Detentions, shutdowns as cops try to block protest against Gyanesh Kumar
Newslaundryby NL Team·6d ago
Multi-layer barricades are in place on routes leading to Jantar Mantar. Several protesters have been detained, at least 12 metro stations shut and internet disruptions reported around Jantar Mantar...
Indian airline captain hailed as a hero after cockpit stabbing on FlyDubai flight bound for Israel
Newslaundryby Sheikh Saaliq·7d ago
The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia said Machchhar was hospitalized in stable condition. An Indian airline captain who was at the controls of a FlyDubai flight when a copilot stabbed him in an...
As climate firm sells to Big Tech, a Gujarat grassland is left behind
Newslaundryby Tapasya·8d ago
Varaha’s promise of community-led restoration stands tested in what was once Asia’s largest and finest tropical grassland.
Why diverting maize for ethanol is affecting poultry farmers
Newslaundryby Tanvi Deshpande·10d ago
India’s poultry farmers have watched their input costs rising in the last four years, as maize-based ethanol went from 0% in 2021-22 to around 37% in 2025-26.
‘Attack on press freedom’: Press Club of India condemns FIR against Maktoob Media
Newslaundryby NL Team·12d ago
The FIR, filed at Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station, relates to reports on the alleged exclusion of Muslim IAS and IPS officers from meetings during Amit Shah’s visits to Bengal.
Adani’s insolvency edge: 3 in every 5 bids won, Rs 97,700 cr in haircuts, and some unexpected turns
Newslaundryby Astha Savyasachi·13d ago
In 26 bankruptcy cases, Adani Group entities had a success rate of 61.5%, and creditors recovered about Rs 33,000 crore against admitted claims of Rs 1.31 lakh crore.
Independent journalists reporting on MP child deaths face surveillance, have Instagram accounts disabled
Newslaundryby Abhishek Kumar·14d ago
Monika Singh, Bindu Gurjar and Lokbhadra Singh reported extensively on the deaths of tribal children in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat.
‘Found out after video went viral’: Father of Jamui assault survivor says ‘arrest is not enough’
Newslaundryby Khushi Mehrotra·16d ago
Police say one of the accused Nandan Yadav was injured in an encounter before his arrest. They’ve also identified 120 URLs carrying viral videos of the incident and have asked people not to...
How deficient rainfall is affecting ragi farmers in Karnataka’s Mandya
Newslaundryby Shivam Bhardwaj·17d ago
The district received 45% less rainfall compared to the normal, and ragi has been sown in 1,213 hectare against a target of 63,385 hectare.
‘Go back to your country’: Manipuri musician’s killing reignites concerns over racism against Northeasterners and govt inaction
Newslaundryby Amarabati Bhattacharyya·19d ago
In July 2014, the Bezbaruah Committee submitted its recommendations to the Modi govt for addressing concerns of NE people. The most crucial component was never implemented.
Hafta 607: Who pays for UPI? Is the UCC even ‘uniform’?
Newslaundryby NL Team·19d ago
The podcast where we discuss the week’s news. This week on Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Rinchen Norbu are joined by Anupam Manur, Professor of Economics at the Takshashila...
Saharanpur mosque, Satya Niketan PG are monuments to the same politics of violence and neglect
Newslaundryby Fahad Zuberi·20d ago
One reveals a state that can mobilise with astonishing efficiency when it wishes to destroy. The other, a state that cannot summon the mundane competence required to prevent a building from killing...
Let UPI be! Why fix a payment system that isn’t broken?
Newslaundryby Vivek Kaul·20d ago
UPI is a public convenience not a revenue machine. Adding fees to a system that now functions almost like cash threatens to undo years of digital progress. S.N.A.F.U.
A Rs 5,000 spending cap. A fleet of Defenders, Thars. Welcome to the DUSU election
Newslaundryby Khushi Mehrotra·21d ago
Past High Court warnings and a 20-year-old spending cap haven’t stopped DU’s election season from turning into a spectacle of printed posters, SUVs, and freebies.
Modi turns 76: Same ad, five papers, and the advertorial that wasn’t labelled one
Newslaundryby NL Team·21d ago
A reading of Thursday’s tributes, jacket ads and advertorials in major newspapers marking the prime minister’s 76th birthday Narendra Modi turns 76 today, and the machinery around the occasion...
Rs 14 cr in 9 days in just 1 state: The ever-expanding Modi celebration machine
Newslaundryby Basant Kumar·21d ago
In 2024, the Gujarat government spent over Rs 8 crore on just ads, as part of a campaign marking Modi’s decades in public office. It’s birthday season for the prime minister again.
In seat Kejriwal lost by thin margin, nearly 40% names added before 2025 polls missing in SIR draft
Newslaundryby Ashwine Kumar Singh·22d ago
Many have to start the registration process all over again. An analysis of the New Delhi constituency shows that voters added to the rolls in the two months before the February 2025 elections have...
A Delhi SIR mystery: 728 of 729 voters deleted in booth, poll official says their homes ‘unauthorised’
Newslaundryby Suhasini Biswas·28d ago
In a booth in Bela Estate, all but one voter was struck off the draft roll. A polling officer’s account suggests the exclusions were linked to a ground that electoral law does not recognise.
Confused by the debate over India’s 7.8% GDP growth? Here’s a simple explanation
Newslaundryby Vivek Kaul·8 Sept 2026
The reported economic growth masks economic realities through methodological quirks, statistical revisions and uncaptured pandemic impacts.
‘Restlessness, and a kind of helplessness’: Families search for Indians missing after Nepal flood
Newslaundryby Khushi Jaiswal·28 Aug 2026
According to the MEA, at least 320 Indians remain missing after the flash floods on Wednesday. In Mumbai, Sonal keeps opening WhatsApp to look at her sister’s last-seen status.
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