January 7, 2026 – India Headlines

Story gist: India Meteorological Department issued cold wave warning for parts of north and central India, including Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Hindu frame the story around Delhi’s ‘poor’ AQI and shallow fog, emphasizing pollution impacts over the cold wave. Center outlets like Hindustan Times neutrally report IMD’s warning and affected states without added context. Right-leaning outlets offer no coverage, leaving that perspective absent and unaddressed.

Story gist: TMC MP Derek O’Brien petitioned the Supreme Court to extend West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision voter list deadline, alleging procedural issues. Trinamool Congress claims economist Amartya Sen received a SIR hearing notice, prompting a poll official’s response.

Bias summary: Left-leaning NDTV emphasizes Trinamool’s claim about Amartya Sen receiving a SIR notice and poll official reaction, spotlighting a prominent intellectual. Center Live Law factually reports O’Brien’s Supreme Court petition and procedural allegations without added context. Right-leaning outlets omit coverage entirely, absenting scrutiny of TMC’s legal challenge or election process claims.

Story gist: In Indore, India, water contamination caused 38 new diarrhoea cases, 110 hospitalizations, and a death toll of 7.

Bias summary: Left-leaning NDTV frames as escalating ‘water crisis’ claiming 17th life, emphasizing alarms over wider health impacts and systemic failure. Center BBC humanizes with focus on grieving families from contaminated tap water. Right-leaning outlets absent, lacking coverage that might question government response or local mismanagement.

Story gist: Unidentified men fatally shot a Hindu businessman in the head in Bangladesh. Reports also describe a Hindu man chased over theft suspicion who jumped into a canal and died.

Bias summary: Left-leaning NDTV frames the incident as a Hindu man chased for theft suspicion who drowned after jumping into a canal, suggesting accidental death. Center outlet The Hindu calls it ‘another Hindu man killed,’ emphasizing a pattern of violence. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting perspectives on targeted minority persecution or Islamist involvement.

Story gist: India issued a cautious statement on the Venezuela crisis amid Nicolas Maduro’s arrest. CPI(M) staged a protest against the arrest, and a Niti Aayog member noted potential for cheaper crude oil imports.

Bias summary: Left-leaning NDTV emphasizes economic upside of cheaper crude oil from Venezuela crisis. Center outlet The Hindu neutrally reports CPI(M) protest against Maduro’s arrest, omitting broader diplomatic context. Right-leaning Zee News scrutinizes India’s cautious statement as eyebrow-raising, implying diplomatic weakness or evasion, with skeptical tone absent in others.