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The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of Ranveer Allahabadia, more popularly known as Beer Biceps, in the cases registered against the YouTuber for allegedly making vulgar and obscene comments on Samay Raina’s show India’s Got Latent. https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/02/18/supreme-court-stays-ranveer-allahbadias-arrest-but-slams-youtuber-for-depraved-comments

Just days after a Delhi-NCR based woman journalist had complained to the police about allegedly receiving threats from former councillors, including one from the BJP, dozens of traders on Monday staged a protest demanding quashing of the FIR outside a police station in Ghaziabad. https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/02/18/journo-complains-of-threats-over-report-on-illegal-eatery-traders-stage-protest-to-quash-fir

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NDLS Stampede | In addition to noting the inadequacy of the state and union govt's preparation, many newspaper editorials also pointed out how proactive steps by the Indian Railways could have averted the February 15 stampede. https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/02/18/confused-response-attempted-cover-up-editorials-on-aftermath-of-delhi-stampede

Weeks after the Kumbh stampede, much has been reported on ‘mismanagement’ by the UP administration. What exactly went wrong? Akanksha Kumar identified 10 lapses on the day of the stampede that clearly indicate how pilgrim safety was overlooked. Watch: https://youtu.be/tK7TY_lMYzo

A Central Pollution Control Board report to the National Green Tribunal reveals dangerously high faecal coliform levels at several Prayagraj ghats during the Mahakumbh. On January 13, the inaugural day, Shringverpur Ghat's reading spiked from 1.8 to 23,000 MPN/100 ml—13 times the permissible limit—making the water unfit for bathing. Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Basant Kumar report https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/02/18/mahakumbh-waters-unsafe-for-bathing-a-report-finds-faecal-bacteria-13-times-over-safe-limit

In 2024, the state of Haryana imposed the most number of internet shutdowns in India followed by Manipur, according to a new report by the Software Freedom Law Centre, India. Of the 12 internet shutdowns imposed in Haryana in 2024, 10 of them took place due to farmer protests. In Manipur, the internet was shut down 11 times in 2024 because of the ongoing ethnic conflict. https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/02/19/in-2024-haryana-and-manipur-turned-off-internet-for-nearly-1700-hours-sflc-report

GBS isn’t contagious. It’s triggered by an infection. But caution is good. Jayashree Arunachalam, a former GBS patient unpacks all the misinformation around it. https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/02/19/a-former-gbs-patient-on-the-facts-and-sensationalism-surrounding-the-outbreak

The Delhi High Court has ordered Kerala-based digital outlet Karma News to take down an article it published last year about Cutting South, a 2023 media event organised in Kochi. https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/02/19/delhi-hc-orders-karma-news-to-take-down-article-on-kerala-media-event

The blocking of Tamil magazine Vikatan’s website is a “brazen instance of overreach” that “does no good to India’s democratic traditions”, the Editors Guild said in a statement yesterday. https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/02/19/smacks-of-highhandedness-editors-guild-on-blocking-of-vikatan-website-after-modi-cartoon