Reporters Without Orders

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Anmol Pritam.

Basant and Anmol are currently on ground zero to report from poll-bound Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, respectively. 

In Haryana, Basant has so far examined the progress of the Smart City Mission, issues of one of the most backward districts, and Olympian Vinesh Phogat’s political contest in Julana. Meanwhile, Anmol has reported on the divide over issues such as Article 370 in Jammu’s Doda. 

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:00:51 - Haryana election

00:13:53 - J&K election

00:29:52 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Anmol

SYMPATHY -RARE BIRD 1969

Basant

Faridabad Smart City का सूरत-ए-हाल: करोड़ों खर्च का दावा पर जमीनी हकीकत खस्ताहाल | Ground Report

Pratyush

But I Am One of You: Northeast India and the Struggle to Belong

Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by independent journalist Sunil Kashyap.

Sunil reported on the purported rift between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the BJP workers. He delves into the changes in party dynamics after its lukewarm performance in the state in the Lok Sabha polls. He adds that despite the turmoil within the BJP and the tussle between Adityanath and the party’s top leadership, there is no anti-incumbency in the state. 

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:19 - Yogi vs BJP

00:45:45 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Sunil

Chitralekha

Sumedha

Clerical Error Adityanath’s loosening grip on Uttar Pradesh

Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari and independent journalist Anand Dutta.

Ayush reported on the controversies surrounding SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch. He delves into the allegations against Buch in the Hindenburg report and why the undisclosed information about her association with her former firms is a “conflict of interest”.

Anand talks about his report on the ongoing political tussle in Jharkhand, focusing on why former chief minister Champai Soren departed the JMM for the BJP.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:03:00 - SEBI chief and Hindenburg

00:18:46 - Champai Soren and Jharkhand politics

00:42:33 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Ayush

Watch MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street

Husband of a Fanatic

Anand

Laal Lakeer

Walking with the Comrades

Basant

Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard

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 Sumedha Mittal, The News Minute’s Sukanya Shaji, and independent journalist Nidhi Suresh.

Nidhi and Sukanya reported on Kerala’s #MeToo storm and the exploitation of female actors in the Kerala film industry. They also reported on the recently published Hema Committee report, which revealed that the industry’s top male actors, directors, and producers were involved or complacent in the matter. They discuss the report’s findings and fallout.

Sumedha reported on the death of a 23-year-old Faizan after alleged police brutality during Delhi riots in February 2020. A viral video of him lying semi-conscious on the road, battered, taunted, and forced to sing the national anthem by cops was widely circulated then. She found out that despite clear duty charts, no police official was held responsible for what the high court termed a hate crime. The probe was eventually transferred to the CBI after the court issued a stinging indictment of the “tardy” police investigation.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:42 - AMMA and the Malayalam industry

00:08:37 - Hema Committee Report

00:46:15 - Faizan and Delhi cops

00:01:04:45 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Sukanya

Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback

Nidhi

Public Secrets of Law: Rape Trials in India

Sumedha

She Said

Shivnarayan

‘Take Hema Committee report seriously’: Parvathy to Kerala govt | Dhanya Rajendran | Interview

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This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by independent journalist Pranab Mondal and the Quint’s Aliza Noor.

Pranab talks about his report on the horrific rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and the events that unfolded following the incident. He discusses how it is a culmination of mismanagement and malpractice while shedding light on the “lobby system” in hospital administration.

Aliza reported on a different aspect of the Kolkata case – about searches for the victim’s “video” trending on Google and porn sites. She says that the data shows a phenomenal surge in searches for such videos.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:03:13 - Kolkata horror

00:20:32 - Victim’s video search

00:38:04 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Aliza

Bhima Koregaon: Challenging Caste

Angry Young Men

Tanishka

Let Me Explain: What is Hema Committee report on Malayalam cinema all about?

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 Basant Kumar and Ishita Pradeep.

Basant reported on a “herbal firm” which allegedly frauds youngsters in lure of a “luxurious life”. He talks about his investigation into the company’s modus operandi of network marketing and pressuring its staff for adding new members in the chain, failing which they were physically assaulted and abused.

