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From giving weather updates to listing out "medicinal" use of banana peels to unpacking a militant attack in Dagestan – the footprint of India’s growing crop of AI news anchors is expanding by leaps and bounds.

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by writer and podcaster Amit Varma. 

September 2024. The monsoon retreats from the tribal districts of northern Maharashtra, leaving behind the annual question of survival. For tribal communities in Nandurbar, the answer has long been the same: migrate south to the sugarcane fields of western Maharashtra. A migration that is often also a reminder of a…

Reports about Vantara – the animal rehabilitation centre of Reliance’s Anant Ambani in Gujarat’s Jamnagar – are curiously unavailable, hours after they were published by Deccan Herald, The Telegraph India and The Tribune. 

In Pakistan, where three As – Allah, Army, and America – have long dictated the country's power structures, the current reality under US President Donald Trump remains a bit more complicated. 

In this episode, Newslaundry visits the iconic India Gate, located near India’s most powerful offices and visited by thousands each day. On Thursday, PM2.5 levels hovered around 210 while PM10 was pegged at around 240 at the spot. 

Prasar Bharati has signed a deal with Aaj Tak consulting editor Sudhir Chaudhary for a show on DD News, top sources at the state broadcaster told Newslaundry.

The Press Council of India has received 468 complaints of paid news from across the country since 2021-22, including 290 complaints in the current year alone, the Narendra Modi government told the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Of the 290 complaints received this year, 111 of them were from Rajasthan alone.

The detention of two journalists in Hyderabad has triggered an uproar in Telangana with the opposition accusing the Revanth Reddy government of “authoritarian tactics”.

Following India’s win at the Champions Trophy against New Zealand, a celebratory rally in Indore’s Mhow led to clashes, stone-pelting and arson on Sunday night, resulting in heavy police deployment in the area.  

Days after a few journalists faced temporary restrictions at the Delhi assembly, three women journalists were removed from the Delhi BJP WhatsApp group on International Women’s Day.