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SHOULDN’T OUR WEB-HISTORY REMAIN PRIVATE?
An overlooked aspect of the draft Investigatory Powers Bill is the significance of demanding that service providers store 12 months’ internet connection records. A record of every website visited and...
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MAOISTS BEHEAD THREE MEN FOR BEING POLICE INFORMERS
On Saturday, in a gory Game of Thrones-style execution, naxals beheaded three men on the border of Bihar and Jharkhand. These three were declared police informers and killed by the members of...
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WHAT’S THE POINT OF THE GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION REGULATION BILL?
Back when he was an intern for an urban development consultancy in Mumbai, Akshay Kore worked with physical maps of the city that were so huge, they would take up the entire floor space in a room....
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HOW DOES THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE DEAL WITH PETITIONS RECEIVED?
Being the most important government office in the country, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) receives a lot of petitions/letters each day. But how does the PMO deal with such petitions? Here is a look...
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FORGET SURGERY, CONGRESS HAS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Prime time chatter on TV news channels tends to oversimplify politics and political developments. Perhaps that is the nature of the beast. Nuanced and skillful analyses may still survive in newspaper...
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DURGESH PATHAK SAYS CONGRESS, AKALIS ARE NO COMPETITION FOR AAP
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab is high on confidence. With the Huffpost-Cvoter survey placing them in a comfortable position in the state, all eyes are on Durgesh Pathak, who has before him the...
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ALCOHOL KILLS AN INDIAN EVERY 96 MINUTES
As debate over alcohol bans grows across India, 15 people die every day–or one every 96 minutes–from the effects of drinking alcohol, reveals an IndiaSpend analysis of 2013 National Crime Records...
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HOW TO IDENTIFY A FAKE 100-RUPEE NOTE?
UDAY EROTHU is with Factly. This article has been re-published with the permission of Factly. Visit the website here. Disclaimer : The information, ideas or opinions appearing in this article are...
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BUDDHA IN A TRAFFIC JAM IS AN EDUCATION
Vivek Agnihotri’s Buddha In A Traffic Jam is one of those films that has made more news pre-release than once it’s out in cinemas. It’s also disrupted the lives of hundreds of students of two...
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CAN PAEDOPHILIA REALLY BE CURED WITH DRUGS?
According to the Daily Mail, scientists in Sweden are working on a “cure” for paedophilia. The trial involves a drug that disrupts testosterone. Forcing or persuading children to have sex is one of...
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WHY ARNAB GOSWAMI IS THE DELICIOUS ALOO PAKODA OF PRIME TIME
Last night’s (May 24, 2016) episode of The Newshour on Times Now was amongst the most entertaining in a long time. I might even be tempted to say most entertaining — ever. There will be criticism...
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URDU, FROM OFFICIAL LANGUAGE TO VANDALS’ TARGET
“Mujhe toh jada pata nahi, par woh kuchh Urdu mein mazhab ke khilaf likh rahe the,”said Sanjay. (“I don’t know much, but they were writing something against religion in Urdu.”) Sanjay owns a little...
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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (RLV) FROM ISRO
ISRO successfully flight tested the Reusable Launch Vehicle – Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). When this is fully developed, the RLV-TD could significantly reduce the cost of launching satellites...
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JOURNALIST ARRESTED IN NEPAL WHILE COVERING PROTEST
New York, May 25, 2016–Police in Nepal arrested the journalist Shesh Narayan Jha on Monday while he was photographing a protester splashing paint on the walls of a government complex in Kathmandu,...
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HALF OF PROMISES MADE BY MINISTRIES TO PARLIAMENT NOT KEPT
Two-thirds of central government ministries have not implemented more than 50% of “assurances” given to Parliament, even as the government completes two years in office today, according to data from...
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MOHAMMAD SADIQ: BORN A MUSLIM, BROUGHT UP A SIKH
Of all the states going to polls in 2017, Punjab offers the Indian National Congress the best opportunity to arrest its slide and bounce back after the recent defeats in Assam and Kerala. After nearly...
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SMRITI IRANI, WHAT’S GOING ON WITH YOUR MINISTRY?
If a week is a long time in politics, two years is an eternity. The Modi Sarkar that promised Achche Din for 1.2 billion Indians is yet to come true on its promise. India remains a sleeping giant, a...
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