Ishita talks about her report on the Indian media’s coverage of the Bangladesh crisis and attacks on Bangladeshi Hindu minority. She delves into the situation in the country at present and how some media outlets emphasised on the communal angle and ignored the administrative failure.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:03:37 - Doctor’s ‘rape’

00:14:32 - Fraud firm

00:28:51 - Bangladesh violence

00:44:47 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Ishita

Why Loiter?

Kavita Krishnan,Secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA)

Basant

No Nation for Women

Hindenburg जिन्न की चपेट में SEBI प्रमुख माधवी बुच और Vinesh Phogat को सलामी | NL Tippani 200

Anmol

Activist whose RTI flagged ‘Smriti Irani-linked Goa cafe’ alleges home ministry ‘witch-hunt’

New complaint alleges Taloja prison underbelly: ‘Mutton meals for Rs 8,000 per kg, 40% cuts, zero record’

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This week, host Dhanya Rajendran is joined by independent journalist Nidhi Suresh and The News Minute’s senior sub-editor Lakshmi Priya.

Nidhi reported on the kidnapping and sexual assault of a Malayalam film actor by six men, allegedly orchestrated by another actor. The panel discussed how these events unfolded and their impact on both the regional film industry and society. They also delved into how women actors confronted misogyny and patriarchy within Malayalam cinema.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:29 - Unmasked Malayalam cinema

00:51:19 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Lakshmi

It's Vinesh Phogat's world. We are lucky to be part of it

How Vinesh Phogat won the Olympic medal: Fought with heart, thought with head

Nidhi

An Unbelievable story of Rape

Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

Vinesh Phogat breaks silence: Everyone outside is treating me like I am a dead thing… One medal (lost) and everything is finished

Dhanya

The Many Lives of Syeda X : The Story of an Unknown Indian

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 Anmol Pritam.

Anmol has been on the ground to cover the conditions in which three UPSC students died in a flooded basement library of the Rau’s IAS coaching centre in Delhi’s Karol Bagh. He gave a detailed account of how the tragedy unfolded, the subsequent blame game, and why Delhi’s coaching hub is more of a “business model than an education model”.     

Avdhesh reported on the multiple incidents of violence involving kanwariyas. He delved into how the authorities purportedly turn a blind eye towards such incidents and give the religious groups a “free hand” as they resort to violence, leading to “a total collapse of law and order”.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:47 - Death of UPSC aspirants

00:28:43 - Kanwariya violence

00:46:06 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Anmol

Har zulm tera yaad hai

Avdhesh

Maharaja

Pratyush

Dead ‘Maoist’ talking: The aftermath of a security operation in Chhattisgarh

Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by the Wire’s Sukanya Shantha.

Sukanya talks about her report on India’s prisons where prisoners were allotted work on the basis of their caste. She says that the Chief Justice of India eventually expressed concerns over the “most disturbing” practice and said he would direct the government to take action. She also delved into other such colonial rules that are still in practice. 

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:36 - Casteism in prisons 

00:35:05 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Sukanya

BEYOND PRISONS

Sumedha

Barred: A Prisons Project

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This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and Shivnarayan Rajpurohit.

Sumedha spoke about her report on how candidates from outside Gujarat picked centres in the state as part of an alleged NEET scam racket. She explained how NTA’s management failed as students from Odisha, Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh travelled to Gujarat and “wrote” the exam in Gujarati.

Shivnarayan reported that 14 companies that significantly bankrolled political parties in the past decade were given several government projects, some despite being banned or blacklisted earlier. He delved into how raids, extortion and murky ecosystems lead to the quid pro quo.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:05:32 - NEET paper leak

00:15:50 - Electoral bonds

00:37:38 - Recommendations

Recommendations

Sumedha

The caste alliances that won Uttar Pradesh

Shivnarayan

‘Gujarati answers, non-Gujarati candidates’: The NEET cheat sheet at 2 centres

Seats quota, banquet halls, buses and answers: How to leak a paper in Bihar

Basant

Varchasva

Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Naresh Kumar.

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