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HC quashes Karnataka hate speech case against Rahul Shivshankar

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a hate speech case against CNN News18 consulting editor Rahul Shivshankar over his post on X about the state government’s allocation of funds for the welfare of religious minorities, Bar and Bench reported.

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‘You must embrace it’: Press-shy PM proclaims his love for criticism in a foreign podcast

After avoiding press conferences for years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly discovered his love for criticism during a chat with an American podcaster.

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‘The question is about freedom of media’: SC issues notice to ANI after Wikipedia plea

The Supreme Court today issued a notice to news agency ANI while hearing a plea filed by Wikipedia. Wikipedia’s parent organisation, Wikimedia Foundation, had approached the apex court after the Delhi High Court last year ordered it to take down a specific page on ANI’s defamation case against Wikipedia.

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March 17, 2025: A faulty record at ministry of earth sciences

In this episode, Newslaundry goes to the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences at Lodhi Road.

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हैदराबाद की अदालत से दो पत्रकारों को राहत, संगठित अपराध के आरोपों को किया खारिज

हैदराबाद की एक स्थानीय अदालत ने तेलंगाना पुलिस द्वारा गिरफ्तार की गई दो महिला पत्रकारों को बड़ी राहत दी है. पुलिस ने इनके खिलाफ भारतीय न्याय संहिता की धारा 111 के तहत मुकदमा दर्ज किया था. कोर्ट ने इसे खारिज कर दिया.

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Forced to flee US, Indian student says wrongly accused of ‘Hamas support’

Ranjani Srinivasan, the Chennai-based doctoral candidate at Columbia University who left the United States after their student visa was suddenly revoked, is still bewildered that her peripheral involvement in pro-Palestine protests has led to her being disenrolled from the university.

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Star Vijay holds back Neeya Naana episode on 3-language policy, DMK alleges BJP pressure

Amid the ongoing standoff between the union government and Tamil Nadu over the three-language policy, a fresh controversy has emerged after Tamil television channel Star Vijay stalled its programme on the issue. The network had recorded an episode for its flagship debate show Neeya Naana, hosted by television personality Gopinath.

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Court strikes down organised crime charge against 2 Telangana journalists

A Hyderabad court has struck down the Telangana police’s attempt to prosecute two journalists under Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, a charge reserved for serious organised crimes, Hindustan Times reported.

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AI anchors in newsrooms: The tech, the business, and the biases that run them

From giving weather updates to listing out "medicinal" use of banana peels to unpacking a militant attack in Dagestan – the footprint of India’s growing crop of AI news anchors is expanding by leaps and bounds.

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Let Me Explain: How police lapses derail investigations and fail victims

In 2012, the rape and murder of 17-year-old Sowjanya in Karnataka’s temple town of Dharmasthala led to widespread outrage and several protests across the state. Yet, thirteen years later, the perpetrators of the crime have not been brought to justice. Reason: The police allegedly botched up the investigation.

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‘All I see is darkness’: How Punjab’s basmati exports are worsening its groundwater crisis

Harwant Singh Aulakh, a farmer in his late sixties, grows basmati rice near Amritsar, just as his father and grandfather did before him. Amir Ghafourimanesh, a commodities importer in Tehran, Iran eats basmati rice leisurely as his father and grandfather do.

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South Central Ep 18: Electoral rolls’ ‘manipulation’, Bengaluru’s governance challenges

In this episode, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna are joined by The Reporter Collective’s founding editor Nitin Sethi, The News Minute’s Nandini Chandrashekar and activist Tara Krishnaswamy.

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On delimitation fears, some lessons from Jammu and Kashmir

Concerns of southern states regarding the impending delimitation exercise after the freeze on it lapses in 2026 are valid. Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, who is one of the most vocal critics of the proposed delimitation, has justifiably framed it as an existential threat. Delimitation based on population would…

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एनएल चर्चा 362: औरंगजेब पर बवाल और नफरती सियासत के बीच होली का त्योहार

इस हफ्ते फिल्म छावा से उठे औंरंगज़ेब को लेकर विवाद और संभल के सर्किल ऑफिसर अनुज चौधरी द्वारा होली और जुमा एक दिन पड़ने पर विवादित टिप्पणी किए जाने को लेकर विस्तृत बातचीत हुई.

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TV Newsance 290: ‘Tirange pe danga’? How TV news fuels hate

This week on TV Newsance, we tackle the real burning questions: Should our country be called India or Bharat? If we say Holi Mubarak, why not Shubh Eid? And most importantly – who really has a problem with India’s success?

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Hafta 528: Trump’s tariff wars, cricket controversies, the communal shades of Holi

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by writer and podcaster Amit Varma.

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In Maharashtra, tribal women ‘raped, held captive’, FIR filed only after 114 others rescued

September 2024. The monsoon retreats from the tribal districts of northern Maharashtra, leaving behind the annual question of survival. For tribal communities in Nandurbar, the answer has long been the same: migrate south to the sugarcane fields of western Maharashtra. A migration that is often also a reminder of a…

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Reports on Ambani’s Vantara unavailable on Deccan Herald, Telegraph, The Tribune portals

Reports about Vantara – the animal rehabilitation centre of Reliance’s Anant Ambani in Gujarat’s Jamnagar – are curiously unavailable, hours after they were published by Deccan Herald, The Telegraph India and The Tribune.

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Post-Afghanistan realities: Pakistan’s search for purpose in Trump’s strategic calculus

In Pakistan, where three As – Allah, Army, and America – have long dictated the country's power structures, the current reality under US President Donald Trump remains a bit more complicated.

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March 13, 2025: The haze at India Gate despite popularity, proximity to power

In this episode, Newslaundry visits the iconic India Gate, located near India’s most powerful offices and visited by thousands each day. On Thursday, PM2.5 levels hovered around 210 while PM10 was pegged at around 240 at the spot.

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From Vantara to forest reserves, photo ops trump journalism

Compared to the Trump Tsunami that has the US president literally flooding the media with new and almost always controversial statements every day, our leaders and their politics appear almost dull.

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सुधीर चौधरी ने साइन की करोड़ों की डील, दूरदर्शन पर प्रसारित होगा शो

आज तक के प्राइम टाइम एंकर सुधीर चौधरी डीडी न्यूज़ के साथ जुड़ने जा रहे हैं. इसे लेकर मंडी हाऊस स्थित प्रसार भारती के कार्यालय में हलचल तेज हो गई है. न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री को मिली जानकारी के मुताबिक, चौधरी दो बार चैनल का दौरा कर चुके हैं. पहली बार बीते साल…

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Sudhir Chaudhary inks deal for DD News show

Prasar Bharati has signed a deal with Aaj Tak consulting editor Sudhir Chaudhary for a show on DD News, top sources at the state broadcaster told Newslaundry.

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श्याम मीरा सिंह को सदगुरु जग्गी वासुदेव पर वीडियो हटाने के आदेश

यूट्यूबर श्याम मीरा सिंह को आध्यात्मिक गुरु सदगुरू जग्गी वासुदेव पर बनाए वीडियो को दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट ने फिलहाल हटा लिए जाने के आदेश दिए हैं.

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HC directs takedown of YouTuber’s video on Jaggi Vasudev’s ashram

The Delhi High Court has directed a takedown of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh’s recent video on Isha Foundation and its founder spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.

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