GIJN names Newslaundry investigation on Delhi’s cattle crisis among India’s best of 2025

The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) has selected a Newslaundry investigation into the growing problem of stray cattle in Delhi as one of the best investigative stories from India in 2025. 

This comes a year after the network selected Project Electoral Bond, a joint effort by Newslaundry, The News Minute, and Scroll, in the list of top investigative stories from the country in 2024.

Drishti Choudhary’s report on stray cattle revealed that thousands of cows and bulls roam the city’s streets daily, resulting in traffic accidents, injuries, and even fatalities. Stray cattle also damage homes, shops, and public property. 

“The story pointed to the lack of civic coordination and failure of municipal bodies to manage the protected shelters for stray cows, known as gaushalas, and how many of these shelters are overcrowded and poorly funded. Using data, field reporting, and interviews, the story documented the gap between policy and reality, noting how court orders and civic drives have not solved the problem and that political sensitivity and administrative neglect have kept the crisis alive,” noted the GIJN.

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