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Hindutva trouble for AIADMK and murmurs in TN BJP

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 Tamil Nadu special, we found out the details behind DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran’s astonishing legal notice to his brother Kalanithi Maran alleging a massive corporate…

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Modiji, the media let you down. We’ll ensure it doesn’t happen again

Today marks 50 years since the Emergency. But worry not – today’s newspapers and broadcast channels, with their responsible, independent-minded, and utterly value-based coverage, will surely remind you.

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Exempt journalists from DPDP Act: Media bodies to govt

The Press Club of India and 21 media bodies have submitted a joint memorandum to the Union Minister for Electronics and Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging the government to exclude the professional work of journalists from the ambit of the contentious Digital Personal Data Protection Act.

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Police torture, ill-treatment make India ‘high risk’: Report

India has been ranked a “high-risk” country for torture and ill-treatment in the World Organization Against Torture’s first Global Torture Index 2025 that was released on Wednesday.

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Hafta letters: Kannada vs Tamil, wearing sindoor, impactful letters

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महाराष्ट्र चुनाव: राहुल बोले ‘वोट चोरी’, फडणवीस का जवाब, ‘झूठ बोले कौआ काटे’ पर चुनाव आयोग चुप

महाराष्ट्र के मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस ने राहुल गांधी पर ‘अंधेरे में तीर चलाने’ का आरोप लगाया है. राहुल गांधी ने 2024 के महाराष्ट्र चुनावों से जुड़ी न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री की खोजी रिपोर्ट साझा करते हुए ‘वोट चोरी’ की बात कही थी.

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In right-wing victories across the globe, a warning and mirror for India

Over the past four years, there has been an unprecedented surge in right-wing populist victories across the globe. From the US and El Salvador to Italy, Hungary, and even India, populist leaders have either returned to power or have emerged with strong mandates.

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‘Fragile pause, questions on US commitment’: Editorials on Israel-Iran ceasefire

A delicate ceasefire appears to exist between Israel and Iran after an intervention by the US in what president Donald Trump called the “12-day war”.

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ईरान पर हमला, भारत की दुविधा और ट्रंप की बदमाशी

दुनिया का आसमान चौतरफा मिसाइल और बमों की आमदरफ्त से भरा हुआ था. किसकी मिसाइल किसके ऊपर गिर रही है इसका अब कोई मतलब नहीं बचा था. बम और बारिश के माहौल में धृतराष्ट्र कई दिनों बाद दरबार में पहुंचे थे. डंकापति के सवाल पर संजय ने धृतराष्ट्र को बताया…

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SIPs are the hidden link in India’s housing bubble

India’s housing dream has been slipping out of reach for a while – but now the story seems to be becoming true even for the richie-rich.

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Rahul cries foul, Fadnavis says ‘lies’. But will EC put its detailed report in public?

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of “shooting arrows in the dark” after the latter’s remarks on “vote theft” in the 2024 Maharashtra elections.

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Is your medicine safe? Karnataka flags 305 faulty drug batches, but recall system patchy

In the first five months of 2025, 305 samples of a wide range of drugs – including lifesaving medication – drawn from pharmacies across Karnataka failed quality tests. Nearly a quarter failed more than one test, and almost half were injectable drugs. These tests were done by Karnataka’s Drug Control…

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Negotiating realities in frosty India-Bangladesh relations

The manipulation of historical memory is often inseparable from the pursuit of political power. In Bangladesh, successive governments have used state machinery to revise official narratives about the 1971 Liberation War and post-independence politics. However, the current interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus appears to be undertaking the most far-reaching transformation yet.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 373: JP Nadda’s rise, Maharashtra voter roll

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Sumedha Mittal.

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Ahead of monsoon in Delhi, a locality exposes cracks in 100% desilting claim

With the monsoon set to arrive in Delhi this week, questions are swirling over the city’s preparedness. Nowhere are the cracks more evident than in the southwest locality of Palam, where a ground visit by Newslaundry has found that the Public Works Department’s claim of “100 percent desilting” doesn’t hold…

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कानून से बरी, सिस्टम के क़ैदी: ‘शक’ के साए में जीने को मजबूर अब्दुल वाहिद शेख

13 मई, 2025 को दोपहर 12.48 बजे, अब्दुल वाहिद शेख अकादमिक सफलता की दहलीज पर खड़े थे. कई सालों के संघर्ष के बाद, ये 47 वर्षीय अध्यापक महाराष्ट्र के छत्रपति संभाजीनगर में महात्मा गांधी मिशन यूनिवर्सिटी में "जेल साहित्य" पर अपनी पीएचडी थीसिस जमा कर रहे थे. एक इंसान जिसने…

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In 6 months, Fadnavis seat added 29,219 voters. Poll staff claim lapses

In just six months between the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the Maharashtra assembly polls, Nagpur South West – the seat held by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis – added 29,219 new voters. About 162 voters everyday. That’s a sharp 8.25 percent increase, more than double the 4 percent threshold that…

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June 23, 2025: Can the NHRC ensure the right to clean air?

The National Human Rights Commission is an institution meant to safeguard our fundamental rights, including the right to life and health. But air quality around it continues to endanger both.

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How a summer camp in Tamil Nadu is helping reclaim childhoods lost to police violence

This story is part of our series on Police Impunity in India.

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Queer Indians forge alternative careers amid workplace discrimination

With a brush in his hand and eyes focused on a 2.5 x 4 ft canvas, Suvajit, also known as Rony, is making intricate designs on his newly commissioned Gond painting.

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Let Me Explain: What the Air India crash says about Boeing’s broken system

The crash took just 38 seconds. Not enough time to send a second mayday. Not enough time for 242 people onboard to escape.

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South Central 32: Why the BJP fears Keezhadi and the angle ignored in Sonam Raghuvanshi case

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna, discuss the political resistance to the Keezhadi excavation report and why the findings are seen as inconvenient by the BJP government with journalist Sivapriyan ETB. Lawyer and author Rohin Bhatt joins the podcast in the second half to…

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Air India crash: Casualties that weren’t passengers

Devastation following the London-bound Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board, extended beyond the aircraft. The plane, which crashed into a residential area, killed at least 17 people on the ground – none of them were passengers.

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Hafta 542 : Iran and Israel’s nuclear conflict, Thug Life and mob censorship

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by The Hindu’s diplomatic affairs editor Suhasini Haider, The News Minute’s Pooja Prasanna, and filmmaker Hansal Mehta.

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TV Newsance 303: Israel, Iran and insanity on TV news

This week, as Iran and Israel bombed each other, TV news anchors declared ‘World War 3’. Our TV screens were lit up with cutting edge graphics of imaginary fighter jets and nuclear sites, and messages conveyed in dangerous-looking fonts.

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