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Protesting Tamil Nadu doctors flag unsafe work environment in hospitals

Protesting the rape and murder of a post graduate doctor in Kolkata, Tamil Nadu doctors have voiced the need for safe, well-equipped, and sufficient on-call rooms for doctors to rest inside hospitals. Citing their long working hours, doctors are demanding that the state government and hospital administrations create secure rooms…

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NL-TNM Townhall: Reporting on climate change, pop culture, new podcasts

To harness the strengths of two independent news outlets, Newslaundry and The News Minute joined hands last year. Ever since, we have been bringing you ground reports, video stories, podcasts, and analysis across the two platforms with twice the zeal.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 332: How a sexual assault exposed misogyny in Malayalam cinema

This week, host Dhanya Rajendran is joined by independent journalist Nidhi Suresh and The News Minute’s senior sub-editor Lakshmi Priya.

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In Chooralmala, a haunting fear, shouts of rescuers and the roar of a raging river

From among the dense tea bushes, they peeked and quickly retreated, eyes wide with fear. These are the dogs of Wayanad’s Chooralmala, terrified and trembling, haunted by the catastrophic events of July 30. They are among the few remaining living beings in the landslide-ravaged regions of Chooralmala, Mundakkai, and Attamala.…

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Wayanad landslide: Mundakkai region uninhabitable, warnings ignored, say environmentalists

Fifteen hours before the massive landslide, that washed away whole villages and left more than 100 people dead, struck Mundakkai in Wayanad’s Meppadi, the Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology in Kalpetta had shared a landslide warning for the region.

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HC orders removal of defamatory videos and posts against Dhanya Rajendran and Digipub

The Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of defamatory YouTube videos and posts against The News Minute founder Dhanya Rajendran and Digipub News India Foundation.

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Cricketers in Kerala faced career fallout for opposing KCA coach who sexually abused girls

It has been over two years since Jomon, an aspiring cricketer from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram, left the sport. He was 21 years old when he joined the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) with dreams of pursuing a successful career. However, in 2022, everything changed after he supported a 12-year-old student who alleged…

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Tamil Nadu: Nexus of bootlegger, corrupt cops led to Kallakurichi tragedy

The tragedy that took more than 50 lives at Kallakurichi – 34 of them in Karunapuram, a Dalit colony located in the heart of the town alone – has exposed a lethal nexus between a local bootlegger and law enforcement, which had allowed the sale of illicit liquor to thrive unchecked and in full…

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‘Sweeping powers to govt’ under new laws concern Indian journos: Reuters Digital News Report

Indian journalists and digital media groups are concerned about the “sweeping regulatory powers given to the government” under new laws introduced by the Modi government, said the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in its annual Digital News Report released today.

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Hafta 484: Modi’s Adani-Ambani dig, UP and Maharashtra polls, BSP scion’s sacking

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by journalists Girish Kuber, Sunita Aron, and Sudipto Mondal.

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Hafta 483: Prajwal Revanna controversy, Modi’s speeches, Bihar politics

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan are joined by in-house reporter Tanishka Sodhi and The News Minute’s Anisha Sheth.

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‘He used to turn us away’: Fear and loathing in Prajwal Revanna’s hometown

The News Minute’s Shivani Kava and Anisha Sheth travel to Holenarasipura, a town in Karnataka that’s been in the headlines for being the hometown of Prajwal Revanna. A Janata Dal Secular MP from Hassan and grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda is accused of sexually abusing multiple women.…

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Hafta 482: JDS-BJP in Karnataka, inheritance tax debate, issues with PMLA

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by The News Minute’s Pooja Prasanna and lawyer Vakasha Sachdev.

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Agency action, BJP’s share: Here’s why Modi’s claims on electoral bonds don’t add up

If you’ve spent a few minutes on social media this week, you’ll probably know that Prime Minister Narendra Modi came out strongly in support of the controversial electoral bonds scheme. In an interview with ANI, he said it was a “success story”, an “honest and pure” attempt to maintain “transparency”…

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Hafta 481: Trust deficit in EVMs, BJP manifesto

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan are joined by political analyst Suhas Palshikar, tech expert Madhav Deshpande, and professor Shruti Kapila.

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What’s Your Ism? RS Praveen Kumar on anti-caste movement, switch to BRS

RS Praveen Kumar, a former IPS officer, who had quit the civil services to join the Bahujan Samaj Party, has once again taken a u-turn. Last month, the popular Ambedkarite jumped to the BRS – a party he had earlier described as “casteist” and “feudal”. So what triggered this shift?…

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Hafta 478: TM Krishna awards row, Kejriwal’s arrest and PMLA Act

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Manisha Pandey are joined by music producer and public health consultant Dr Aiswarya Rao.

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SC dismisses SBI plea seeking extension of electoral bonds deadline

The Supreme Court has dismissed the State Bank of India’s petition seeking an extension of the deadline to publish information about donations made through electoral bonds. The court has told SBI to disclose the details by Tuesday, and for the Election Commission to publish the data by March 15, according…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 312: Caste killing in Chennai, Himanta’s media empire

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Pratyush Deep and The News Minute’s Nidharshana Raju.

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Hafta 475: BJP’s candidates list, TMC strongman’s arrest in Sandeshkhali case

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by journalist Radhika Ramaseshan.

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Hafta letters: Modi rajya, farmers’ agitation, Israel-Palestine

I’m intrigued by the trend in Bollywood over the past decade, where a significant majority of big-screen releases, including films like Pathan, Tiger 3, Fighter, and Article 370, along with forthcoming ones like Yodha, heavily feature themes of hyper-nationalism, patriotism, or religion. It seems the industry is moving away from…

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How much is too much? Modi slams media for ‘suppressing’ news about his ‘public service’

The prime minister’s face might be splashed across your newspaper every morning, but the man himself is despondent about the media not covering him enough.

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‘Wilfully disobeyed’ SC directions: Contempt plea against SBI over electoral bonds

A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the State Bank of India after it reportedly missed the March 6 deadline to disclose information about electoral bonds purchased and encashed since 2019, LiveLaw reported.

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Chennai: An intercaste love story ends in cold-blooded ‘caste killing’

Nineteen-year-old Sharmila from Chennai lost her husband Praveen to a caste killing on February 24. The 22-year-old man belonging to the Paraiyar caste, classified as Scheduled Caste, was murdered by Sharmila’s elder brother Dinesh (24) and four other men, most of them caste Hindus, in the Pallikaranai locality.

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Pakka Politics Ep 4: Shalin Maria Lawrance on North Chennai, Dalit and Dravidian politics

This is the fourth episode of Pakka Politics, a podcast by The News Minute to make sense of politics and its socio-cultural impact. From local to national events and global issues, we will focus on everything in the political sphere. As disinformation wreaks havoc around the world, host Shabbir Ahmed…

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