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“एक ऑर्डर देने के लिए जब मैंने कस्टमर को बुलाया और ये बताया कि मैं दिव्यांग हूं तो उन्होंने मुझे कहा कि फिर ऐसा काम करते ही क्यों हो.”- बिंदु, गिग वर्कर @AkankhyaAk72623 की इस रिपोर्ट में देखिए गर्मी और गिग इकोनॉमी के बीच छिपा महिलाओं का अनदेखा संघर्ष. youtube.com/watch?v=8zofSt…

Did you know Dalit and Adivasi land in Rajasthan cannot legally be sold to non-SC/ST persons? Yet 125 Rajasthan HC cases allege exactly that through forged deeds, backdated entries and benami transactions. @SavyasachiAstha reports. newslaundry.com/2026/01/07/637…

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority has issued notices asking residents living near the ghats at Yamuna Bazar to vacate the area within 15 days since it is a flood-prone zone. But for residents, this raises an urgent question: where will they go? @AkankhyaAk72623 reports.

#ଯେଉଁଠି_ସରିଲା_ସେଇଠି_ରହିଲା ଅସହ୍ୟ ହେଲାଣି ତେଲ ଯନ୍ତ୍ରଣା, ଅଧାବାଟରେ ଅଟକି ରହୁଛି ବସ୍, ପେଟ୍ରୋଲ ପମ୍ପ ଆଗରେ ଆଖି ପାଉନଥିବା ଭଳି ଲାଇନ୍ #KanakNews #Oilcrisis #Odisha

A patient died after an ambulance ran out of fuel on Kathajodi bridge while shifting from #Cuttack to #Bhubaneswar amid the petrol shortage crisis. A tragic failure of administration and govt. Acche Din is here! #Odisha #PetrolShortage #FuelPricesinIndia #Cuttack #Bhubaneswar

What happens when the country’s public broadcaster, allows a DD project worth crores to quietly turn into influencer content, and then closes the matter with an unusual settlement? @Basantrajsonu unpacks the story of India in Motion. 🔒 Read. newslaundry.com/2025/12/16/pra…

From Sijhimali to Kutrumali, resistance is spreading across Odisha. These visuals are not just protests. They are warnings. When tribal women themselves stand on the frontlines against CM Mohan Majhi’s pro-mining push, it sends a powerful message to Delhi — a tribal face cannot hide a corporate agenda forever. Hundreds of Adivasi women have marched against Adani & Vedanta’s proposed Kutrumali and Sijhimali bauxite mining projects, exposing the reality behind BJP’s “tribal empowerment” narrative in Odisha. #Odisha #Rayagada #Kutrumali #Adivasi #TribalRights #SaveNiyamgiri #Vedanta #Adani #Mining #MohanMajhi #BJP #OdishaPolitics #TribalWomen #StopMining #CorporateLoot

In the past week #Bhubaneswar saw a surge in various crimes and then boyfriend gangraping his partner with his friends raises more questions on the society than law & order. What is to be fixed first? #bhubaneswar #news #crime #article #justice #orissapost #police

all women who have to be on the field will relate to this - can't beat the heat by drinking sufficient water because that would make you want to pee, and our cities still don't have clean loos for women to use

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority has issued notices asking residents living near the ghats at Yamuna Bazar to vacate the area within 15 days since it is a flood-prone zone. But for residents, this raises an urgent question: where will they go? @AkankhyaAk72623 reports.

After @nikita_jain15's report last month, SC struck down bail orders requiring police station cleaning, calling them "cruel". Here she discusses reporting from Tijmali, Odisha, on the criminalisation of anti-mining protests by Dalits & Adivasis & finding those bail orders 1/2

Locked doors. Lack of basic facilities. Gig work is tough, but for women in Delhi’s blistering summer, it becomes a very different kind of struggle. It is shaped by biological realities and social expectations. Watch @AkankhyaAk72623's report: youtu.be/ou-DRFljC7U

- A factory shuts overnight. - A worker dies worrying about how to feed his children. - Another worker spends almost 10 years going from one labour office to another, still waiting for justice. Over 1 lakh pending cases: Noida burned after years of silence in labour courts Workers say the system meant to protect them has instead trapped them in endless hearings while families fall into debt, illness and hunger. From the Moser Baer shutdown in Noida to sanitation workers allegedly underpaid and sacked for demanding wages, we attempted to uncover the human cost of India’s broken labour justice system. Read my report for @newslaundry - newslaundry.com/2026/05/12/ove…

