Imagine being a survivor of sexual assault. You endure the suffering, don’t speak a word to your family. Years later, your visuals, recorded by the perverted man, are uploaded on pen drives and distributed in public places. This is what has happened to scores of women who were…

🗞️Friends, some news: On World Press Freedom Day, excited to share that I'm starting The Plank—a new magazine to help our readers become better citizens.

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Kangana Ranaut attacks colleague Tejasvi Surya mistaking him for INDIA bloc leader Tejashwi Yadav

The Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina with Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana and India captain Harmanpreet Kaur at the fixtures launch of the ICC Women's #T20WorldCup 2024 📸

Make no mistake: the Biden administration sees what's going on in Gaza and they are...concerned.

Cindy McCain, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, said that based on what her organization has seen and experienced on the ground, northern Gaza is in a 'full-blown famine'

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This is a major accusation -- plenty of detail in the news reports, down to a panchnama, to suggest it is not the usual 'sources say' mud-slinging that can be brushed aside by a statement.

If true, what an absolute disgrace. No bottom to this pit.

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Manipur, 365 days on…..
Total deaths- 221
Missing- 45
Displaced- over 50,000
Police weapons snatched- over 4500
Security Forces killed- over a dozen
Accountability fixed- Zero

After months of ideating, conversing and many coffees Samarth Bansal has launched The Plank.

The platform hopes to make space for the kind of work that many of us aspire to do and complain we can't in India.

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Rahul Gandhi carries Strange Burdens. He has moved from one family borough, #Amethi , to another, #RaeBareli . To understand him, his politics, his decisions, dilemmas and his emotional cauldron, read my book: amazon.in/dp/067009885X

The Hindu’s explainer page on Neeraj Chopra’s craft and success, “The science behind Neeraj’s skills”, published on September 3, 2023, has won three awards at the 6th International Newspaper Design Competition organised by newspaperdesign.in.
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Breaking!! #BrijBhushanSharanSingh will not fight from Kaiserganj. The seat goes to his son Karan Bhushan, he will file his nomination tomorrow. The Tribune BrijBhushan Sharan Singh (Modi ka Parivar)

Irrespective of political party, the casualness with with male politicians crack jokes at such horrors against women is infuriating. Dignity of women is not a matter of joke & this Karnataka minister would do well to understand that.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, a master of the grand old style of Indian filmmaking, faced a tricky challenge with his new Netflix musical drama, “Heeramandi.” How do you bring its grandiosity to an audience that will largely be watching on tiny mobile screens? nyti.ms/3JEu5RY

An excellent, deeply informative TheNewsMinute essay on the politics and pragmatism of Mallikarjun Kharge.

Sudipto Mondal

thenewsminute.com/long-form/mall…