Dhanya Rajendran is the Editor-in-Chief at TheNewsMinute. She focuses on regional interest and world news, with particular emphasis on government, politics, and social issues such as civil rights, diversity, and gender. Dhanya has been recognized for her work, receiving the Chameli Devi Jain award for best woman journalist of India in 2022, and her insights are featured in platforms like Newslaundry and The News Minute.
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By: Pooja Prasanna, Dhanya Rajendran
How does labelling student protesters as ‘Dimaagi Naxals’ allow the govt to avoid answering uncomfortable questions? This week’s Let Me Explain breaks down how this tag is used to infantilise and delegitimise youth dissent.
By: Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna
In this week’s episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss raids and inspections across the country at restaurants and the
By: Abir Dasgupta, Dhanya Rajendran, Nikita Saxena
In late July 2026, an online storm upended the life of a 15-year-old girl. The teenager had joined the student demonstrations that forced the former Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign. Like many young protesters around her, she directed her ire at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A video clip of her comments went viral. Then came the targeted harassment campaign.
By: Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna
South Central explores the prevalence of contaminated food even at top-end eateries, as well as the BJP’s big political reshuffle.
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter curated exclusively for subscribers of The News Minute and Newslaundry. This week’s edition is by Dhany
By: Anisha Sheth, Dhanya Rajendran
The convocation of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) was cancelled after an attempt to coerce the graduating students into issuing a statement publicly inviting Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to the graduating ceremony failed. The demand to issue a public invite to the CJI came days after the CJI himself met a group of students.
By: Dhanya Rajendran, Anisha Sheth
Days after the Karnataka High Court gave a scathing judgement on the pathetic implementation of the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project by the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE), Karnataka's politicians have focused on the lowest hanging fruit.
Was scrapping the Parandur airport project the right call for Chennai, or could the Vijay government’s decision hurt Tamil Nadu’s industrial ambitions? Listen a
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By: Dhanya Rajendran, Haritha John, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter curated exclusively for subscribers of The News Minute and Newslaundry. This week’s edition is by Dhany
