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The Narendra Modi government introduced the Goods and Services Tax in 2017, hailing it as ‘good and simple tax’. But the GST system remains complex. Eight years later, even the tax rates for essential goods are not simplified. In the 55th GST council meeting, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced new…

Once upon a time, a politician avoiding tough questions was rare. But times have changed. Why face the pesky journalist armed with facts and follow-ups when you can have a podcaster nod and giggle like their salary depends on it? 

This year has been nothing short of extraordinary for Newslaundry. With a small but fiercely committed team, we’ve taken on powerful institutions, unearthed uncomfortable truths, and brought you stories that others wouldn’t dare to tell. It’s been a year of breaking barriers, challenging the status quo, and staying true to…

Working long hours at a poorly ventilated tyre repair shop in Delhi’s Shahdara, each breath feels like a battle for 13-year-old Rajesh. But he must go on. Because he has to support his family’s rising expenses, including the Rs 1,000 spent every month on his tuberculosis treatment.

It was an autumn day in 1999. I was an undergraduate student among a thin audience at the auditorium of Delhi University’s Hindu College. That was the first time I saw Dr Manmohan Singh in person. And that was when I noticed core attributes he carried even in high office…

Some years may go by without major surprises. And some years may pass without a scandal. But no year goes by without a new ‘jihad’ flooding the Indian mediascape. 

Aaj Ka AQI is a new show aimed at fixing accountability for a solution to India’s air crisis. In the fourth episode, Newslaundry went to the residence of union health and family welfare minister JP Nadda on Friday. 

Towards the fag end of his second and final term as Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh had said that he did not believe that he was a weak PM, and that “history will be kinder to me than the contemporary media or for that matter the opposition in Parliament”.

When thermal power plants burn coal to generate electricity, sulphur mixes with oxygen to release sulphur dioxide – or SO2 – in the air. In 2019, India became the largest emitter of this toxic gas.