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The Hindu Yuva Vahini is involved while a former VHP leader plans to do a ‘purification’ ceremony once the woman is found. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In at least two cases they have applied it retrospectively. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Hindutva group plans to ‘monitor’ Muslim areas and encourage Hindus to buy guns for their ‘security’. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rashid and Muskan are the first interfaith couple to be held under Uttar Pradesh’s ‘love jihad law’. He spent two weeks in jail, she miscarried in a women’s shelter home. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The farmers feel the Modi government is trying to ‘tear them apart’ by sowing discord. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In spite of all odds, they are determined to stay put until their demand to repeal the new farm laws is met. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

बिहार के जाने माने लेखक और कई बड़े अखबारों में रिपोर्टिंग कर चुके पुष्यमित्र जिनकी हाल ही में 'रुकतापुर' बिहार जहां थम जाता है पहिया बदलाव की हर गाड़ी का, किताब राजकाल द्वारा प्रकाशित की गई है. यह किताब बिहार के अलग-अलग चेहरे, किस्सों तथा इसके समकालीन इतिहास से लबरेज़ है. इस किताब में बिहार की समस्याओं का विस्तार से विवरण है. न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री... चित्रांशु तिवारी ने पुष्यमित्र से खास बातचीत की है. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mihir Srivastava is a journalist and writer. Formerly with Open and Tehelka, he currently works with the Patriot as a senior associate editor. In this interview with Chitranshu Tewari of Newslaundry, Mihir talks about his latest book, Love Jihadis, written with photojournalist Raul Irani, which breaks down the “love jihad” bogey in the context of western Uttar Pradesh. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Modi government maintains it has no intention of doing away with MSP for crops. Farmers say the new laws are designed to achieve precisely that. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

‘Some powerful media houses have made things worse. It would have been better if they hadn’t bothered covering us.’ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What’s driving them? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

ग्रामीण अर्थव्यवस्था पर हो रही रिपोर्टिंग में सबसे महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा है डाटा. यह डाटा, अलग-अलग विषयों पर उपलब्ध है जो रिपोर्ट में सभी तथ्यों को पूरा करता है. इसी विषय पर न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री ने यह वेबिनार आयोजित की, जिसमें विस्तृत रूप से इस मुद्दे पर बात की गई. इस वेबिनार में मेहमान के तौर पर आईआईटी दिल्ली की एसोसिएट प्रोफेसर और लेखक रीतिका खेड़ा, गांव कनेक्शन के एसोसिएट एडिटर अरविन्द शुक्ला, स्वतंत्र पत्रकार पुष्यमित्र, पीपल आर्काइव ऑफ़ रूरल इंडियन से जुड़ीं पत्रकार मेधा काले और भारती...

Newslaundry, in collaboration with the India Data Portal project of the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, is organising a series of monthly webinars on specific datasets created by the platform, which is a one-stop open-access portal for journalists to use, interact with and visualise information, data and knowledge on agriculture and financial inclusion. The second webinar, titled “A data-led approach to India’s agri-economy”, was organised on September 25. Moderated by...

Tired of loud frothy-mouth, potty-mouth debates on primetime TV? Tired of sad character-limited fights on Twitter where you don't really learn anything? We have something that might excite you. Newslaundry presents a new podcast: NL vs NL. Let's make debates great again! In this episode of NL vs NL, Newslaundry subscribers Atif Adam and Aprajita Singh debate whether the development of artificial intelligence will end up benefiting or harming humanity? Atif argues it will help, Aprajita...

Max Abrahms is an author, associate professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University in the United States, and non-resident scholar at the Quincy Institute. In this interview with Shubh Soni, Max discusses the impending American presidential election, especially in the context of foreign policy, and the influence wielded over it by the news media. Watch the full video on newslaundry.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Omar Abdullah has served as the chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, as a member of parliament, and as India’s junior foreign minister. He spent months in detention after the Narendra Modi government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of the last vestiges of its autonomy and split it into two territories ruled directly by New Delhi. Over a year on, Abdullah speaks with Abhinandan Sekhri about the situation in Kashmir, and where he and his party, the National Conference, stand...

Anwar Maqsood पाकिस्तानी पॉपुलर कल्चर का सबसे अज़ीम और प्रतिष्ठित नाम हैं. टेलीविज़न की दुनिया में उनके शो व्यंग्य और खासकर सियासी व्यंग्य की उत्कृष्टता का पैमाना माने जाते हैं. जब उनके तंजिया शो की बात हो तो उनके बेहद लोकप्रिय शो Loose Talk की बात करना लाजिमी हो जाता है. पाकिस्तान के मशहूर अदाकार Marhum Moin Akhtar के साथ उनका यह शो सैटायर विधा में शायद सबसे लोकप्रिय और सबसे रचनात्मक शो कहा जाएगा. इसके 417 एपिसोड हुए और सारे शो एक से बढ़कर एक. ऐसी शख्सियत के साथ इंटरव्यू एक सपने के सच होने...

Newslaundry, in collaboration with the India Data Portal project of the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, is organising a series of monthly webinars on specific datasets created by the platform, which is a one-stop open-access portal for journalists to access, interact with and visualise information, data and knowledge on agriculture and financial inclusion. The first webinar, titled “Indian Economy and Covid: Insights from Data” and organised on August 28, was moderated by Meghnad S,...

In this interview, former Republic TV journalist Tejinder Singh Sodhi sits down with Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande to discuss the events surrounding his resignation letter, which has now become viral on social media. Tejinder Sodhi has been a journalist for about 18 years and prior to joining Republic TV he had worked for organisations like PTI, Hindustan Times and The Tribune. He is also the only Indian civilian to have studied at the US Army Command and General Staff College in Fort...

Dr Suraj Yengde is a scholar, writer, and the author of Caste Matters. He’s a Shorenstein Centre inaugural postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability, Harvard Kennedy School, and the editor of Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion. In this conversation with Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Suraj says the response to his book has been “interesting”. He didn’t expect people to be this interested in caste issues, especially in India, he says,...