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'56-Inch Ka Chhota Bandar', the Chant That Punctured Modi’s Image

The chant “56-inch ka chhota bandar, bhaag Narender bhaag Narender” from Jantar Mantar has emerged as one of the sharpest satirical jibes in...

05.08.2026 60

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Seven Reasons the Datia and Bankipur By-Election Results are a Nightmare for Modi and the BJP

Listen to this article: The by-election results from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh on Monday (August 3) have given the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a jolt....

03.08.2026 20

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Nepal's Madhes Is on Edge. What Lies Behind the Communal Violence?

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Nepal is grappling with its worst outbreak of Hindu-Muslim communal violence in years after clashes that began...

31.07.2026 30

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12 Questions About Police Brutality on Students in Delhi Amit Shah Must Answer. Now.

Listen to this article: The Delhi Police reports to the Union home ministry, and the Rapid Action Force – a branch of the Central Reserve Police...

25.07.2026 30

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Seven Reasons Why This Massive Students' Protest in Delhi is Different and Has Rattled the Modi Regime

Listen to this article: What began as online outrage over exam leaks has rapidly evolved into an offline generational revolt against a system that...

20.07.2026 30

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E20 Fuel: Six Unanswered Questions After Modi Government’s Staged Press Conference

The Modi government’s July 4, 2026 press briefing on E20 fuel was a textbook case of damage control, where senior officials from the petroleum...

06.07.2026 30

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Six Reasons Why Modi and the BJP Can't Evade Accountability in Ram Temple Theft

Listen to this article: The theft of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which is now being probed by a SIT formed by the Uttar Pradesh government...

05.07.2026 30

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When Does a Fact-Check Become a Gag Order?

Listen to this article: In March 2024, the Supreme Court warned that an interim injunction against journalism can become a “death sentence.” In...

23.06.2026 30

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Five Issues Raised by the Modi Govt’s Response to US Military’s Killing of Indian Sailors

Listen to this article: The US military has carried out strikes on three commercial vessels in the Gulf of Oman in the past week, resulting in the...

14.06.2026 40

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The Case Against NewsClick Fell Apart. Here is How, Step by Step

Listen to this article: The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) punishes the laundering of wealth that a crime has produced. That earlier crime...

13.06.2026 20

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US Killing Indian Sailors Demolishes Modi’s Boast of Strong Leadership, Compromises India’s Strategic Autonomy

Listen to this article: The American military strikes on MT Marivex, MT Settebello, and MT Jalveer near Oman over the last two days, which were all...

11.06.2026 30

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First 2022, Then 2025, Modi Fails Again with His Deadline to Make India a ‘$ 5-Trillion’ Economy

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The official target of turning India into a five trillion-dollar economy has missed yet another deadline. In 2018,...

10.06.2026 30

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Modi’s 4,699 Days in Office: Less a Record, More About Conditions Apply*

Listen to this article: How did this ‘record’ get talked about? Ram Madhav, RSS veteran, a powerful force in the Modi government for some time,...

10.06.2026 30

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Modi’s 4,699 Days in Office: Less a Record, More About Conditions Apply*

Listen to this article: How did this ‘record’ get talked about? Ram Madhav, RSS veteran, a powerful force in the Modi government for some time,...

10.06.2026 30

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Demanding Wages Is Not a Crime: How a Gurugram Judge Unravelled the Manesar 'Conspiracy'

Listen to this article: In a cluster of orders that read as one sustained argument, a Gurugram sessions court has taken apart the prosecution’s...

02.06.2026 40

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Oil Companies are Bleeding because Modi Govt Killed Dynamic Fuel Pricing for Electoral Gains

While headlines in the big media and statements from Union ministers harp on the financial distress of state-run oil companies due to high crude...

22.05.2026 40

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Indian Rupee Has Fallen by Nearly 12% Against Pakistani Rupee Since Operation Sindoor

New Delhi: The Indian currency (INR) has experienced a significant decline against the Pakistani rupee (PKR) over the past 12 months, a period that...

19.05.2026 40

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Modi Govt’s Tightly Controlled Script Comes Under Dutch Journalistic Scrutiny

Listen to this article: New Delhi: During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official visit to the Netherlands, a major controversy erupted during a...

18.05.2026 40

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Ordinance Raj: Supreme Court Gets Bigger Through a Surrogate Legislation

Listen to this article: An ordinance must, by the Constitution’s text, name a circumstance. The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment...

17.05.2026 40

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From UP to Karnataka: Six Routes Around the 1991 Places of Worship Act

Listen to this article: A pattern of litigation is now running across at least six contested religious sites in three states. It is doing to the...

17.05.2026 40

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The Claim of ‘Only 3%’ Hike in Petrol-Diesel Prices is Misleading. Here’s How.

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A widely shared chart posted by many pro-government journalists on social media highlights that India’s recent...

16.05.2026 40

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Five Reasons Why Trump’s China Visit Should Worry New Delhi

Listen to this article: The three-day state visit by President Donald Trump to Beijing from May 13–15, 2026, represents a significant shift in the...

15.05.2026 40

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Recused and Yet Not Recused: Making Sense of Justice Sharma's Twin Orders

New Delhi: On Thursday (May 14), Delhi high court Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma did two things that appear, at first, to be in tension.  She initiated...

15.05.2026 50

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Supply Chains, AI, Hormuz, Taiwan: What's at Stake as Trump Meets Xi in Beijing?

Listen to this article: New Delhi: US President Donald Trump will arrive in Beijing on Wednesday (May 13) for a state visit that runs through May 15,...

