‘School Thik Karo’: Lakhs of schools, crores in public money, but do they meet the basic tests?
Newslaundryby Samarth Grover·27 Aug 2026
CJP’s drive exposed broken toilets, single-teacher schools, and missing labs. State governments responded with FIRs.
Knives, pistols and ‘aura farming’: Inside Delhi’s teen ‘gangs’
Newslaundryby Avdhesh Kumar·26 Aug 2026
They’re too young to be tried as adults. That’s exactly why gangs in North-East Delhi want them. In the cramped, winding lanes of North-East Delhi, boys are picking up knives and country-made...
‘He could’ve been saved’: Minor’s body found 3 days after he fell in Delhi drain chasing a kite
Newslaundryby Suhasini Biswas·25 Aug 2026
A video of the boy’s father wading through the water was widely circulated earlier. Rescue personnel said the current was strong and the spot difficult to navigate due to vegetation and debris.
Public money, govt line: How DD News used pro-Modi govt farmer leaders to push E20
Newslaundryby Anmol Pritam·24 Aug 2026
DD News turned to seven farmer leaders with established pro-government positions to bolster its case for ethanol blending, without disclosing those affiliations to its audience.
HC summons Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, Pamphlet, others after Saurav Das points to disclosure of his address
Newslaundryby NL Team·24 Aug 2026
The court will hear the matter in September, according to a Bar and Bench report. The Delhi High Court has issued summons to right-wing commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, along with media platform The...
‘The later it gets, the crazier the shows become’: US ambassador Sergio Gor on the chaos of Indian TV news
Newslaundryby NL Team·24 Aug 2026
The diplomat spoke on a range of issues at the Economic Times World Leaders Forum in New Delhi. US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor appears to have discovered a guilty pleasure familiar to many an...
Years after NEP spoke of digital literacy, 3 of 4 govt schools still don’t have a functional desktop
Newslaundryby Ashish Anand·24 Aug 2026
And India’s most populous state is its worst performer. In May 2020, as India was preparing to overhaul its education policy, the Narendra Modi government held a review meeting on education that...
‘Putting data on a server does not make it statistically useful’
Newslaundryby Prachi Salve·24 Aug 2026
Independent surveys are important to check whether administrative data reflect reality, says P.C. Mohanan, former acting chairperson of the National Statistical Commission.
BJP promises ‘positive content’. Its new social media team’s record tells another story
Newslaundryby Khushi Mehrotra·22 Aug 2026
From doctored videos to deleted posts and X accounts, here’s who the BJP has brought in to revamp its social media outreach.
Exclusive: Inside the bulk objections targeting Muslims in Uttarakhand’s SIR
Newslaundryby Ashwine Kumar Singh·21 Aug 2026
The highest-volume applicants in Uttarakhand’s SIR are all BJP workers. The norm that was meant to restrict this was lifted in stages.
Rs 428 crore in, Rs 1 crore out: How Chinese capital and public money vanished into Gurugram’s garbage
Newslaundryby Anmol Pritam·21 Aug 2026
A Chinese waste-to-energy firm poured hundreds of crores into its Indian business hired to make Gurugram landfill-free, and so did the public purse. Little of it reached the ground.
Your filters hide everything on this page. Adjust them in preferences.