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ग्लोबल इन्वेस्टिगेटिव जर्नलिज्म नेटवर्क (जीआईजेएन) ने न्यूजलॉन्ड्री, द न्यूज मिनट और स्क्रॉल के साझा प्रयास ‘प्रोजेक्ट इलेक्टोरल बॉन्ड’ को 2024 में भारत की सर्वश्रेष्ठ खोजी रिपोर्टिंग में से एक के रूप में चुना है.

The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) has selected Project Electoral Bond, a joint effort by Newslaundry, The News Minute, and Scroll, as one of the best investigative stories from India in 2024. 

In the Malshiras assembly constituency in Maharashtra’s Solapur, NCP-SP candidate Uttamrao Shivdas Jankar had recently defeated the BJP with a margin of over 13,000 votes. But the constituency’s Markarwadi village has decided to hold its own repoll today through “ballot paper”.

The Adani Group has been accused of bribing Indian officials to secure solar energy contracts at inflated rates. The group was earlier accused of selling low-grade coal at inflated prices, and the Hindenburg Research and OCCRP reports had alleged the use of offshore shell companies to manipulate stock prices.

The Isha Foundation led by Jaggi Vasudev has filed a defamation suit against the Tamil media outlet Nakkheeran, accusing it of publishing allegedly defamatory videos. In the plea submitted before the Delhi High Court on Monday, December 2, Jaggi Vasudev sought the removal of the videos and demanded Rs 3…

Ten days after Gautam Adani and seven others were indicted in New York over charges of alleged bribery and securities fraud, there are far more questions than answers. 

On November 19, as many as 22 of the 35 air quality monitoring stations in Delhi recorded an air quality index (AQI) reading of 500, which is the maximum value that the scale can register. The actual pollution is likely much worse.

A profound truth lies in the path of every rail line: As routes are engineered with steel and concrete between different points on a map, or abruptly dismantled, there are stories that unfold of connection and division. 

Six months is a long time in anyone’s life. In writer-director Payal Kapadia’s case, it’s the amount of time it took for her to travel from, as she told me this summer, fame “is freaking me out a bit” to, as she said when we spoke recently, “maybe I’m not…