13.05.2026 70

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Modi Urges Austerity on Indians While Jetting Across States, Addressing BJP Rallies, Doing Roadshows

Listen to this article: New Delhi/Mumbai: On Sunday, May 10, after the assembly elections were over, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Indians to...

11.05.2026 50

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Modi’s Austerity Appeal Reflects Economic Mismanagement Rather Than West Asia Crisis Alone

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged citizens to reduce fuel consumption, carpool, use public transport, work...

11.05.2026 50

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Suvendu Adhikari: The Strongman Chief Minister Bengal Now Has to Live With

Listen to this article: Kolkata/New Delhi: Suvendu Adhikari’s rise to the chief ministership of West Bengal is not the story of a clean political...

10.05.2026 30

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Ten Quick Takeaways From the Assembly Election Results

Listen to this article: 1. A saffron sunrise in the East of India is on the horizon. An eastern corridor awaits the BJP. If it succeeds in installing...

04.05.2026 40

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Why the Yashwant Varma Committee Need Not End with his Resignation

Listen to this article: A question now sits on the Lok Sabha Speaker’s desk. Should the inquiry committee that was examining the allegations against...

27.04.2026 40

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How Parliament Buried the Supreme Court's 2018 Mandate on Legislators' Assets

Listen to this article: New Delhi: On April 16,  Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan disposed of a contempt petition filed by the NGO Lok...

24.04.2026 40

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Tamil Nadu Campaign Ends as State Shapes Into a Three-Cornered Contest

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The curtains have come down on one of Tamil Nadu’s most layered and closely watched election campaigns in recent...

21.04.2026 60

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Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Asks Litigants to Prove Bias, Not Merely to Apprehend it Reasonably

Listen to this article: Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the Delhi high court on April 20 dismissed former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s...

21.04.2026 50

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Nine Takeaways From Modi Govt’s Loss Over Constitution Amendment Bills for Delimitation

Listen to this article: The Narendra Modi government’s defeat over the Constitution Amendment three-Bills package to get new rules for the next...

20.04.2026 60

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Failed Delimitation Bills Would Have Had a Deadly Effect on the Rajya Sabha

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, ever since it has come to power in 2014, has been bothered by the...

18.04.2026 40

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Modi Govt's U-Turn: From Obsessing Over 'Population Explosion' to Rewarding High-Population States

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are really very worried about India’s population – or so they...

16.04.2026 40

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Bullsh*t Buster: Nari Vandan or Fix-Seats-for-2029?

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Like the sudden whim of demonetisation ten years ago, devaluing currency notes and living to regret it later, the...

16.04.2026 40

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The Solicitor General’s Quarrel With B.R. Ambedkar

Listen to this article: On April 8, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta asked a nine-judge Constitution Bench to bury a doctrine. The doctrine is...

09.04.2026 50

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10 Things Evident From the US-Israel War on Iran

Listen to this article: With the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, the fallout from the recent war by the United States and Israel on Iran is now...

08.04.2026 40

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A Tale of Two Blacklistings: Jharkhand Contractor and NCERT Authors

Listen to this article: On April 2, a bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe delivered a judgment in M/s A.K.G. Construction and Developers...

04.04.2026 50

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Moratorium on Future Bail: The Supreme Court’s Expanding Toolkit

Listen to this article: The Supreme Court’s April 2 ruling in the Grand Venice case deserves attention for a reason larger than the buyer-builder...

04.04.2026 50

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Six Ways the West Asia Conflict Is Showing in India’s Economy

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent comparison of the US and Israel-initiated West Asia conflict with COVID-19...

03.04.2026 40

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What Became of India's Black Money Promise After SwissLeaks?

Listen to this article: Recovering black money from Swiss banks was one of the most potent promises of the 2014 general election campaign. Narendra...

02.04.2026 50

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'No Record of Complaints Against Any Judge', SC Tells Delhi High Court After Submitting Record of 8,630 Complaints To Parliament

Listen to this article: The Supreme Court of India told the Delhi high court on April 1 that it does not maintain judge-specific information on...

02.04.2026 50

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The Rajasthan HC’s Transgender Act Epilogue: Judicial Caveat or Constitutional Signal?

Listen to this article: On March 30, the Rajasthan high court’s Jodhpur bench delivered its judgment in Ganga Kumari v. State of Rajasthan, a case...

01.04.2026 50

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‘Vulnerable’ Rupee Will Continue to Fall Irrespective of War, May Rise Above 95 Against Dollar: Japanese Bank MUFG

Listen to this article: New Delhi: What explains the Indian rupees woes? As it routinely closes at “historic lows”, most recently at 94.85 to the...

30.03.2026 50

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Same Bench, Opposite Outcomes: Compassion and Rigour in Two NDPS Orders Six Days Apart

Listen to this article: New Delhi: On March 19, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan upheld the conviction of two...

30.03.2026 60

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Same Week, Different Standards: Why a Bombay HC Bench Shielded Adani While the SC Pushed Agencies on Anil Ambani

Listen to this article: In late March 2026, two Indian courts delivered sharply contrasting signals on corporate fraud. On March 23, a three-judge...

29.03.2026 70

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Coal Block Acquittal Raises Hard Questions About Prosecuting Bureaucrats for Committee Decisions

Listen to this article: New Delhi: When the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a closure report on December 17, 2014 clearing former coal...

28.03.2026 70

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Bail Is the Norm. Except, It Seems, When the Supreme Court Decides Otherwise

Listen to this article: On Wednesday (March 25), a bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi of the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted...

27.03.2026 60

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What’s Wrong With 'Modi is the World’s Most Popular Leader' Survey Claim?

Listen to this article: Every few months, Indian media proclaims that “Modi is the world’s most popular leader,” citing approval numbers from an...

26.03.2026 50

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