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Newslaundry‘He could’ve been saved’: Minor’s body found 3 days after he fell in Delhi drain chasing a kite
A JCB excavator pulled Mithun’s body out of an open drain in Southeast Delhi’s Jasola village at around 1.15 pm on Tuesday. He was 15. He had slipped into that…
NewslaundryBhagwant Mann’s OSD sends notice to media outlets over ‘baseless’ reports on ‘nexus’
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s officer on special duty, Rajbir Singh Ghuman, has sent a notice to several media platforms and tech intermediaries to…
NewslaundryWho will lead India’s next student movement?
In this episode of What's Your ISM?, TNM Executive Editor Sudipto Mondal sits down with student leaders from the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and…
NewslaundryA year after Israeli strikes killed journalists at a hospital, no one has been held accountable
It’s been a year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on a hospital in Gaza. No one has…
NewslaundrySouth Central 89: India’s food safety crisis and BJP’s political reshuffle
In this week’s episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss raids and inspections across the country at restaurants and…
NewslaundryPublic money, govt line: How DD News used pro-Modi govt farmer leaders to push E20
A nationwide debate is raging over ethanol-blended petrol, or E20, with motorists complaining of lower mileage and alleged engine damage. The government…
NewslaundryJaipur Dialogues – a platform that doxxed 15-year-old protestor – has BJP ties
In late July 2026, an online storm upended the life of a 15-year-old girl. The teenager had joined the student demonstrations that forced the former Education…
NewslaundryHC summons Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, Pamphlet, others after Saurav Das points to disclosure of his address
The Delhi High Court has issued summons to right-wing commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, along with media platform The Pamphlet, legal news outlet Law Beat, and…
Newslaundry‘The later it gets, the crazier the shows become’: US ambassador Sergio Gor on the chaos of Indian TV news
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor appears to have discovered a guilty pleasure familiar to many an NRI uncle: watching Indian television news for…
NewslaundryYears after NEP spoke of digital literacy, 3 of 4 govt schools still don’t have a functional desktop
In May 2020, as India was preparing to overhaul its education policy, the Narendra Modi government held a review meeting on education that placed technology at…
Newslaundry‘Putting data on a server does not make it statistically useful’
India is preparing to revamp parts of its official statistical system, conduct at least 14 surveys under the National Sample Survey Office this year, and make…
NewslaundryThe cost of India’s AI data centre boom
Let’s say an AI data centre is coming to your neighbourhood; it’s easy to feel like you’ve been chosen for the future.Like the Avengers just set up…
NewslaundryBJP promises ‘positive content’. Its new social media team’s record tells another story
Days after taking charge as the BJP’s national social media convenor, Deepak Mhaske told a gathering of reporters, “My focus will be to tackle the fake…
Newslaundryएनएल चर्चा 437: बीजेपी की नई टीम, स्मृति इन, मालवीय आउट और टेक डाउन नोटिसों का रिकॉर्ड उछाल
एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में भारतीय जनता पार्टी की नई टीम के गठन, स्मृति ईरानी की वापसी और अमित मालवीय के बाहर होने पर विस्तार से बात हुई. इसके साथ सरकार द्वारा…
NewslaundryHafta letters: A concerned subscriber, Modiji and singing Vande Mataram
Negative gradient Hello everyone, I am writing this email as a concerned subscriber after having read about the recent allegations against NL. I realise there…
NewslaundryTV Newsance 350 | Got a brain? You might be a ‘Dimaagi Naxal’
This week on TV Newsance Gen Z Special, the makers of the Urban Naxal gang, Tukde-Tukde gang, Khan Market gang and Azadi gang have manufactured a shiny new…
NewslaundryExclusive: Inside the bulk objections targeting Muslims in Uttarakhand’s SIR
Five men in five Uttarakhand assembly constituencies filed 6,500 objections to strike voters off the rolls in the ongoing special intensive revision. Every…
Newslaundry‘Staged like a script’: New FIR against journalist Abhishek Upadhyay
Independent journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, who runs the YouTube channel Top Secret and has repeatedly highlighted the Ram Mandir donation scam, has been booked…
NewslaundryPG course in Hindi journalism discontinued at IIMC’s Amravati centre
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has discontinued its Postgraduate Diploma course in Hindi Journalism at its Amravati centre for the current…
NewslaundryBills passed in 3 minutes, 9 with no LS MPs speaking: Parliament’s growing scrutiny gap
Parliament is increasingly passing Bills after relatively short periods of discussion. Data compiled from sessions between 2024 and 2026 across both the Lok…
