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Assam govt ‘illegally’ cut reserved forest to ‘protect’ it from Nagaland, Mizoram ‘encroachers’

The Assam government has defended its “illegal” infrastructure of two joint battalions within two reserve forests, saying the decision – taken without central government approval – was necessary to protect these forests from encroachers from Nagaland and Mizoram, as well as undocumented Rohingya migrants from Myanmar.

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‘Unable to sleep’: After Kolkata horror, doctors feel unsafe', demand justice

Health services have been hit in several parts of India as hundreds of doctors continue their strike over the heinous rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College. Doctors have been demanding an impartial probe, compensation for the victim’s family, and provisions to ensure the…

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‘Unfair, will lead to more backlog’: Disquiet over SC, ST sub-classification order

The 6:1 landmark judgement of the Supreme Court allowing states to create sub-classifications within the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories has evoked a mixed response among outfits that work to protect the rights of these marginalised groups.

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NL-TNM Townhall: Reporting on climate change, pop culture, new podcasts

To harness the strengths of two independent news outlets, Newslaundry and The News Minute joined hands last year. Ever since, we have been bringing you ground reports, video stories, podcasts, and analysis across the two platforms with twice the zeal.

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SC drops contempt of court charges against Patanjali

The Supreme Court has dropped the contempt of court charges against Patanjali Ayurved and its founders Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, Bar and Bench reported.

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Govt withdraws broadcast bill, extends window for suggestions

The ministry of information and broadcasting on Monday has reportedly withdrawn the latest draft of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2024.

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Activist whose RTI flagged ‘Smriti Irani-linked Goa cafe’ alleges home ministry ‘witch-hunt’

A Goa-based activist has alleged that he is being targeted for taking up public interest issues against “successive governments” and for trying to point to alleged illegalities surrounding BJP leader and former minister Smriti Irani’s daughter’s cafe in Goa through RTI applications.

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‘Chooralmala may not exist anymore’: Three wards uninhabitable after Wayanad landslide

Noorudheen was elected as the ward member of Chooralmala (ward number 12), a quaint idyllic village in the Meppadi panchayat of Kerala’s Wayanad, four years ago in 2020. Today, the village is little more than a name. In the early hours of July 30, a series of devastating landslides had…

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High rent, narrow rooms: Is landlord-broker nexus behind Delhi coaching hub crisis?

Anjali Gopnarayan, a 24-year-old UPSC aspirant who died by suicide at her PG in Old Rajender Nagar last month, left behind a three-page note saying that “there seems to be nothing but problems and challenges,” including the high rents of PG accommodations and hostels that are unaffordable for many.

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A herbal firm’s handbook of ‘abuse’: ‘Drugs, fraud, and youngsters confined to rooms’

At a hotel in Bihar’s Begusarai on March 21, union minister and MP Giriraj Singh thundered on stage before a crowd of youngsters in suits. “A leader doesn’t mean a political leader…you’ve reached here by battling unemployment. So you are the real leader…If I wasn’t an MP, I would’ve worked…

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TV Newsance 262: Vinesh Phogat’s journey, Bangladesh turmoil and anchors’ wild theories

This week, we saw Vinesh Phogat put in one of the best performances of all time in the Olympics. She made it to the finals of freestyle 50-kg women’s wrestling, but in a cruel twist of fate, she was disqualified for failing to meet the weight criteria ahead of the…

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Hafta letters: Vinesh, Paris Olympics, French politics

The sad reality of Vinesh getting disqualified is that everyone shouting in the fish market (newsrooms) doesn’t know jack about weight cutting. When she was above the limit, she wasn’t eligible and the reason behind that is not because 0.1 kg is nothing. It’s huge!

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‘Report with facts, would be better for us’: Hindu students in Bangladesh on Indian media coverage

“If the Indian media had done its job properly, we would’ve had an easier time talking about what we are facing,” said Bipra Prasun Das, a 21-year-old Hindu student from North South University in Dhaka, whose ancestral home was burnt down in violence in Bangladesh this week.

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From Manipur silence to ‘love jihad’ remarks: 5 gems from Rekha Sharma’s tenure as NCW chief

When Rekha Sharma joined the National Commission for Women as a member in 2015, she was winding up a political role as the BJP’s state media in-charge in Haryana. As she wraps up her tenure at the commission this month, she is leaving behind a similar legacy.

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Sisodia released after SC grants bail in liquor policy case

Nearly 18 months after the CBI arrested him, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was reportedly released from Tihar jail after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the liquor policy case.

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‘No result through godi media, so govt wants to control YouTube’: Digital creators on broadcast bill

“Self-censorship is not good for any democratic country. If an atmosphere of fear is created, and you’re constantly in fear that your channel can be shut if the government doesn’t like what you say, it’s going to lead to that,” said Ravish Kumar, former editor of NDTV India.

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IT Rules amendment: Bombay High Court reserves judgement

The Bombay High Court has reserved its judgment in petitions challenging the IT Amendment Rules, 2023, which empowers the central government to establish fact-check units to identify “fake news” about itself on social media and order its take down, Livelaw reported.

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‘LGBTQ blood donation ban treats us as untouchables’: Ex-journo, Manipur author’s quest for equality

At 55, Sharif D Rangnekar stands at the intersection of several worlds – a journalist turned corporate professional, activist, and author of two books. Yet, it is his identity as a gay man and his role as a “facilitator” for the queer community that have defined his life narrative.

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New complaint alleges Taloja prison underbelly: ‘Mutton meals for Rs 8,000 per kg, 40% cuts, zero record’

Fried chicken for Rs 2,000, Hyderabadi-Muradabadi biryani for Rs 1,500, Schezwan rice for Rs 500, prawns biryani for Rs 2,000, mutton masala for Rs 8,000, and mutton curry for Rs 7,000.

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10 killed in Bijapur encounter: 2 months on, villagers point to names mismatch, ‘inaction’ over complaint

During the Dussehra break in October last year, Shaiytu Kunjam decided not to return to his residential school in Bijapur’s Basaguda, where he was a student of class 4, from his home in Pidiya village. Seven months later, that decision would cost him his life.

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Sudhanshu Trivedi asked about fake news in RS. Was it an investment in irony?

There seemed to be an investment in irony in the form of an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha last month.

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No FIR, no diagnosis: Can a Rs 10 stamp paper absolve UP cops over death after ‘kanwar assault’?

About six days after he was allegedly “assaulted” and his e-rickshaw “damaged” by kanwariyas for brushing against a kanwar in Muzaffarnagar’s Khatauli, e-rickshaw driver Mohit Kumar died on July 28. But no FIR was filed as the police claimed he died due to chest pain due to a pre-existing condition,…

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‘Looks like a man’: Rowling, Kangana, journos post anti-trans misinformation on Olympic boxer

It was 46 seconds of “strong blows” when Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned her match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the women’s 66-kg round of 16 bout in the Paris Olympics on August 1. Carini did not shake Khelif’s hands after the defeat and remarked that she had “never faced…

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In Delhi, Muslim drivers ‘hide identity’, avoid kanwar yatra route ‘fearing targeted violence’

“Mahaul theek nahi hai. Hifazat kare…Jo bhi community stickers laga rahe hai apne mazhab ke, usse bhi kahin na kahin problem ho raha hain. Hum threat mein hain (The environment is not good. Be careful…whoever is putting religious stickers, that too is creating a problem somewhere. We are under threat).”

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 331: Death of UPSC aspirants, trail of kanwariya violence

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Anmol Pritam.

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