Gupta at Ramlila Maidan on Thursday. In attendance was also Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But how breathable was the air at the iconic venue?

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BeerBiceps row: IT ministry to brief parliamentary panel on laws regulating digital content

The IT ministry is expected to brief a parliamentary standing committee next week on whether laws will be amended to regulate online speech on social media platforms.

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‘EuRekha!’: Newspapers scrutinise BJP’s ‘surprise choice’ of Rekha Gupta for Delhi CM

Eleven days after it won the assembly polls in Delhi, the BJP yesterday finally announced the name of its new chief minister.

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In 2024, Haryana and Manipur turned off internet for nearly 1,700 hours: SFLC.in report

In 2024, the state of Haryana imposed the most number of internet shutdowns in India followed by Manipur, according to a new report by the Software Freedom Law Centre, India.

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Where Modi goes, Adani follows: Inside the billionaire’s latest deal in Qatar

Days before the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hammad Thani, arrived in India to a warm welcome from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an Adani company and a Qatar company signed a joint venture that increases Gautam Adani’s footprint in maritime operations in the Gulf region – a morale booster for…

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A former GBS patient on the facts and sensationalism surrounding the outbreak

For seven years, I’ve had a Google alert set up for a specific phrase. I get an email about it every week, usually containing very little. It’s mentioned in a research paper here, a healthcare report there. The alerts are so inconsequential that I barely click through.

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प्रयागराज: कुंभ का पानी नहाने लायक नहीं, रिपोर्ट में मानव मल की अति का जिक्र

महाकुंभ में स्नान के लिए लोगों की भारी भीड़ हर रोज प्रयागराज पहुंच रही है. लोग घंटों-घंटों पैदल चल रहे हैं. इस बीच कहीं भगदड़ में लोग मारे भी जा रहे हैं. बावजूद इसके लोगों का प्रयागराज जाना जारी है. इसी दौरान केंद्रीय प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड (सीपीसीबी) े राष्ट्रीय हरित…

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Delhi HC orders Karma News to take down article on Kerala media event

The Delhi High Court has ordered Kerala-based digital outlet Karma News to take down an article it published last year about Cutting South, a 2023 media event organised in Kochi.

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महाकुंभ की अराजकता में फंसा देश और इलाहाबादिया की अश्लीलता

संत रविदास का अमर कथन है- मन चंगा तो कठौती में गंगा. अपनी जान जोखिम में डालकर, मुसीबतों और सांसतों की गठरी सिर पर लादकर गंगा नहाने से बचें. देश के अलग-अलग हिस्सों से हर दिन किसी न किसी दुर्घटना की खबर आ रही है. देश के दूर-दराज तक महाकुंभ…

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‘Smacks of high-handedness’: Editors Guild on blocking of Vikatan website after Modi cartoon

The blocking of Tamil magazine Vikatan’s website is a “brazen instance of overreach” that “does no good to India’s democratic traditions”, the Editors Guild said in a statement yesterday.

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Mahakumbh waters unsafe for bathing: A report finds faecal bacteria 13 times over safe limit

A Central Pollution Control Board report filed in the National Green Tribunal reveals that at several ghats in Prayagraj, where crores of devotees are attending the Mahakumbh, the water is unfit for bathing. In some locations, faecal coliform levels – indicating human and animal waste – were 13 times the…

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Yamuna: Fair to evict farmers from floodplains?

Despite National Green Tribunal’s strict guidelines prohibiting construction on the Yamuna floodplain, the Delhi Development Authority has been increasingly concretising several areas adjacent to the river, as reported previously by Newslaundry.

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Journo complains of threats over report on ‘illegal’ eatery; traders stage protest to quash FIR

Just days after a Delhi-NCR based woman journalist had complained to the police about allegedly receiving threats from former councillors, including one from the BJP, dozens of traders on Monday staged a protest demanding quashing of the FIR outside a police station in Ghaziabad, Hindustan Times reported.

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Kumbh stampede: Multiple deaths, massive traffic jams, swelling crowd, but does faith trump ‘chaos’?