Summers is hard for gig workers — but it’s even worse for women for one simple reason: You’re most likely to ration the water you drink because there will be no clean toilets to pee. So women just avoid drinking water altogether. ‘Stay hydrated’ is not a choice for all youtu.be/ou-DRFljC7U?si…

Locked doors. Lack of basic facilities. Gig work is tough, but for women in Delhi’s blistering summer, it becomes a very different kind of struggle. It is shaped by biological realities and social expectations. Watch @AkankhyaAk72623's report: youtu.be/ou-DRFljC7U

Across Odisha, protests against police brutality and forceful land acquisition by mining companies are intensifying. In Angul district, nearly 150 families are on Dharna against NALCO’s alleged forced eviction for coal mining projects. Villagers claim they were misled with false promises — poor compensation, no jobs for land losers, and displacement without dignity. The voices of tribals and locals cannot be bulldozed in the name of mining profits. #Odisha #Angul #NALCO #TribalRights #LandRights #Mining #PoliceBrutality #Displacement #SaveOdisha #HumanRights

Read till the end:  SpiceJet cancelled my Delhi to Srinagar flight (PNR: H8FKMY) today. It was at 11:15 am, and they informed me only at 9:20 am. I was taking my 60+ old parents to Kashmir for their anniversary. They travelled all the way from Rohtak, reached the airport on time, only to be told there’s no flight today. Their entire plan for the next 5 days is ruined. When I tried to rebook for today, fares were already higher. And the moment I clicked “pay,” the price jumped another 40%.  So, I booked for tomorrow, but it cost way more than the SpiceJet tickets I paid for. SpiceJet says they’ll refund the cancelled flight but what about the extra money I had to pay? What about hotels refusing refunds for the lost day? What about the taxi costs and the stress my old parents had to go through? Just for my own curiosity, I tried cancelling the Indigo flight I booked for tomorrow. Guess what? They wanted more than ₹5,000 per ticket as cancellation fee, just 10 minutes after booking. All this in the name of “base fare” and “fuel surcharge.” Base fare they’ll recover anyway by selling the seat at a higher price to someone else. And fuel surcharge? Is fuel price fluctuating every single minute? Airlines and apps happily charge “convenience fees,” but when they ruin your plans, there’s no inconvenience fee for passengers. No cancellation fees for passengers. Just a cold “write mail to us.” You may get a voucher from their airline. The staff at the counter have no power, yet they’re the ones who face all the anger. The real decision-makers sit on annual packages worth crores, but don’t lift a finger when it comes to fixing anything real. FYI: At European airports, airlines are required to give a full refund and pay up to £600 to passengers when they cancel a flight. Even if it’s an Indian airline operating there, the same rule applies. These airlines pay compensation there, even for a flight delay. But what about Indian Janta?  We’re not flying for free, we pay taxes on every single ticket we buy. GST, User development fees, airport charges and even for our security.  Anyway, DGCA rules say 24 hours’ notice is required before cancelling. Why was this ignored? Staff claimed “technical fault” in the plane, but I doubt it. I want SpiceJet to share how many seats were actually booked for this flight. Was the flight only 30-40% full and cancelled for that reason? I didn’t see many passengers stranded there. These airlines keep sinking and government keeps negotiating. Aviation minister, where are you? Ministers fight for cabinet seats, they take one, enjoy the power and go, but ordinary people keep suffering because of government’s policies. At least one minister has to set an example. I want answers. And I want real compensation, not just vouchers or empty apologies. @RamMNK @DGCAIndia @flyspicejet

Apart from these 11, five more Muslim seats were scrapped and two were reserved for SC & ST. All these were won by Cong - AIUDF in 2021. After delimitation, NDA won these 19 seats this time. How delimitation gave a boost to BJP and allies in Assam scroll.in/article/109265…

Important story Brazil police seize devices from a famous bird expert. He is suspected of coordinating the illegal purchase of endangered animals for Vantara, a private zoo in Gujarat, India. news.mongabay.com/2026/05/brazil…

it's summer and we're going to see more of fires. are we prepared as a city?