November 9, 2025 – India Headlines

Story gist: Delhi’s air quality index approached severe levels. Pollution exceeded 400 in 15 stations across the city.

Bias summary: Left-leaning NDTV highlights political criticism by reposting Shashi Tharoor’s 6-year-old post accusing ‘six years of indifference,’ emphasizing government inaction. Center outlet Hindustan Times provides neutral, factual reporting on current AQI levels without blame. Right-leaning perspective is absent, potentially omitting defenses of policy efforts or alternative causes like weather.

Story gist: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Conference on Strengthening Legal Aid Delivery Mechanisms. He described technology as a disruptive force that can become a tool for democratization when focused on pro-people initiatives.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets provide no coverage, omitting any critical perspective on government-led technology integration in legal aid. Center sources like Live Law emphasize the PM’s optimistic framing of technology as a democratizing tool. Right-leaning pmindia highlights the inauguration event with promotional glimpses, focusing on official achievements without deeper analysis of disruptions.

Story gist: Over 800 flights were disrupted at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport due to GPS spoofing incidents. Air traffic controllers flagged related issues in July.

Bias summary: Left-leaning NDTV emphasizes air traffic controllers’ prior warnings in July, framing the disruptions as a preventable glitch with potential accountability implications. Center outlet livemint provides explanatory coverage on GPS spoofing and questions the need for ATC overhaul, maintaining a neutral, analytical tone. Right-leaning outlets offer no coverage, omitting a perspective that might stress national security risks or criticize regulatory delays.

Story gist: Sharad Pawar commented on a controversy involving his grandnephew Parth Pawar in a Pune land deal. Ajit Pawar stated that the deal has been cancelled.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Hindu emphasize Ajit Pawar’s announcement of the deal’s cancellation, focusing on resolution and family involvement without deeper scrutiny. Center outlets such as The Times of India highlight Sharad Pawar’s breaking of silence with quotes on family unity amid ideological divisions, stressing reconciliation. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting conservative viewpoints on political implications or accountability.

Story gist: In Rajasthan, over 1.56 crore voter enumeration forms were distributed as part of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. In Ghaziabad, Booth Level Officers faced challenges including closed doors, privacy concerns, and lack of public awareness during the process.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Hindu emphasize the scale of voter form distribution in Rajasthan, framing it as a successful administrative effort. Center outlets such as The Times of India focus on operational hurdles for officials in Ghaziabad, highlighting practical challenges without judgment. Right-leaning coverage is absent, suggesting disinterest or omission of this routine electoral update from conservative perspectives.