Weeks after the Kumbh stampede, much has been reported on ‘mismanagement’ by the Uttar Pradesh administration. What exactly went wrong?

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चट हादसा, पट मुआवज़ा: रेलवे को नकद मुआवज़ा बांटने की जल्दबाजी क्यों

भारतीय रेलवे के अधिकारियों ने, शनिवार रात को हुई भगदड़ में मारे गए लोगों के परिजनों को दिल्ली के तीन अस्पतालों के मुर्दाघरों के बाहर बड़ी मात्रा में नकदी बांटी. हर मृतक के परिवार को 10 लाख रुपये तक कैश दिया गया.

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Supreme Court stays Ranveer Allahbadia’s arrest, but slams YouTuber for ‘depraved’ comments

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of Ranveer Allahabadia, more popularly known as Beer Biceps, in the cases registered against the YouTuber for allegedly making vulgar and obscene comments on Samay Raina’s show India’s Got Latent, Bar and Bench reported.

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‘Confused response,’ ‘attempted cover-up:’ Editorials on aftermath of Delhi stampede

As the Indian Railways mulls a slew of measures for better crowd management in the wake of at least 18 people being killed in a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station on February 15, the Opposition has trained its guns at the government for its “negligence.”

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यमुना: फ्लड प्लेन से किसानों को हटाकर पार्क बनाना कितना सही?

अक्टूबर 2024 में हमने अपनी विस्तृत रिपोर्ट में बताया था कि कैसे दिल्ली विकास प्राधिकरण यमुना के फ्लड प्लेन में कई जगहों पर कंक्रीट बिछा रहा है. जबकि नेशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्यूनल (एनजीटी) की सख्त गाइडलाइन है कि यमुना के फ्लड प्लेन पर किसी तरह की डंपिंग, निर्माण आदि नहीं होना…

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‘We could not save her’: How three students tried to rescue a child during Delhi stampede

At around 9.30 pm on Saturday, as the crush swelled on platform numbers 13 and 14 at New Delhi Railway Station, Ramkumar Manjhi began to panic.

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‘Controversy is surprising’: After Congress criticism, Shashi Tharoor stands by his newspaper oped

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor defended his opinion piece on Kerala’s industrial growth after facing criticism from his own party.

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From cyclones to heatwaves, how the climate crisis is tripping India’s power sector

Raghunadh was 15 when Cyclone Hudhud struck the coastline near his home at Bheemunipatnam, around 30 km from Visakhapatnam in coastal Andhra Pradesh on October 12, 2014.

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Let Me Explain: How hate speeches in India are ‘politically sanctioned’

Throughout the week while the Indian media, political class, and legal authorities remained fixated on a distasteful joke, they showed little concern over the rising incidents of hate speech in the country.

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In unusual move, Railways gives Rs 1.99 crore total in cash to victims of Delhi stampede

Authorities from the Indian Railways distributed large quantities of cash outside the mortuaries of three Delhi hospitals to family members of victims killed in Saturday night’s stampede.

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Stampede in New Delhi: A timeline of events from midnight to morning

At least 18 people were killed after a stampede broke out at 10 pm on Saturday night at the New Delhi Railway Station. Eyewitnesses told Newslaundry the stampede took place when passengers were waiting to board a train to Prayagraj to attend the Kumbh Mela. Some said a Railways announcement…

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नई दिल्ली रेलवे स्टेशन भगदड़: 18 की मौत, रेलवे की लापरवाही और मीडिया कवरेज पर पहरा

शनिवार रात करीब 10:00 बजे राजधानी में नई दिल्ली रेलवे स्टेशन पर प्रयागराज महाकुंभ जाने वाले यात्रियों के बीच भगदड़ मच गई, जिससे अब तक 18 लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है और कई लोग घायल हैं. प्रत्यक्षदर्शियों के मुताबिक, हादसा तब हुआ जब बहुत सारे यात्री प्रयागराज जाने वाली…

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