NewslaundryAssam’s ad spend tripled after Himanta became CM. Media group linked to his wife got Rs 20 cr
In five financial years since Himanta Biswa Sarma became chief minister of Assam, his government spent Rs 460.82 crore on media and advertising. In the five…
NewslaundryWhy ‘Dimaagi Naxal’ is India’s most dangerous label yet
Dimaagi Naxal!Andolan Jeevi!Tuke Tukde Gang!Thanks to our dear Prime Minister Modi and many of his ardent supporters, we have enriched our vocabulary over the…
NewslaundryFrom Cambridge to Indian campuses, a similar playbook hounds the marginalised
Early this year, we were in Manchester to attend the British Sociological Association’s 75th annual conference. Sitting among hundreds of academics, we were…
NewslaundryDecoding PM CARES Fund audit report: Sitting on thousands of crores, yet only lakhs spent
After a two-year wait, the Government of India has finally released the audit report for the PM CARES Fund. The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief…
Newslaundryपीएम केयर्स फंड पर उठे सवाल: हजारों करोड़ जमा लेकिन खर्च हुए महज कुछ लाख
भारत सरकार ने दो साल के इंतजार के बाद आखिरकार पीएम केयर्स फंड की ऑडिट रिपोर्ट जारी कर दी है. प्रधानमंत्री आपात स्थिति नागरिक सहायता एवं राहत निधि, जिसे पीएम…
NewslaundryWhy the racial order remains invisible: Answer is in the machinery that sustains it
If this racialized world order is so pervasive and structurally embedded, why, one may ask, does it remain largely invisible in the global political…
Newslaundryएनएल चर्चा 436: दिल्ली में स्वाइन फ्लू का प्रकोप, संसद में अमित शाह की वापसी और चमोली सुरंग हादसा
एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में दिल्ली में तेजी से बढ़ते स्वाइन फ्लू (H1N1) के मामले और पिटबुल नस्ल के कुत्तों के हमलों से जुड़ी चिंताओं पर विस्तार से बात हुई. इसके…
NewslaundryHafta letters: NL investigations, cognitive biases, and independent media
Deepak Team NL, I just wanted to thank you for the incredible work you are doing. Your recent investigations, especially on Yogi's ad campaign and the…
Newslaundry‘In gloomy 2013, I was spellbound by these characters’: Tracking down the 20-year-olds of a 1967 India
Chapter 1: MIDNIGHT’S GROWN-UPS•2015 For most of last year, practically every fortnight, I dialled a house in Troy, Michigan, trying to speak to a man I had…
NewslaundrySumit Sarkar’s unfinished argument with history
Sometime in 2000, I lost my copy of Sumit Sarkar’s Modern India in the Hindu College hostel at Delhi University. It was unfortunate. I remember looking for…
NewslaundryBrij Bhushan acquittal: What the order leaves open to scrutiny
On August 3, 2026, a Delhi trial court acquitted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former Wrestling Federation of India president, of charges under Sections 354…
Newslaundry‘Shadow ban’ fears at NALSAR after BCI seeks inquiry into CJI invite opposition
Following the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) statement that there would be an inquiry against students enrolled at Hyderabad’s National Academy of Legal Studies…
Newslaundry‘Genuine’ vs ‘political’: The social media campaign pitting Ranchi protests against CJP
As Jharkhand’s student protest against alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC)…
NewslaundryA day inside a Delhi SIR camp: Forms, confusion and long days
Delhi is currently undergoing the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with the Election Commission extending the deadline to submit forms to August…
NewslaundryThe crisis after the flood in Assam villages: Lost livestock, missed crop, and wait for aid
When the floodwaters rose around their home in Rajapul on July 19, Bandana Buragohain had no way of getting out on her own.The 70-year-old clung to the back of…
Newslaundry‘One-shot exam wrong way to select students’: Former education secy R Subrahmanyam
Youth protests may have moved from Jantar Mantar to Jharkhand and the flashpoint from NEET exam leaks to recruitment exams but there’s a common thread…
Newslaundry‘Bid to eliminate the messenger’: Social media takedowns leaving users in the dark
Posts by journalists, political parties, activists and media organisations are increasingly being restricted or taken down on platforms such as Meta and X…
NewslaundryThe other side of the Kanwar Yatra: What women face on the road
For devotees of Lord Shiva, the month of Sawan is a time to embark on a journey of faith. Kanwariyas travel from Haridwar carrying Ganga water, often walking…
NewslaundryFrom police impunity to media-mob nexus: Akanksha Kumar gets Prem Bhatia award for 5 Newslaundry reports
Journalist Akanksha Kumar has been awarded the Prem Bhatia Award for Excellence in Political Journalism 2026 by the Editors Guild of India, for five reports…
NewslaundryArundhati Roy: ‘Message from Jantar Mantar is bigger than electoral defeat’
In a wide-ranging interview with Newslaundry, Arundhati Roy discusses the Hindi translation of her new book, Meri Maan, Meri Gangster, which draws on the story…
