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WHY I MUST BULLY AND OUTRAGE ON TV: A NEWS ANCHOR ON ROLE-PLAYING IN THE STUDIO
“Oh my God… you’re that TV news person, aren’t you?!” I stopped in my tracks, partly because the person who had shrieked in the middle of the road was quite attractive and also because her two...
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GLOBAL SUMMITS: WHERE ARE WE GOING? – EPISODE – 5
Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain discusses with Prof Sanjay Reddy of New School of Social Research, New York, Prof John Clammer of UN University, Tokyo, Dipa...
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WHO LEAKED THE NEW VIDEO OF THE NARCO-ANALYSIS TEST OF KRISHNA?
Full disclosure: The author of this article is Rajesh Talwar’s brother. On October 22, an edited video of the narco-analysis test of Krishna – Rajesh Talwar’s dental assistant – mysteriously appeared...
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SEXUAL ASSAULT, RAPE TOP CRIMES AGAINST SCHEDULED CASTES
* Sexual assaults against women and rape are the top crimes against scheduled castes (SCs). * Among India’s 29 states, multicultural Goa, ranked 26th by population, has the highest crime rate against...
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NDA UNLEASHES ‘STAR CAMPAIGNERS’ IN BIHAR, AND PM MODI IS JUST ONE OF THEM
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to pack a punch by fielding its star campaigners over the next three phases of the Bihar Assembly polls....
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TWISTS AND TURNS IN BIHAR ELECTIONS, AS SEEN THROUGH ITS POPULAR NEWSPAPERS
Not long ago Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar was referred to by Patna insiders as the editor-in-chief of Bihar. He had earned this reputation for his excellent management of the media, in Bihar...
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HERE IS ALL THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MUDRA LOANS
Taking ahead the work of the previous governments in the area of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, the NDA government has launched the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana under the Micro Units...
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INDIA’S POWER UTILITIES OWE BANKS $ 90 BILLION, CRIPPLE FUTURE
India’s state electricity utilities collectively owe Indian banks Rs 545,922 crore ($90.5 billion), according to the Power Finance Corporation’s latest report. This is a sum equivalent to...
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WHY THE NINE SEATS IN NALANDA WILL BE A LITMUS TEST FOR THE GRAND ALLIANCE IN...
Nalanda is referred to as the political fortress and home turf of Janta Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar. The setting up of Nalanda University, Sudha Dairy Plant, Bihar Police Academy and the Central...
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10 TIMES THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED FOR YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD WATCH, SHARE OR...
The phrase “media blackout” popped up again in social media discourse following speculations that the news media is willfully ignoring the recent agitation in Punjab after the alleged desecration of...
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WHY INDIA’S ROAD SAFETY POLICY IS HEADED FOR A BUMPY RIDE
A recent issue of Outlook carried a special section on road safety. The section includes interviews and articles by officials in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, some transport and World...
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NL KI CLASS ON POLITICAL EQUATIONS
Arun Shourie, speaking during a book launch in the capital yesterday, equated the current Bharatiya Janata Party-led government to the “Congress plus a cow”. Expectedly, the remark made first-page...
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BIHAR’S SWINGING VOTE: THE BJP’S ADVANTAGE
With the third phase of polling in Bihar scheduled for today, assembly constituency trends from the 2014 Lok Sabha elections establish the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) strong voter base in India’s...
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WHY INDIAN MPS DISCLOSURE OF ‘CONFLICT OF INTERESTS’ IS INADEQUATE AND...
In May this year, Shyam Charan Gupta, the Member of Parliament from Allahabad in the Lok Sabha, made a ratherdubious proposition that there was no causal relationship between tobacco consumption and...
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WHY WE DON’T SERVE COWS
Ever since the Delhi Police bulldozed their way into Kerala House to investigate complaints pertaining to bovine activities, I’ve had a flurry of calls asking for The Toddy Shop’s stand on cows. I...
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WHAT NITISH’S 7-POINT AGENDA OFFERS BIHAR
The election manifesto of Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) that swept to power in Bihar with 178 seats was based on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s 7-point agenda that has pledged an investment of over...
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AT HT MEDIA, JOURNALISTS WILL NOW BE ‘CONTENT CREATORS’
Journalists in one of India’s oldest and largest-circulating newspapers now have a new designation: that of Content Creators. The re-designation reflects in the new contracts that some of the...
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READING THIS ARTICLE WILL MAKE YOU WISER ABOUT BISEXUAL WOMEN (OR MAYBE NOT),...
Having spent significant time on social media and the internet, I am used to clickbait titles about social studies, ranging from “Bearded men more likely to fight, cheat and steal” to “GMO crops will...
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AS A GAY MAN, I’M GLAD BJP LOST IN BIHAR
I spent Sunday evening on the terrace of Alternative Law Forum (ALF), a law firm that works out of a dainty cottage in the heart of Bangalore. A garage sale had been organised to collect funds for the...
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GLOBAL SUMMITS: WHERE ARE WE GOING? – EPISODE – 6
Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain discusses with D Raghunandan from Delhi Science Forum, Vijeta Rattani, Senior Researcher at Centre for Science and Environment,...
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