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17/07/2025

The Delhi HC has quashed 16 FIRs filed against 70 Indians accused of sheltering foreigners who attended a Tablighi Jamaat gathering amid the pandemic in 2020.

70 Indians were booked for allegedly sheltering over 190 foreigners amid Covid restrictions.

17/07/2025

Instead of regular debates over which version should be taught, even school students should be exposed to the multiple ways of looking back at the past.

Anand Vardhan on why early introduction to different approaches to history can be better pedagogy.

Students should be exposed to competing ways of looking at history, not inherit a single narrative.

17/07/2025

The Delhi High Court has quashed 16 FIRs filed against 70 Indians accused of sheltering foreigners who attended a Tablighi Jamaat gathering amid the pandemic in 2020

70 Indians were booked for allegedly sheltering over 190 foreigners amid Covid restrictions.

17/07/2025

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In this special episode of Awful and Awesome, Rajyasree Sen interviews director Nagesh Kukunoor and actor Amit Sial to discuss their new thriller webseries The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case.

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17/07/2025

Citing speculative media coverage and the unchecked spread of conspiracy theories online in the wake of the Air India crash probe’s preliminary report, a PIL has been filed in the Madras HC seeking judicial intervention against defamatory coverage targeting the flight’s cockpit crew.

https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/07/17/pil-in-madras-hc-seeks-to-curb-speculation-blaming-pilots-in-air-india-crash

17/07/2025

On paper, judges are appointed mainly by other senior judges without much interference from other branches of the govt. But Modi's administration wants more power over courts.

Raksha Kumar & Global Press Journal report.

Modi's administration wants more power over courts — but a weakened judiciary means fewer checks on authoritarian overreach.

17/07/2025

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17/07/2025

Although the postponement of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya’s ex*****on has brought some relief to her family, numerous challenges remain in the effort to commute her death sentence.

Jisha Surya reports.

Rejecting possibilities of accepting blood money, victim’s brother Abdul Fattah Mahdi wrote that they will wait for justice, no matter how long the road.

17/07/2025

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16/07/2025

In June 2025, retail inflation as it is more commonly referred to as – was at a 77-month low of 2.1%.
However, while official inflation may guide policy, it doesn’t always reflect your bills.

So, why doesn’t inflation feel low?

Vivek Kaul unpacks.

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While official inflation may guide policy, it doesn’t always reflect your bills.

16/07/2025

In Delhi over the last 4 months, nearly 27,000 people – mostly from vulnerable sections – have been displaced in demolition drives for public space encroachments.

But similar encroachments in 6 high-income colonies saw no action.

Drishti Choudhary unpacks.

In the first installment of this series about elite impunity for public space encroachments, a look at Defence Colony’s pattern of a quiet takeover.

16/07/2025

Self-styled comedian, Ratan Ranjan was booked in 3 FIRs in 3 states after morphing Rahul Gandhi’s face onto a sanitary pad.

The BJP sprang into action to defend this as free speech and now hails him as Bihar’s youth icon.

Ananya Tandon reports.

Ratan Ranjan was booked in three FIRs in three states after morphing Rahul Gandhi’s face onto a sanitary pad.