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A reporters’ podcast about what made news and what shouldn’t have.
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This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and independent journalist Anand Mangnale.
Sumedha and Anand break down their investigation on Kiran Bedi’s use of public resources for surveilling her daughter. They say the decorated IPS officer not only “misused her powers in doing so”, but also covered up her alleged misdeeds by presenting herself as a “helpless, concerned mother”.
Kiran Bedi left “no room for differentiation between helping somebody and breaking the law for them,” they add.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:39 - Kiran Bedi Tapes
00:25:35 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Anand
Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World
Sumedha
After NL-TNM story, Kiran Bedi makes ‘concerned mother’ claims, silent on Swiss diplomat’s rape
Shivnarayan
The RSS: A Menace to India
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal and Drishti Choudhary.
Prateek explains the Nagpur violence that resulted in the damage of several vehicles and shops, the injury of 33 police officers, and a division among the communities. He says the violence was “just a sample of radical mindsets” and that extremists fueled by “ego” mobilised the mob.
Drishti talks about the phenomenon of AI anchors in Indian newsrooms, and why this model “is not working”. She also explains how these anchors are ‘stereotyped’.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:38 - Nagpur violence
00:11:52 - AI anchors in the newsroom
00:22:44 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Drishti
The Palace of Illusions: A Novel
Prateek
Chhava
Sumedha
The costs of Reliance’s wildlife ambitions
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal and Avdhesh Kumar.
Prateek talks about two big stories he reported on last week. The first is allegations of rape against prominent industrialist Shyam Sunder Bhartia. He explains why there was a delay in the police registering an FIR, and how a court had to get involved. The second, part of the Hindu Rashtra Project, details how Hindutva groups in Madhya Pradesh target interfaith couples – even if they’re protected by the court.
Avdhesh talks about his follow-up story from Sambhal, where communal violence broke out last year. While the police have made several arrests, he says this doesn’t quite add up.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:28 - Rape case against Shyam Sunder Bhartia
00:12:09 - Police ‘action’ in Sambhal
00:26:04 - ‘Love jihad’ in Madhya Pradesh
00:33:26 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Prateek
Master Saab
Avdhesh
Walk The Talk with Mayawati (Aired: May 2005)
Aap Ki Adalat | Mayawati In Aap Ki Adalat | Golden Moments Of Aap Ki Adalat | Rajat Sharma
Basant
In Madhya Pradesh, ‘love jihad’ crusaders overrule high court orders to target interfaith couples
Crime Beat
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Shivnarayan Rajpurohit.
Avdhesh’s ground report from Sambhal raised questions about the veracity of claims made by two prominent newspapers about locals “fleeing” the violence-tensed region. Citing officials, the outlets reported that several locals “fled” over fear of arrest or police crackdown. However, on visiting Sambhal Avdhesh found this narrative to be misleading. Residents of houses mentioned as “locked” by the newspapers had a different tale to tell.
Shivnarayan reported on Railway authorities’ unusual move of distributing cash to the victims of the tragic stampede at the New Delhi railway station. He explains how the move was not only insensitive but violated Railways’ guidelines on distribution of solatium amounts.
He also discusses his report about the Central Pollution Control Board findings on the water quality of Ganga and Yamua during Mahakumbh. Not only the water in several ghats of Prayagraj was found to be unfit for bathing, the levels of faecal bacteria in some locations was over 13 times the permissible limit.
He had previously also reported on how almost all of the air monitoring stations in Delhi violated CPCB norms. Out of the 25 stations he visited, at least 22 were either surrounded by dense vegetation or had obstacles blocking airflow in clear violation of the regulatory body’s guidelines.
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00:00:00 – Introduction
00:02:25 – Reality of locals ‘fleeing’ Sambhal
00:12:50 – Stampede at New Delhi railway station
00:26:00 – CPCB report on Mahakumbh’s waters
00:41:03 – Delhi AQI monitors flouting norms
00:47:08 – Recommendations
Recommendations
Avdhesh
Chamcha Yug
Gulamgiri
Shivnarayan
Dubliners
Anmol
The Post
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry reporters Avdhesh Kumar and Basant Kumar.
Avdhesh reported on how voters in Delhi’s 12 reserved seats voted in the recent polls. He explains that despite the AAP’s massive defeat, a large section of Dalit voters continued to vote for the party.
Basant was on the ground in Prayagraj reporting on the stampede at the Mahakumbh. He says the Uttar Pradesh government wasn’t being transparent about the actual death toll, and that it failed to manage the crowds that day.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:17 - Delhi’s reserved seats
00:16:06 - Death toll in Kumbh
00:38:57 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Avdhesh
Delhi के जेबकतरे कैमरे पर क्या बोले? सुनिए नशे और चोरी की कहानी, कैसे करते हैं पुलिस से डील?Basant
Sanam Teri Kasam
Pratyush
Scam Inc from The Economist
Jailed for ‘kidnapping’ her own child, a homeless woman’s long road to justice
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by The Caravan’s Sunil Kashyap.
