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POLITICAL PARTIES CAN’T RUN OR HIDE FROM THE RTI FOR TOO LONG
Happy days may soon be over for the six recognised national political parties – Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Bahujan...
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HOW MAGGI IS BAD FOR US AND GOOD FOR UK
Who would have thought that a “2-minute” instant noodle brand would create a controversy that would last longer than what it takes to brew a bottle of crisp homemade beer. But it has, and by the looks...
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CONVICTION RATE FOR ‘CRUELTY AGAINST WOMEN’ CASES IS AMONG THE LOWEST FOR ALL...
Sec 498A of IPC has been one of the fiercely debated IPC sections, especially after the Supreme Court order last year where it laid down a list of guidelines to be followed by Police in these cases....
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GREEK REFERENDUM: YES OR NO
So, Greece has finally said it has had enough of its government’s austerity measures that have led to massive unemployment and widespread social unrest. But did it jump the gun? Also, is Greece being...
View Article3 OF 4 COMPANIES ADULTERATING, MISBRANDING FOOD GO UNPUNISHED
Three of every four companies found guilty of misbranding or selling adulterated food products get away without any punishment, according to health ministry records, even as Nestle India and the...
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NO, THE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON UNWED MOTHERS WAS NOT LANDMARK
How does one classify, hail, or praise a judgement as “landmark”? Can there be defining categories — such as the issue involved, or the status of parties before the court, or the nature of the ruling?...
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WITH 6,562 PENDING CORRUPTION TRIALS, IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE CBI EVEN GETS...
Madhya Pradesh’s embattled chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan may have finally agreedto a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into what has come to be called the Vyapam scam, but with...
View ArticleNL HAFTA – EPISODE 23
Kushan Mitra, Managing Editor of The Pioneer, joins the Newslaundry team as we speak about the Vyapam scam – and the media coverage surrounding it. We also share some personal stories about risks and...
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MATHURANPURA AND THE WORLD’S WORST GROUNDWATER CRISIS
Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh: Here in Mahoba, one of India’s 250 poorest districts in one of its poorest states, the neighbourhood of Mathuranpura is considered particularly poor: It is home to 1,000 dalits,...
View ArticleFTII ROW: THE STRIKE WILL GO ON
The road outside Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi is a high-security zone. It houses 18 central ministries and was most recently in the news for the security breach at the Ministry of Corporate Affairs....
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SILENCE SPEAKS: WHY MANMOHAN WAS WEAK AND MODI IS STRATEGIC
Please put your mobile phones into ‘Manmohan Singh’ mode. A Quora post “What’s your favourite Manmohan Singh joke?” offers more such witticism inspired by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s...
View ArticleNL INTERVIEW WITH COOMI KAPOOR – PART 1
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View ArticleNL INTERVIEW WITH COOMI KAPOOR – PART 2
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HARTOSH BAL VERSUS SWAPAN DASGUPTA. AND OTHERS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE.
While for the longest time, the Indian media followed an untold – and mutually beneficial – code of not speaking against each other, the gloves are well and truly off now. Arguably, it all began in...
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WORLD BANK HAILS INDIA’S SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES INCLUDING THE MNREGA
Social Security schemes like the MNREGA, Pensions are often criticized by economists as unproductive schemes. However, the World Bank in its recent report titled ‘The State of Social Safety Nets 2015’...
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670 MILLION IN RURAL AREAS LIVE ON RS 33 PER DAY
75% of rural households in India have a monthly income of less than Rs 5,000 ($79) 51% of households make a living from manual labour 28% (over 50 million) of households do not have mobile phones or...
View Article‘SUPPORTING PALESTINIAN CAUSE AND FRIENDSHIP WITH ISRAEL NOT A ZERO SUM GAME’
“We appreciate votes by members of @UN_HRC, including #India, who did not support yet another anti-Israel bashing resolution. We thank them.” On July 3, Daniel Carmon, Israel’s Ambassador to India,...
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BIHAR MLC ELECTIONS: WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE RJD-JD(U) PARIVAR
Bihar’s fragmented populace has been hoping for development for over decades now. But the grand alliance of Janata Dal (United) (JDU) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has failed to take cognisance of...
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SHOULD DELHI GET FULL STATEHOOD?
An exclusive poll conducted by the CVoter Foundation reflects that most people in Delhi want full statehood if a referendum on the matter were to be held today. Out of the 3,000 people polled, a...
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