Priyanka Ishwari

3 weeks ago | newslaundry.com | Priyanka Ishwari

Economies are crumbling, the world order is shifting, and unemployment is on its way up, but TV news in India has more urgent matters to attend to – dissecting the specifics of a relationship between a man and his would-be mother-in-law. After a 20-year-old man in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh “eloped” with the mother of the woman who he was supposed to marry, Hindi news channels made it their mission to shame the duo for disrespecting Indian values.

4 weeks ago | newslaundry.com | Priyanka Ishwari

Do you plan on heading to a beauty salon anytime soon for some self care? Beware! That French pedicure or fruit facial you had in mind could just be how you end up supporting jihadis in the country. Sounds ludicrous? Not if you followed Indian news. Over the past few days, several Indian news outlets have aired unsubstantiated claims made by a Hindu right-wing group accusing Muslim men of indulging in “beauty parlour jihad”. Yes, you read that right.

1 month ago | newslaundry.com | Priyanka Ishwari

As the country reels from the bloodbath Donald Trump’s tariff unleashed on the market and consumers come to terms with increasing cooking gas prices, mainstream Hindi TV news channels turned their attention to a more pressing issue: establishing the paternity of an unborn child.

1 month ago | newslaundry.com | Priyanka Ishwari |Tanishka Sodhi

Once a bastion of investigative journalism, Outlook has undergone a striking transformation. With mass resignations and editorial interference is the magazine’s legacy at risk? “Should he be smiling?” “Anti Rao: Muslims want a new leader to head Congress”“Did he take the money? Yes, says a majority in an opinion poll”These are headlines from Outlook magazine’s cover page, addressing former Prime Minister PV Narsimha Rao.

Jan 29, 2025 | newslaundry.com | Priyanka Ishwari |Drishti Choudhary

“The order cancelling our non-profit status severely impairs our ability to do our work and worsens the conditions for independent public-purposed journalism in the country,” the TRC statement said. A pop-up window on the TRC website asking readers to donate announced that the group is “out of funds”. “We have hit a crisis. We don’t have money to pay our journalists. Without urgent support, our investigation reporting is at the risk of disappearing,” it further read.