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Astha Savyasachi

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Govt removes anti-monopoly clause, Adani wins another battlefield. This time, Rs 9,700 cr FCI contracts

The Food Corporation of India’s Rs 20,000 crore silo programme was supposed to modernise how India stores its foodgrain stocks for the public...

29.05.2026 20

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Astha Savyasachi

5 years, over 21% rise in preterm birth rate: Delhi’s air is cutting pregnancies short

On the morning of October 13, 2025, Moni woke up to another uncontrollable coughing fit. She reached for water, then more water, hoping the scratch in...

22.05.2026 20

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Over 1 lakh pending cases: Noida burned after years of silence in labour courts

Ram Kishan left for work before his family woke up. It was November 3, 2017, and the Moser Baer plant in Greater Noida had been dark for two days –...

12.05.2026 30

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LaLiT Hotel ducked crores in dues. Justice Varma granted it relief but HC tore up his order

A Delhi High Court bench has done what a Delhi civic agency thought was long overdue: turned down an order that could have drained crores in public...

27.04.2026 40

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BJP calls Soros India’s enemy; Hardeep Puri’s daughter managed $200 million for him

George Soros is among the most reviled foreign names in Indian political discourse today. BJP leaders have called him an “enemy of India” and an...

20.04.2026 30

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Himanta Biswa Sarma: The fixer who found faith

One month before Himanta Biswa Sarma walked into Amit Shah’s residence to join the BJP, the party had published a booklet titled Saga of Scams in...

24.03.2026 60

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Mann Ki Baat, Yoga Day, Ram Mandir: Inside Modi govt’s media advisory playbook

13.01.2026 30

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637 acres, 125 court cases: The great Dalit-Adivasi land grab in Rajasthan

07.01.2026 40

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Special | Watched But Unprotected: How Lucknow’s Safe City Project Fails Women

31.10.2025 30

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Looking Back at the Camera: How Controversial AI Firms Shaped Delhi’s Predictive Policing

03.07.2025 20

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Special | As AI Took Over Policing in Delhi, Who Bore the Brunt?

02.07.2025 30

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