Clik here to view.
MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN INDIA OVER 16 YEARS.
India is in a minority group of countries on the planet that retain capital punishment on their statute books. According to a compilation attempted in 2009, the following criminal offences under...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WHY HINDUSTAN TIMES WON’T NAME THE PIZZA DELIVERY COMPANY WHOSE EMPLOYEE...
If you read your newspapers on Monday morning, you are likely to have come across the ghastly story of a five-year old girl being molested by a pizza-delivery boy. If you read The Indian Express and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ANDHRA PRADESH TOPS THE LIST OF STAMPEDE DEATHS FROM 2001 TO 2013
Stampedes at mass religious gatherings have taken more than 2000 lives between 2001 and 2013. Close to 3000 incidents of stampede occurred during this period according to the National Crime Records...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WITH ONLY 4 YEARS TO GO, 90% OF TOILET TARGET STILL AHEAD
Of more than 110 million rural households without toilets across India in 2012, the government has been able to assist 11 million households in building toilets. That means, nearly 99 million...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SHIRIN DALVI: TESTING THE LIMITS OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION – 4
On January 7, 12 members of the editorial team of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo including the editor were murdered by three gunmen for printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2006 and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RAJIV MALHOTRA SAYS THOSE ACCUSING HIM OF PLAGIARISM ARE REALLY OUT TO...
I was recently “bombed” by an online petition with a sensational charge that I had “plagiarised” in my earlier book, Indra’s Net. The demand was that publishers must withdraw my books. The accusation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TAMIL NADU, KERALA LEAD SURGE IN FINANCIAL INCLUSION
As many as 45 of India’s top 50 districts that offer affordable, formal financial services are in four south Indian states—with 30 concentrated in Tamil Nadu and Kerala—according toCRISIL Inclusix, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF SANIA MIRZA (NO THANKS TO RELIGIOUS AND NATIONALIST...
Sania Mirza, India’s most successful female tennis player won her first Wimbledon Grand Slam title last week. Just a couple of years ago, she was exposed to all things ugly in India — religious dogma,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IN A REMARKABLE NEW TREND (OR BLUFF), NEWS CHANNELS MAY HAVE AIRED YOGA DAY...
There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. Or, in the media world, free ads. Which is why a comprehensive dossier prepared by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the “Yoga Day” media...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OF THE 6000 PEOPLE WHO BROKE OUT OF JAIL BETWEEN 2004 & 2013, 70% ARE STILL...
The recent Tihar Jail Break attempt by two under trial prisoners raised quite a few eye brows. Data with the NCRB indicates that a total of 5879 inmates escaped from prisons in the 10 year period from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DISPUTE WITH YOUR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDER? YOU MAY NOT HAVE MUCH RECOURSE
We know you love your smart phone. There are strong reasons to – after all you use it to do so many things: pay bills, order food and clothes, and even find potential dates. However, in case of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE FREE FALL OF SCIENCE REPORTING IN THE INDIAN MEDIA
Think of science reportage in India and the image that, ironically and sadly, comes to mind is of India TV taking us down the rabbit hole of superstitions. From sundry babas performing chamatkars to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE BIG BIHAR BATTLE IS ON AND IT’S VERY MUSICAL
The big electoral battle is on in Bihar. And you know it is seriously on when two of the heavyweights — Janta Dal (United) and Bharatiya Janata Party — release their election songs. (The JD(U),...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NL HAFTA – EPISODE 24
Mihir Sharma, opinion editor at Business Standard, joins the Newslaundry team as we speak about Grexit and St. Stephen’s never ending controversies. Here, Mihir recounts an encounter with Stephen’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NL HAFTA EXTRA– EPISODE 24
This is NL Hafta Extra – where the team discusses what we couldn’t in the main episode. Mihir Sharma, opinion editor at Business Standard, and the Newslaundry team discuss Amartya Sen’s response to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
MANMOHAN SINGH SPENT 699 CRORE WHILE VAJPAYEE SPENT 144 CRORE ON FOREIGN VISITS.
Foreign Visits by the Prime Minister has been a subject of discussion especially after the Narendra Modi led BJP Government came to power. But little information was forthcoming about the expenses...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ROBOTS VERSUS MAKE IN INDIA
A big part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) strategy in bringing about “acche din” is the “Make in India” initiative aimed at turning India into a manufacturing hub and providing employment to...
View Article