Based on the learnings from his reportage on BJP’s strategy to make a comeback in Delhi, Kashyap underlines how in its campaign and outreach efforts, the saffron party foregrounded regional and caste identities in Delhi this time. The party pulled no stops to win over different communities and groups with targeted promises and tailored measures. On the other hand, he says the AAP seems to be losing shine among its own workers.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:35:12- BJP’s strategy for Delhi
00:55:04:14 - Recommendation
Recommendations
Sunil
Mein Azaad Hun
Sumedha
Can BJP pull the Valmikis away from AAP?
Capital Gains: BJP’s strategy to unseat the AAP in Delhi
Produced and edited by Hassan Bilal, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Pratyush Deep and Basant Kumar.
Pratyush profiled Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, digging into the curious growth of his small firm. Within six years, its revenue rose from Rs 45 lakh to over Rs 323 crore. He also sheds light on his journey from an engineer to a minister.
Basant discusses his experiences reporting on the Delhi assembly polls. He explains what factors are working in favour of political parties and how leaders have changed the very functioning of elections over the past years.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:06:38 - Ashwini Vaishnaw
00:15:37 - Delhi polls
00:34:52 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Basant
Paatal Lok
Delhi की रिजर्व सीटों पर विकास का हाल, दलित वोटरों का किस तरफ झुकाव | Ground Report | Delhi Election
Pratyush
George Soros vs. the Bank of England
Anmol
Black Warrant
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Ranchi-based independent journalist Anand Dutta and Newslaundry’s Drishti Choudhary.
Anand talks about his IndiaSpend report for which he trekked for several hours in remote areas of Jharkhand to understand how it is like for vulnerable sections to access healthcare. Across India, people have to cover an average distance of 13.55 km to reach a community health centre, and the problem is not limited to Jharkhand.
Drishti, meanwhile, spoke about her reportage on the Delhi elections, including her video report on what voters feel in Asia’s largest unauthorised colony of Sangam Vihar.
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00:00:00:00 - Introduction
00:04:30:00 - Jharkhand’s Healthcare Access Report
00:23:31:09 - Delhi Elections Reports
00:32:44:18 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Drishti
The Midas touch of Ashwini Vaishnaw
Basant
What a four-hour trek reveals about Jharkhand’s healthcare access
Anand
Davanal: Maovad Se Jung by Nandini Sundar
Produced by Hassan Bilal, edited by Samarendra Kumar, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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A reporters’ podcast about what made news and what shouldn’t have.
NL Team
This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by Sumedha Mittal.
Sumedha’s series for Newslaundry, Broken Ballots, tracked curious deletions and additions of voters to the electoral rolls. Based on data and fieldwork, she found an odd pattern, which she says places a question mark on the Election Commission. She also cautions that this could be “used as exploitation”, regardless of whoever is in power.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:18 - The Broken Ballots series
00:50:20 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Sumedha
A day with AAP volunteers who reflect the party’s convoluted social-justice politics
Shivnarayan
Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right, 1924–1977
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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In November last year, there were a flurry of reports in the Indian media on a waste-to-energy plant in Delhi’s Okhla that causes significant health risks to people living nearby.
All these reports cited the same source – an investigative piece in The New York Times by journalist Maria Abi-Habib. Currently based in Mexico, Maria spent five years, between 2019 and 2024, to report on the story. She found the plant, operated by a subsidiary of the Jindal Group, pumps “as much as 10 times the legal amount of dioxins” into Delhi’s skies, and that its workers say it was “never regulated”.
In this special episode of Reporters Without Orders, Newslaundry’s Pratyush Deep talks to Maria about how she stumbled upon this story. Her husband had been working on a series on air pollution in India – what Maria describes as “the biggest topic of concern, or should be, for most families and the government”. During the course of it, he met residents of Sukhdev Vihar, where the plant is located.
“They said they have been living there for a while and once the plant started, that is when their health problems started,” Maria says. “So, we decided to take a look and what we found was pretty incredible and also a little bit horrifying.”
Maria also explains the challenges she faced in reporting the story, and why she thinks Delhi’s air pollution crisis persists.
“It is up to the government to take a look at the story and say why this plant is continuing to get the permission to expand its operations, why this Jindal family subsidiary continues to get more plants,” she says, adding that the group has “seven across the nation”. “If they can’t responsibly manage this plant, then why should they be given others?”
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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It’s the New Year special episode with all the Newslaundry reporters in the studio. They talk about the best stories of 2024 and what happened behind the scenes during those assignments.
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by The Caravan’s Sagar.
Sagar talks about his report on Network18 shifting from public interest journalism to what he describes as appeasing the government. He explains how Network18 changed after Ambani took over and how journalists were asked to defend the prime minister. This led to the resignation, even firing, of several journalists, he explained.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:38 - Network18 and Ambani
00:49:18 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Sagar
The In-depth History of Reservation System| Creamy Layer| Subcategorization Ft. Sagar
Sumedha
Unreliable News How Reliance hollowed out Asia’s largest media conglomerate
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by independent journalist Akanksha Kumar and the Caravan’s Amrita Singh.
Akanksha reported on the alleged fake encounter of one Bhalchandra Yadav by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force. She delves into the workings of the UP STF, the state of law and order in UP, and a purportedly normalised trend of police encounters in the state.
