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Modi govt may present draft guidelines on social media conduct before SC in Nov

The Supreme Court has directed the Union government to frame draft guidelines to regulate social media conduct, in active consultation with the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA), The Hindu reported.

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‘Total foreign policy failure’: SP’s Chandauli MP on Op Sindoor, monsoon session

In a conversation with Newslaundry, Samajwadi Party leader and Chandauli MP Virendra Singh talks about the monsoon session, Operation Sindoor, his party’s “PDA ki Pathshala” initiative, and his political experience across party lines.

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Crossing rivers, climbing mountains: The story behind the Dharali stories

Disasters in the Himalayas rarely give warnings, only images. The first ones from Dharali arrived on my screen on August 5 – a massive flood smothering a hillside. As a reporter, I knew I had to reach the spot. But Dharali was more than 500 kilometres away, and the last…

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Lallantop team detained, press cards and gear seized while covering SSC protest

Two journalists from The Lallantop were briefly detained while covering protests over alleged irregularities in the Staff Selection Commission’s recruitment process at the Ramlila Maidan, according to the news outlet.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 380: Flood-hit Dharali, UP’s ‘half encounters’ and dog lovers’ protest

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Ashish Anand.

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Meet the complainants behind the Assam FIRs against journalists

In Assam, three recent FIRs have turned the spotlight on a pattern: journalists critical of the government hauled up under a new sedition-style law. There’s another trend – the complainants in at least two of the FIRs ostensibly had links to the BJP or the RSS student wing ABVP.

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Footpaths turn to front yards, parking lots in Gulmohar Park, Neeti Bagh

Lush green plants, towering like small trees, overflow the boundary walls of a house. At first glance, it looks more like a garden than a home. However, this is no ordinary yard but a case of private encroachment onto public footpaths in one of Delhi’s most exclusive neighbourhoods: Gulmohar Park.

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Abhisar Sharma booked after video on Himanta’s communal statements

The Guwahati Crime Branch has registered an FIR against journalist and YouTuber Abhisar Sharma after a local resident’s complaint claiming that Sharma mocked the Assam and central governments in a video.

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Editors Guild condemns YouTube’s takedown of Ruben Banerjee’s channel

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) strongly condemned the sudden removal of senior journalist Ruben Banerjee’s YouTube channel, Mu Ruben Kahuchhi (I am Ruben speaking), stating that it raises “serious questions of freedom of expression, platform power, and the lack of clarity in digital governance”.

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August 21, 2025: Satisfactory air quality outside National Ayurveda Institute

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) office in New Delhi. Every day, several patients visit AIIA to seek treatment for various ailments.

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‘Flawed, deeply troubling’: Editorials on Bills to remove arrested ministers

In a heated Lok Sabha session on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three Bills aimed at disqualifying central and state ministers – including the prime minister and chief ministers – if they are accused of corruption or serious crimes and have been in custody for 30 days or…

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A pollster apologises, BJP calls it proof of Rahul ‘lies’, news TV cheers

Rahul Gandhi’s allegations about voter rolls predate, and never relied on, any data from the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.

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Israeli attack kills another Palestinian journalist in Gaza

Palestinian journalist Islam al-Komi and his son were killed in a bombing in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City, on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported.

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Delhi court orders probe against Navika Kumar in defamation case by Arnab firm

A Delhi court has directed the police to investigate Times Now Group editor-in-chief Navika Kumar in connection with a defamation case filed by Arnab Goswami’s ARG Outlier Media Private Limited, Bar and Bench reported.

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NCERT’s Op Sindoor primer: Modi quotes, Make In India plug, Shah cameo

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has introduced two modules on Operation Sindoor for the preparatory, middle and secondary stages, aimed at students from class 3 to class 10.

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The real story behind Assam’s 3,000-bigha land row

A video clip from a Gauhati High Court hearing has been raging across social media. It shows Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi, visibly astonished, reacting to the allotment of 3,000 bighas of land in Assam’s Dima Hasao district to a private cement company.

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Putin’s poop suitcase, missing dimple, body double: When TV news sniffs a scoop

Diplomacy is subtle. News TV? Not always.

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‘Waiting for our school to reopen’: Kids pay the price of UP’s school merger policy

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Apologise on social media for ‘objectionable’ cartoon in 7 days: SC to MP cartoonist

Cartoonist Hemant Malviya informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he would issue an apology on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms for publishing an objectionable caricature of the RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bar and Bench reported.

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Days after cops assault journalist, NHRC seeks report from Punjab DGP

The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the assault of a journalist by two policemen in Gurdaspur’s Batala and sought a detailed report from the Punjab DGP within two weeks.

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SC protection in Morigaon, but fresh summons in Guwahati: Wire points to ‘no details’ of new FIR

The Guwahati Crime Branch has issued summons to The Wire’s founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan and senior journalist Karan Thapar in an FIR citing Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita among other charges. This came on the same day the Supreme Court shielded Varadarajan from coercive action in a separate FIR filed…

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CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s defence on Bihar’s ‘0’ house numbers not convincing

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at a press conference dismissed allegations against the Election Commission of India (ECI) and asked Rahul Gandhi to submit his complaints in a sworn affidavit within seven days or apologise to the nation.

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Aug 18, 2025: It’s not just rainfall behind better air quality

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University. The AQI at the nearest monitoring station was recorded 74, or satisfactory.

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Telegraph front page calls out EC ‘obfuscation’, ToI has NDA’s V-P pick as lead story

In a rare press conference on Sunday, the Election Commission of India sought to counter Rahul Gandhi’s charge of “vote fraud,” calling such language an insult to the Constitution. Flanked by his colleagues, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar insisted that the poll body stood with voters and was above partisan…

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Hafta 550: Opposition’s protest against voter fraud, SC stray dogs order, and Uttarkashi floods

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Priya Sahgal, editorial director at NewsX, Jasmine Damkewala, advocate on record in the Supreme Court, and senior journalist Hridayesh Joshi.

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