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WHY PRANNOY ROY’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD MATTERS
Prannoy Roy received a lifetime achievement award at the Redink awards function. In a politically lively and polarised climate where a resurgent and re-invigorated Hindu right is a potent force, this...
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BOLLYWOOD REACTS TO #SALMANVERDICT
BREAKING NEWS: Not your average everyday- ticker level – slow animation panel flip – breaking news. This people, is Salman khan being sentenced to five years in jail. While we won’t get to see what...
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THE RISE AND RISE OF DRONES IN THE MEDIA
Drones. Even the word has something of menace about it. A mechanical wasp, hovering with some sort of malevolent intent, operated by remote distant operators with unknown levels of compassion. Or at...
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INDIANS UNDER TRIAL EXCEED DUTCH POPULATION
For the 13 years the Salman Khan hit-and-run case was in trial, it was one of 18.5 million criminal cases pending in India’s district and lower courts, and the 50-year-old Bollywood star was one of...
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IMAGES ON VAW: THE RAPIST, NOT THE WOMAN, SHOULD BE HIDING HIS FACE
A woman hiding her face. A woman cowering in a corner as the shadow of a man looms over her. A woman shielding herself as a hand reaches out to grab her. The Indian Express ABP News DNA Deccan Herald...
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RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR POINTS TO THE FLAWS IN TELECOS’ ARGUMENTS AGAINST NET...
Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar submitted his counter comments today (May 7) to the submissions made by telecom companies to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
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DON’T BE SURPRISED BY BOLLYWOOD’S INANITY, IT’S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS
As Salman Khan was sentenced to jail for mowing down a man sleeping on the street, Bollywood responded by indulging in a brazen defiance of common sense. B-town celebrities proved that no one can beat...
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THE MANY THREATS FACED BY JOURNALISTS IN THE ONLINE SPHERE
Despite a lack of aggregated data and specific studies on the issue, experts say there is enough evidence to suggest that the online harassment of journalists, including threats of violence, has a...
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NO PRIME TIME SPACE FOR CHEATING AT PRE-MEDICAL TEST
Now since we know “beyond reasonable doubt” that nothing stirs passion like Bollywood, let me begin with a classic Bollywood one-liner: Doctor bhagwan ka roop hota hai. A rough English translation of...
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MODI & MANMOHAN: 1 YEAR, SPOT THE DIFFERENCES
The economy rebounded. Exports and imports declined. Foreign-exchange reserves grew. Coal production, electricity generation and petroleum consumption rose. Non-performing assets (NPAs) in banking...
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DUPLICATE FACULTY IN ENGINEERING COLLEGES – THE STORY OF BRAZEN VIOLATION OF...
At Factly, our endeavour is not just to make public data meaningful to the common man, but also use public data to expose/highlight irregularities and in turn help better governance. As a part of our...
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TEHELKA PULLS DOWN A STORY ABOUT A CAR CRASH INVOLVING A RELIANCE-OWNED VEHICLE
An indispensable part of news in the digital age is “riding the trend”. Which, to put simply, is to churn out quick copies that are in some way or the other linked to the day’s big story. The...
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INDIA: 100% MORE TRAFFIC DEATHS THAN CHINA
Despite having 99 million fewer people and fewer vehicles, the number of deaths in road accidents in India is more than twice the number of people killed similarly in China, according to a government...
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JOURNALISTS REACT TO AAP’S CIRCULAR ON DEFAMATORY NEWS
“The Petitioner holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and is a former Indian Revenue Services officer. He is also a social activist and has worked...
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WHY GREENPEACE IS FIRST ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
As Greenpeace India struggles to stay afloat, the real reason why the government wants to shut down the global environmental NGO hasn’t got much attention: Coal, the single biggest source of primary...
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HOW DID JAYALALITHA’S DISPROPORTIONATE ASSETS COME DOWN TO LESS THAN 3 CRORE...
The Karnataka High Court Judgement acquitting J Jayalalitha and three others in the disproportionate assets case raised quite a few eye brows. The high court rejected the trial court’s judgement....
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‘I LIKE RAJDEEP, BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ – JAWHAR SIRCAR HITS OUT AT JOURNALIST...
In a Facebook post, Prasar Bharati Chief Executive Officer and former culture secretary Jawhar Sircar lists the challenges of working for a public broadcaster and lashes out at journalist Rajdeep...
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MODI OR MANMOHAN, THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE IS ALWAYS FAIR GAME
If there was one underlying theme in all of Narendra Modi’s 437 rallies and 5,827 public events during the Lok Sabha campaign, it was the promise of change. Exhibit A: “If you give all the 42 Lok...
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THE PAKISTANI MEDIA ON THE BIN LADEN KILLING
Pakistan and its alleged role in the Osama bin Laden killing is at the heart of Seymour Hersh’s investigative piece that has divided opinion in the American media. In a 10,000-word piece published in...
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