NEWSLAUNDRY HAFTA – EPISODE 16
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THE OH CAPTION! MY CAPTION! CONTEST #16
Fill in the blanks and be part of a Clothesline gag. Enter our photo dialogue contest and you (and your winning dialogue) could be featured in next week’s Clothesline. You wring ‘em clean, and we’ll...
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GOATS AND MORE: AN ANTI-POVERTY GUIDE FOR MODI
A chicken, goat or a similar “productive asset” or goods (such as betel leaves or vegetables) for a small shop. Training on using such assets. Money to reduce incentive to sell assets in an emergency....
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO AMEND THE ‘PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO PUBLIC PROPERTY...
The Union Home Ministry has proposed a set of amendments to the PDPP act, 1984 that seek to deter prospective violators from damaging public property during agitations and also make the office bearers...
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CONTRARY TO AN ET REPORT, MODI GOVERNMENT HAS NOT DONE MUCH TO WELCOME...
The Economic Times (ET) on May 21 reported that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government has in the past one year “granted” Indian citizenship to more than 4,200 Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan and...
View ArticleMODI SARKAR: A YEAR IN OFFICE
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RS 0: SPENT BY 55% LOK SABHA MPS ON CONSTITUENCIES
A year after they took office, 298 of 542 members of the 16th Lok Sabha–India’s lower house of parliament–have not spent a rupee from the Rs 5 crore that is set aside annually for them to develop...
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100 DAYS OF AAP: SCENES FROM JANTA KI CABINET
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LINKING YOUR VOTER ID WITH AADHAAR IS NOT MANDATORY & YOUR NAME WILL NOT BE...
For the last few months, citizens have been receiving messages from various quarters about linking one’s Voter ID with their Aadhaar. The messages go to the extent of saying that not linking Aadhaar...
View ArticleNOT JUST A MEDIA TRIAL: CHITRA SUBRAMANIAM ON THE STORY OF BOFORS
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INDIANS, MARGINAL POLLUTERS. SO WHY CUT COAL?
Mumbai: India’s development dilemma centres around a basic calculation: the carbon emission for an average Indian is only marginally higher than the carbon dioxide produced in flying one passenger...
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THE AD RUSH: AT LEAST 90 LAKH WAS SPENT TO MARK 100 DAYS OF AAP AND ONE YEAR...
Okay, I will admit that I was a little naïve in assuming that the Supreme Court ruling on government advertisements (propaganda) would somehow in a tiny way reduce the number of ads… I’m not even...
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GIRLS SCORE OVER BOYS IN CBSE AND ICSE EXAMS. TELL ME SOMETHING NEW
The CBSE, ICSE and ISC results came out this month and the media, like every other year, focussed on the fact that girls had outperformed boys. Yet again. Yes, girls have been consistently scoring...
View ArticleNEWSLAUNDRY HAFTA – EPISODE 17
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MORE THAN A LAKH NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS ARE REGISTERED IN THE COUNTRY
The Hindu revealed that a large number of registered newspapers/periodicals only exist on paper and that advertisements worth crores of rupees are given to these newspapers. This is only the tip of...
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NO OUTRAGE OVER THE CONSTANT CENSORING OF INCONVENIENT SURVEY FINDINGS
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted -Albert Einstein Counting, however, matters as the Stiglitz-Fitoussi-Sen report pointed out, “What we...
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