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

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Astha Savyasachi

‘Raid madam’ to BJP councillor: The story of Kerala’s first woman IPS officer

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Cris

Satellite images show how cities are heating up

Between 2003 and 2020, India's cities warmed at 0.53°C per decade –double the rate of the rest of the country. Satellite imagery reveals this...

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Priyanka Thirumurthy

Decoding Zoho's Sridhar Vembu: The software czar who became the Sangh's Swadeshi mascot

PROLOGUE The opening paragraph of a January 2021 article in the Organiser, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) mouthpiece, is striking in its...

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Indulekha Aravind

Vembu’s lawyer claims $1.7 billion bond order ‘invalid’, Pramila’s lawyer says it remains in force

On January 8, 2026, The News Minute published  an exclusive story  reporting a California court’s order directing Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu to...

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Indulekha Aravind

BJP with Congress, NCP factions against their allies: Welcome to Pune’s political freak show

There is an old political cliché about there being no permanent friends or enemies in politics, only permanent interests. In Pune right now, that...

09.01.2026 10

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Prateek Goyal

After ED raid, climate activist calls allegations ‘baseless and biased’

Two days after the Enforcement Directorate accused Satat Sampada Private Limited of misusing foreign funds to influence government policies and...

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Shivnarayan Rajpurohit

Hostel for SC/ST girls in Ghaziabad now ‘houses only snakes, not students’

While the Union government champions slogans like the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, the ground reality is that a UP government hostel built for...

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Avdhesh Kumar

Exclusive: US court orders Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu to post $1.7 billion bond in divorce case

He’s the billionaire tech entrepreneur who gave up life in California to live and work from a small village in Tamil Nadu. He speaks and tweets...

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Indulekha Aravind

Behind JNU’s latest ‘media trial’: What happened on the night of January 5?

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is once again embroiled in controversy. On January 5, the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) organised a candlelight...

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Avdhesh Kumar