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STATE HEALTH BUDGETS ROSE 21%, YEAR BEFORE DELHI’S CUTBACKS
Amid criticism, central funding of national health programmes was cut 15% in the union health budget of 2015-16, but state health budgets–taken together–had already risen 21% the previous year,...
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HERE IS HOW VAJPAYEE RESPONDED TO SEPARATIST DEMANDS IN 1962
Nationalism and its meaning are being debated extensively in the country today. While the current debate has turned acrimonious, things were not always like this. In 1962, during the motion of thanks...
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NL HAFTA – EPISODE 56
Mukul Kesavan, professor of Social History at Jamia Millia Islamia University and columnist, joins us for this week’s episode of NL Hafta. The team discusses Smriti Irani’s speech in Parliament, the...
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WITH A REVAMPED LIKE BUTTON, FACEBOOK TAKES A DEEPER DIVE INTO YOUR MIND
This week, Facebook unveiled a massive update on its most well-known feature: the ubiquitous thumbs-up icon called a Like. The company announced that it will now allow users to nuance their...
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GLOBAL WORRIES HELP ARUN JAITLEY PAY BIG BILLS
India is expected to save Rs 1.2 lakh crore ($17.6 billion) because of reduced oil prices and increased excise duties. This is likely to help Finance Minister Arun Jaitley achieve the fiscal deficit...
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THIS IS HOW INDIAN INDUSTRY SPENT THE CSR BUDGET IN 2014-2015
Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 mandates companies with more than a specified net worth or turnover or net profit to mandatorily spend 2% of the net profit on Corporate Social Responsibility...
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WHO NEEDS THE SEDITION LAW? THE POLICE MORE THAN THE JUDICIARY
Three Jawaharlal Nehru University students are now in custody as the Delhi police begin its probe on what is being referred to as “anti-national” sloganeering on the university campus on February 9,...
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HOW ARNAB GOSWAMI & TIMES NOW GOT A ‘CEASE AND DESIST’ NOTICE FROM THE WIRE
Accusations and counter-accusations in #TheWireTimesNowRow (we can come up with hashtags too) don’t seem to be ending. Early last week, The Wire and its founding editor and publisher Siddharth...
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JAITLEY’S PLAN TO EASE LIFE FOR SMALL-BUSINESS OWNERS
Thousands of small-business owners will be freed of many account and audit requirements, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised the turnover limit from Rs one crore to Rs two crore, while presenting...
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RECORD FARM FUNDING, UP 84%; CRISES ALSO RECORD-BREAKING
Continuing the poetic trend seen in budget speeches, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley started with these lines, signalling the fiscal path of his government towards budget management during a global...
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DELHI HIGH COURT UPHOLDS TRAI ORDER ON DROPPED CALLS
In October 2015, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued an order to all Mobile Service Providers to compensate consumers in the event of dropped calls. This was challenged by the...
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OSCAR WINNER SPOTLIGHT’S DIRECTOR – JOURNALISM AT ITS BEST
Oscar-winning writer/director Tom McCarthy talks about the making of his film Spotlight in our interview. The film was nominated for 5 Oscars and won 2 Academy Awards last night. McCarthy and Josh...
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HOW ARE VARIOUS COMPANIES SPENDING CSR MONEY?
Large Companies are spending their CSR money on a variety of activities. Most of them have their own foundations or trusts through which these programs are implemented. It is also observed that quite...
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HOW 52 MILLION MAY DEPEND ON RURAL JOBS PLAN FOR 20 YEARS
With a 14% rise in funding for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in Budget 2016-17, the world’s largest state-run jobs plan continues to be India’s top poverty...
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REPOST: NL INTERVIEWS JERRY PINTO
Watch him speak to Madhu Trehan about Em and the Big Hoom, the torture of living with his mentally unstable yet wonderful mother, the art of writing, Arundhati Roy and how he used the vicissitudes of...
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SCIENCE FOR THE AAM AADMI AND THE ARNABS OF TV NEWS
“An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.” (Dramatic background score, fire on the screen…) [1] With a society that produces tens of thousands...
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MEET THE ‘NATIONALIST MUSLIMS’ OF RSS’ AFFILIATE, MUSLIM RASHTRIYA MANCH
In the dingy lanes of Gali Naal Bandan in Kashmiri gate, a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood, lives Mohammad Afzal. Describing himself as a “Hindu Musalman”, Afzal said proudly of himself, “Humara...
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KANHAIYA KUMAR MAY BE OUT ON BAIL, BUT HE’S DEFINITELY NOT FREE
The news that Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar had got bail was greeted with cacophony, slogans and good cheer on university campus yesterday. The vice-president of...
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CHINA’S VOCATIONAL TRAINING 16 TIMES INDIA’S: CAN BUDGET PUSH HELP?
There is a shortage of 100,000 trainers to implement skill-development programmes across the country, according to data provided to the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) on Februrary 24, 2016,...
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WHO THE FELUDA TOOK MY INTERNET?
Big Brother is flexing his muscles again. The Central Board of Certification pushes its boundaries from simply certifying films to cutting, chopping, snipping, hacking and butchering films as per...
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