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Booked for hate speech in Sangamner, Suresh Chavhanke boasts that this is his ‘1,827th FIR’

Sudarshan News head Suresh Chavhanke – who is known for spewing hate and misinformation – has been booked by the Sangamner police in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district for spreading religious hatred and promoting animosity between communities.

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No protective gear, a ‘compulsion’: In top UP cities, machines fail to stop manual scavenging

At 9 am each day, Ravi and his fellow workers gather outside one of the water tanks in Varanasi, armed with a hoe, rod, and a 10-foot bamboo stick, waiting for a supervisor to hand out their daily assignments.

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Mind ki Baat, Ep 6: OCD

This is the sixth episode of Mind ki Baat, a Newslaundry podcast with a neurodivergent host with a focus on the invisible epidemic of mental health issues in society today.

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Pending applications, stigma: Central scheme to help manual scavengers find other jobs stuck in quagmire in UP

“Kya hi badla?...we dealt with latrines earlier, and we do the same even now,” said Kallu, a 51-year-old resident of Lucknow who has been working as a manual scavenger for nearly three decades.

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‘It all happened so abruptly’: Sansad TV ends services of 19 ad hoc, freelance employees

Public broadcaster Sansad TV ended the services of 19 ad hoc and freelance professionals after CEO Rajit Punhani issued two orders on June 12 to that effect.

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Rahul Shivshankar exits Times Now

Times Now chief editor Rahul Shivshankar has exited the channel.

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Odisha train mishap: As media points to ‘absconding’ official, railway says ‘factually incorrect’

With several media outlets claiming that a railway official named Amir Khan has gone missing amid the CBI’s probe into the Balasore train mishap, the South Eastern Railway has clarified that this is “factually incorrect”.

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The truth behind ‘gaming jihad’: How media skipped facts to manufacture a story

“Today, we will show one of the most modern and dangerous games – played with schoolboys in India. Four cases have come to light, where boys playing online games were brainwashed using video games and instigated to adopt Islam.”

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Raghuram Rajan on why democracy is ‘biggest advantage’ for India’s economy

In a conversation with Newslaundry CEO Abhinandan Sekhri, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan spoke about the role of artificial intelligence in economic development, competition in the news industry, and India’s response to environmental threats, among other issues.

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Uttarkashi: How a ‘journalist’ and Hindutva groups manufactured the ‘love jihad’ angle

The ongoing communal tensions in Purola town in Uttarkashi stems from allegations that two men allegedly tried to kidnap a 14-year-old Hindu girl last month. Jitendra Saini and Ubed Khan were arrested on May 26 and booked under the POCSO Act.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 275: Government denying information, three years of #JusticeForSSR

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Shwet Pandey and independent journalist Saurav Das.

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Tipra Motha Party leader files police complaint against news portal for ‘racist jibe’

A leader of the Tipra Motha Party filed a police complaint on June 16 against a Tripura news website for referring to its member as a “Chinese aunty”.

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‘I was worried about my children’: 41 Muslim families leave Uttarkashi’s Purola after ‘love jihad’ claims

About 35 Muslim families have permanently moved out of Purola town in Uttarkashi while six families have left temporarily after communal tension began in the area.

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Hafta letters: Hindutva’s contributions, sexual anatomy, pronunciations

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‘Pushed, fell to the ground’: Journalist allegedly manhandled by Delhi police

Journalist Tej Bahadur Singh was allegedly manhandled by the Delhi police today while reporting from south Delhi’s Vasant Vihar. Singh works with Newsreel Asia, a digital news platform. He told Newslaundry the police “pushed” him so he “fell to the ground”.

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SOPA announces winners for 2023 journalism awards, Newslaundry among finalists

Recognising the best journalistic works over the past year in the Asia-Pacific region, the Society of Publishers in Asia yesterday announced the winners of its annual awards across 20 categories. The Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organisation awarded 98 journalists and media outlets for their reportage on the key issues of the…

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Assam BJP leader’s murder: RSS mouthpiece claims ‘love jihad’, family says it’s wrong

The death of BJP leader Jonali Nath in Assam sent shockwaves across the state. Her body was found near NH-17 in Goalpara district on June 11. A day later, the Assam police’s criminal investigation department arrested Congress politician Hasanur Islam, 28, as the prime accused in Jonali’s murder.

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‘Authorities indifferent’: 90 days on, Adivasis from 70 villages protest against mining in Maharashtra’s Surjagarh

“If people protest in Mumbai or Delhi, it becomes the talk of the nation,” said tribal rights activist and lawyer Lalsu Soma Nogoti. “But a protest over here will never become the news.”

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‘Direct affront to media freedom’: NWMI condemns police case against Asianet journalist

The Kerala chapter of the Network of Women in Media, India has slammed the case against Asianet journalist Akhila Nandakumar as “a direct affront to media freedom and the freedom of speech and expression”.

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Journalist Nilesh Sharma arrested in Chhattisgarh for ‘spreading rumours on govt officials’

Journalist Nilesh Sharma was arrested from Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district on Sunday for allegedly “spreading rumours on WhatsApp” about government and judiciary officers. Sharma is the editor of web portal and magazine India Writers.

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‘I adhered to standard reporting practices’: Asianet journalist accused in Kerala marks row

The Asianet journalist booked in a case filed by a Students’ Federation of India leader in Kerala has insisted she “adhered to the standard reporting practices for such incidents”.

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‘Horrified, shocked’: 10 journalists resign from Foreign Correspondents’ Club after president’s Myanmar visit

Ten foreign journalists working with publications based in European and Western countries have given up their membership of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) South Asia, in wake of its president S Venkat Narayan’s three-day Myanmar visit. Narayan was in the Southeast Asian country from June 6 to June 9 to…

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FoE Con 2023: Are digital platforms equipped to handle the 2024 disinformation storm in India and US?

On April 1, Newslaundry and the Internet Freedom Foundation hosted FoE Con 2023, a forum that brought together media personalities and leading voices in the legal sphere to map the media and regulatory framework in contemporary India.

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Smriti Irani ko gussa kyun aya: The story behind the minister’s outburst, and the aftermath

If you spent some time on Twitter last night, there’s a strong chance you saw the viral video of union minister Smriti Irani ticking off a journalist – one Vipin Yadav.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 274: On the ground during the Odisha train tragedy

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar, who went to Odisha to cover the horrific three-train accident of June 2. The official death toll is 288, but Basant says his experience on the ground suggests the toll might be much higher.

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