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Kumbh: The ground reality of digital lost and found centres

The government had advertised the Maha Kumbh as “divine, grand, digital” with arrangements for cyber security, land digitalisation, and enhanced devotee security. Among such measures were 10 lost and found centres, but relatives of the missing have now filed complaints against the poor functioning of these facilities.

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Before BJP’s USAID outrage: MoUs, collaborations, and government partnerships

In his pursuit to ‘Make America Great Again,’ one of the first things US President Donald Trump did on assuming office was to impose an immediate freeze on all US foreign assistance, including halting the disbursal of $40 billion for international projects funded by USAID.

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Hafta 525: USAID controversy, new CEC’s appointment, Vikatan website blocked

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan are joined by former Chief Election Commissioner Dr SY Quraishi and cartoonist Rachita Taneja.

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Awful and Awesome Ep 380: The White Lotus S3, Mrs., BeerBiceps row

While discussing a subscriber letter about Rajyasree’s obsession with Sukesh Chandrasekhar:  

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SC gives NewsClick one week relief against tax recovery, tells it to approach high court

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted a week’s interim protection to NewsClick against tax recovery demands over “unexplained cash credits”, LiveLaw reported. The court, however, dismissed a writ petition filed by PPK Newsclick Studio Pvt Ltd, the company that runs the news portal, and asked it to approach the Delhi…

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Railway ministry tells X to remove videos on Delhi stampede deaths

Days after 18 people were killed in a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station, the railway ministry has directed social media platform X to remove 285 links of videos depicting deaths during the mishap, Hindustan Times reported.

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Trump jumped the gun with USAID remarks. So did India’s state broadcaster

When US President Donald Trump alleged a “conspiracy” by the Joe Biden administration to influence the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by spending $21 million on voter turnout in India, sections of the mainstream media were quick to amplify the BJP’s claims about the opposition indulging a foreign hand.

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‘Vague grounds’: J&K High Court quashes Kashmiri journalist's detention under PSA

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday quashed the detention order against independent journalist Majid Hyderi, who has been lodged in jail for over 17 months under the Public Safety Act, The Hindu reported.

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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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‘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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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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‘My world came crashing down’: Families mourn victims of New Delhi railway station stampede

Victims' families accuse authorities of mismanagement, negligence, and lack of accountability as stampede at busy train station in Indian capital kills 18 people, Namita Singh reports

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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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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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Reporters Without Orders Ep 358: ‘Official’ death toll at Kumbh, voting in Delhi’s reserved seats

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry reporters Avdhesh Kumar and Basant Kumar.

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Maharashtra police’s selective justice: Swift action on ‘obscenity’, red tape on hate crime

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Hafta 524: Modi meets Trump, Delhi election results, UGC’s new guidelines

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by The Caravan’s Hartosh Singh Bal and Delhi University professor Tanvir Aeijaz.

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Hafta letters: Economies and ‘police states’, the question of ads, courts and parole

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Jamia protests: Admin suspends students, puts up posters with their personal info

The Jamia Millia Islamia administration on Friday, February 14, put up lists with details of 17 students allegedly involved in the ongoing protests at the university across the campus. The university also served suspension notices to several students identified in the list.

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Jailed journalist Mahesh Langa granted anticipatory bail in extortion case

Earlier this week, a Gujarat sessions court granted anticipatory bail to The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa in connection with an extortion case filed last month, Live Law reported.

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Modi takes a question: PM says ‘every Indian is part of family’ when journo asks about Adani case

Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be proud of his “culture” of avoiding press conferences when he’s in India. But now that he’s in the United States meeting President Donald Trump, he attended a press briefing where a journalist asked him a question anyway.

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Feb 13, 2025: How breathable is the air at Delhi’s iconic India Gate?

For episode 26 of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited India Gate to take stock of the Capital’s air quality.

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‘Don’t delete EVM data’: Supreme Court tells ECI on voter verification plea

The Election Commission of India cannot erase the poll results data from electronic voting machines during checking and verification of microcontrollers of EVMs, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.

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