Newslaundryअरुंधति रॉय: “चुनावी हार से बड़ा है जंतर मंतर का मैसेज”
अरुंधति रॉय की नई किताब ‘मेरी मां, मेरी गैंगस्टर’ उनकी मां मेरी रॉय की कहानी के बहाने उनके अपने बचपन, परिवार, रिश्तों और लेखिका बनने की यात्रा को सामने लाती…
NewslaundryTN Speaker’s anti-abortion rhetoric is more than a personal opinion
Abortion rights in India are hard-won. In 2021, the Supreme Court observed in a landmark judgement that reproductive autonomy is a fundamental right under…
NewslaundryInside Jharkhand’s assembly gherao: Lathicharge, tear gas and conflicting claims
Thousands of students from all districts of Jharkhand marched on the state assembly in Ranchi on Monday, demanding the cancellation of exams conducted by the…
NewslaundryAman Chopra booked for video in hospital ‘without precautions’
An FIR has been registered against News18 India anchor Aman Chopra in Ranchi for entering the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of Sadar Hospital and recording a…
NewslaundryThe NEET aspirant who took the reservation debate to Jantar Mantar
During the paper leak protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, NEET aspirant Harsh Dubey began appearing across media platforms to speak about reservation and…
NewslaundrySouth Central 87: Udhayanidhi’s arrest and Union government’s Meta crackdown
Has the recent arrest of Tamil Nadu Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin strengthened his political standing, or did the young TVK government make a…
NewslaundryClimate change is making humid heat more intense in these Indian cities
Long dry spells this monsoon in some parts of India meant warmer days and nights even in July. Climate change is making the world hotter and more humid, and…
NewslaundryRSS wants to reach Gen Z. It’s been doing this for decades
The RSS’s Sarsanghachalak, or its chief Mohan Bhagwat, just met more than 2,000 Gen Z and Gen Alpha students from across India.The timing was deliberate-…
Newslaundryएनएल चर्चा 435: जेन ज़ी और मीम कल्चर, मेटा ने हटाया प्रधानमंत्री का वीडियो और FCRA विधेयक
एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में जेन ज़ी की जीवनशैली, मीम कल्चर, प्रधानमंत्री का वीडियो कुछ देर के लिए हटाने पर मार्क ज़ुकरबर्ग द्वारा मांगी गई माफ़ी और विदेशी अंशदान…
NewslaundryDemolishing a varsity, dismantling futures: The story of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University’s fight for survival
“I felt terrible, they were maligning us right in front of us, sitting outside our campus. I was shocked that government teachers were doing this and the…
NewslaundryHafta letters: Godi media, not a ‘Gen Z’ protest and Chetan Bhagat
Rohan I think that India is going through a mental health crisis, and we need to come up with a uniquely Indian way of therapy. Many therapists are too similar…
NewslaundryWhy are students in Jharkhand angry? JPSC-JSSC protest enters 14th day
The protest by students in Jharkhand, who are alleging irregularities in recruitment examinations, is growing by the day.Launched on July 25 from Ranchi’s…
NewslaundryTV Newsance 349 | Godi media presents: Good protester vs bad protester
This week on TV Newsance: thousands of students in Ranchi are protesting a genuine scandal- JPSC recruitment exams with no published cut-offs, a merit list…
NewslaundryTNM investigation on ONGC funds to Sangh-linked orgs mentioned in JPC on Corporate Laws Bill
The News Minute’s investigation that exposed how 14.7 percent of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was…
NewslaundryAnti-reservation rhetoric is rising, management quota stays invisible
When the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protests put the Union government on the back foot, the big news channels along with several social media handles began a…
NewslaundryAs CJP protest wrapped up, media found its ‘villains’ and buried all victims
July 20, 2026, is a day that will be remembered for a long time. Not just because of the massive response to the call given by the Cockroach Janta Party to…
NewslaundryHafta letters: NL app issues, story suggestions, CJP protest
MadanJust wanted to let you know, the new Kartik Aryan movie Naagzilla is produced by the same people you did a recent Bollywood feature on.***Harshvardhan As…
NewslaundrySmokescreens, sneakers, and mass-reporting: Balen’s online machine against Nepal’s press
Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah's asset disclosure, filed after his appointment in accordance with Section 50 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2002…
Newslaundry2013 rape case: HC convicts former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, reverses 2021 acquittal
The Bombay High Court’s Goa bench on Thursday found former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal guilty of rape, setting aside the sessions court verdict that…
NewslaundryJharkhand paper leak protest: Student leader says hunger strike still on, no stepping back
The student agitation over alleged paper leaks and recruitment irregularities in the JPSC and JSSC exams is gaining momentum in Jharkhand. Its leader, Devendra…