Amrita’s report was a deep dive on Nita Ambani, wife of billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani, her life, and her quest for the public eye. She talks about Nita’s involvement in Reliance-Jio World’s major operations and her PR team’s efforts in her positive branding.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:07:37 - ‘Fake encounter’ by UP STF
00:29:06 - Nita Ambani
00:55:17 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Amrita
Joyland
Akanksha
Sehar
Tanishka
‘Trying a different route’: The new path and ‘positivity’ of Shehla Rashid
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar.
Avdhesh reported on the nexus of middlemen and Delhi police officials allegedly facilitating the plying of illegal vehicles in the capital. He explains the workings of the network and the organised crime happening in broad daylight.
He also reported on how Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was stopped from going to Sambhal, where clashes over a mosque’s survey killed five locals. He gave a blow-by-blow account of the aftermath of the Sambhal violence.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:38 - Rahul Gandhi detained on the way to Sambhal
00:02:38 - Aftermath of Sambhal violence
00:25:45 - Delhi police and the middlemen
00:33:20 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Avdhesh
Rajat Sharma & Sudhir Chaudhry Talk Sense on Sambhal! Is TV News Changing? TV Newsance 276
Anmol
Sambhal हिंसा का पूरा सच: परत दर परत | Ground Report
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Sumedha Mittal.
Avdhesh reported on the violence that erupted amid protests against the archaeological survey of Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal. He delved into how the clashes between police personnel and locals led to the death of six civilians.
Sumedha’s report was on the odd dip in voter turnout in the recently concluded by-polls in UP’s Kundarki assembly seat. She found out that of the 435 booths in the constituency, 154 saw a dip in voter turnout amid allegations of voter suppression, especially in the Muslim-dominated areas.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:20 - Sambhal violence
00:06:22 - Odd dip in voter turnout
00:25:43 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Avdhesh
Maqbool
Jaun Elia
Sumedha
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Pratyush
Blinded by the Stars: A Gov't Rating Scheme is Helping Coal Miners Pat Their Own Back
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Dainik Bhaskar’s Rajesh Sahu and independent Journalist Sneha Richhariya.
Rajesh reported on the Jhansi hospital tragedy, in which a fire incident claimed the lives of 15 infants. He says that an overcrowded NICU, expired fire extinguishers, and negligence of the hospital administration led to the incident.
Sneha has reported on the impact of migration in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. She shed light on how families of the migrants are impacted and the pace of migration leading to vacant villages.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:28 - Jhansi hospital fire
00:20:43 - Bundelkhand migration
00:33:20 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Sneha
LIES OUR MOTHERS TOLD US: The Indian Woman’s Burden
Anurag Minus Verma Podcast
Basant
Ek Jindagi Kafi Nahi
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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Host Sumedha Mittal is joined by Newslaundry’s Tanishka Sodhi and Shivnarayan Rajpurohit.
Tanishka reported on the Ladki Bahin scheme, launched recently by the Maharashtra government for women in the poll-bound state. She explains whether this scheme, the Mahayuti’s biggest bet this election, holds currency for voters. to multiple women and tries to make out that the newly minted scheme is Mahayuti’s biggest bet this election.
Shivnarayan talks about his deep dive on Rahul Gandhi’s formula to win on YouTube and social media. He says Gandhi’s team uses strategies that are no different from those used by Narendra Modi. He also explains how Gandhi’s team is sidelining mainstream media, since they believe the media played a huge role in establishing Gandhi’s image as “Pappu”.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:59 - Ladki Bahin scheme
00:11:33 - Rahul Gandhi’s YouTube channel
00:44:01 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Tanishka
Imbalance of power: Women at international climate negotiations
Shivnarayan
Who was behind the NCP split? Ajit Pawar's BIG REVEAL to Sreenivasan Jain
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by Newslaundry’s Anmol Pritam and Basant Kumar.
Anmol reported on the increasing encroachment and concretisation of the Yamuna River floodplains, which has heavily contributed to the river’s degradation. He throws light on the consequence of arbitrary construction by the Delhi Development Authority.
Basant’s report was on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official visits, which often comprise activities focused on promoting the BJP. He delves into the details of his official visits from January to October and the lack of transparency about the PMO billing the BJP for these unofficial expenses.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:22 - Yamuna river pollution
00:08:30 - Modi’s trips
00:45:10 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Anmol
Yamuna is choking in Delhi. Is floodplain encroachment to blame?
Basant
Sharda Sinha’s Chhath songs
Produced and edited by Hassan Bilal, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari.
Ayush has reported on the increasing rift between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the BJP. He explains how the making of Yogi as a “tough and strong” leader has led to dissatisfaction among the cadre and created cracks within the party. He says the power has shifted from party workers and MLAs to police officials.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:50 - Yogi’s Police Raj
00:17:20 - Caste dynamics in BJP
00:43:58 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Ayush
Cardinal Numbers
Why the EBCs are the key to the 2024 election
Good Morning, Vietnam
Anmol
Lowering the Bar The RSS legal front’s increasing hold over the judicial system
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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