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CHINESE JOURNALIST SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS’ JAIL FOR “PROVOKING TROUBLE”
New York, April 25, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the sentencing of Chinese journalist Wang Jing to four years and 10 months in prison on the charge of causing disorder....
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JNU BURNING: COMMITTEE FINES KANHAIYA, RUSTICATES UMAR AND ANIRBAN
The High-Level Enquiry Committee set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration, to probe the incidents of February 9, 2016 that led to three students being charged with sedition, came out...
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RBI DEFAULTERS LIST: SPILLING BANKING SECRETS
Ever since Newslaundry obtained the list of bank defaulters, the one question that we have discussed is: should we or should we not reveal the list of the top defaulters in India? Going through the...
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RBI DEFAULTERS LIST: WILFUL OR NON-WILFUL? THAT IS THE QUESTION
In 1999, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced “wilful” and “non-wilful” as classifications of defaulters. This was presumably done to separate promoters who were deliberately gaming the system...
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RBI DEFAULTERS LIST: THE RS 5 LAKH CRORE SECRET
Even as businessman Vijay Mallya has become the face of bad debt in the Indian banking sector, the fact is that he is only one of the players in an inefficient system that has effectively robbed...
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THERE ARE 103.9 MILLION ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY
MoSPI recently released a report on the elderly people in India. According to this report, a total of 103.9 million elderly people are living in India as of the 2011 Census. The number of elderly...
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WHY KANAK MANI DIXIT’S ARREST SHOULD WORRY NEPAL
(Disclaimer: I have been associated with Himal Southasian since December 2013, where Kanak Mani Dixit is the Founding Editor) On April 22, 2016, when the Nepali journalist, editor and activist Kanak...
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RBI DEFAULT LIST: MEET THE TOP 10
When we started investigating this story two months ago, one thing we didn’t anticipate was a situation in which we’d find ourselves using ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ while writing about the top 10 defaulters in India,...
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SWACHH BHARAT’S URBAN-TOILET PLAN IS 76% BEHIND SCHEDULE
* Of a target of 2.5 million household toilets in urban areas by March 2016, 24% (0.6 million) have been constructed. * Of a target of 100,000 community and public toilet seats in urban areas by March...
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LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDAL NETS CURB MALARIA, 99 PERCENT OF INDIANS DON’T USE...
An Indian child plays as a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) worker fumigates construction worker’s shanties at the under-construction Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi on August 17, 2010 to prevent...
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MEN MORE INDEPENDENT THAN WOMEN IN INDIA, EVEN IN OLD AGE
MoSPI recently released a report on the elderly people in India. According to this report, the life expectancy at 60 is more for female than male. 65% of the elderly depend on others for their day to...
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JOURNALISTS CONVICTED FOR ‘ACTING AGAINST NATIONAL SECURITY’
New York, April 26, 2016 — The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns an Iranian court’s sentencing of three reformist journalists. Tehran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced the three to...
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WHO’S ATTACKING DR GN SAIBABA?
“They surrounded Saibaba’s wheelchair and began shouting at him,” said Dr GN Saibaba’s wife Vasantha, sounding more exasperated than angry as she recounted how the suspended professor was harassed at...
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LOST TREASURES AND HOW TO FIND THEM
A lost Nazi gold train was discovered in Poland. At least, that’s what a couple of treasure hunters told the world last year. Like all lost treasures, the search for this one had been going on for...
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RBI DEFAULTERS LIST: THE CURIOUS CASE OF LIC
A curious feature of the Reserve Bank of India’s Willful Defaulters and Defaulting Borrowers List is that it features Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) as the largest lender. According to...
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RBI DEFAULTERS LIST: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BANKS AND BAD LOANS
So, you’ve been following Newslaundry’s series on the Reserve Bank of India’s Wilful Defaulters and Defaulting Borrowers List but is the jargon getting to you? Worry not. We bring you an explainer...
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JNU STUDENTS GO ON HUNGER STRIKE
The second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students’ protest is underway. Or as Anirban Bhattacharya, who along with Umar Khalid has been rusticated and fined, put it, “What began as a...
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SWACHH BHARAT MISSION FALLS SHORT OF WASTE PROCESSING TARGET
No more than 17.6% of urban solid-waste (garbage) was processed as of March 2016, against a target of 30%, set last year under the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission launched by Prime Minister...
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WHEN IS A DROUGHT DECLARED?
Various parts of the country are reeling under a severe drought. But how is drought measured and when is it declared? What are the different ministries involved in drought relief? Various parts of the...
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