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Investigative news outlet ‘The Reporters’ Collective’ says non-profit status cancelled by Centre

Tax authorities claimed that journalism did not serve a public purpose, said the platform. The Reporters’ Collective, an...

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The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

A reading of the budget and the Economic Survey is a crucial exercise to understand the direction that the economy is ta...

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A Government without Accountability? Is it a death of Democracy already?

“Democracy is by the people, for the people, and of the people.”-Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA (1861-65) We...

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കടം എഴുതിത്തള്ളാൻ വൈകുന്നതെന്ത്?, ആശങ്കയിലാണ് മുണ്ടക്കൈ ദുരിതബാധിതർ

‘ആ രാത്രിയെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള പേടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഓർമയാണ് ഞങ്ങൾക്കിപ്പോഴും. കുടുംബത്തിലെ പതിനാല് പേരെയാണ് ഉരുളെടുത്തത്. എന്റെയും ഭ...

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The Government saving Madhabi or Adani

A sitting minister in Singapore, Eswaran, has recently been sent to jail to serve a one-year term on corruption charges...

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Cost of Neglect: The Rising Toll of Train Accidents in India

The Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK), established to enhance safety measures, has been abused for unnecessary purcha...

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A Meme-Worthy Budget

The government is clear in its messaging – be ready to be a good slave of the new century. Illustration: The Wire, w...

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Issues raised by the Consortium comprising former mayors and commissioners of municipal corporations of Himachal Pradesh

The Chairperson and Members 16 Finance Commission of India New Delhi On the visit to Shimla, dated June 24, 2024. Subje...

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‘Concerns of 20 Lakh Ignored’ As Karnataka Again Exempts IT Companies from Key Labour Law

While corporates complain that labour laws cannot be applicable to ‘sunrise’ industries and would mess with their ease o...

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How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

Issue highlights a systemic failure that undermines constitutional guarantees and perpetuates hardship for the most vuln...

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February 5, 2025

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Investigative news outlet ‘The Reporters’ Collective’ says non-profit status cancelled by Centre

Tax authorities claimed that journalism did not serve a public purpose, said the platform. The Reporters’ Collective, an investigative news platform, on Tuesday stated that the Income Tax Department had cancelled its non-profit status. The tax authorities claimed that journalism did not serve a publ...

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September 24, 2026

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The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

A reading of the budget and the Economic Survey is a crucial exercise to understand the direction that the economy is taking. It gives a sense of how responsive is a government to the actual challenges in the economy and the real needs of the people. The current budget as such was crucial as it come...

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November 26, 2024

Thomas Franco

A Government without Accountability? Is it a death of Democracy already?

“Democracy is by the people, for the people, and of the people.”-Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA (1861-65) We claim to be the largest democracy. Are we? Two latest developments raise this question. The first is the support one individual, Gautam Adani, and his company could get to increas...

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November 12, 2024

Muhammed Althaf

കടം എഴുതിത്തള്ളാൻ വൈകുന്നതെന്ത്?, ആശങ്കയിലാണ് മുണ്ടക്കൈ ദുരിതബാധിതർ

‘ആ രാത്രിയെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള പേടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഓർമയാണ് ഞങ്ങൾക്കിപ്പോഴും. കുടുംബത്തിലെ പതിനാല് പേരെയാണ് ഉരുളെടുത്തത്. എന്റെയും ഭാര്യയുടെയും മാതാപിതാക്കൾ, വീടും വീടിനോട് ചേർന്നുള്ള സ്ഥലങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു. മനസിനാകെ ഒരു മരവിപ്പാണ്. കരകയറാൻ മുന്നിൽ ഒരു വഴിയും കാണുന്നില്ല. മൊത്തം ശൂന്യതയാണ്. പുനരധിവാസമായിട...

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October 25, 2024

Thomas Franco

The Government saving Madhabi or Adani

A sitting minister in Singapore, Eswaran, has recently been sent to jail to serve a one-year term on corruption charges involving acceptance of a golf set, tickets to attend an expensive show, etc. Can you imagine this happening in NaMo’s “washing machine” government? In any o...

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August 12, 2024

Nancy Pathak

Cost of Neglect: The Rising Toll of Train Accidents in India

The Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK), established to enhance safety measures, has been abused for unnecessary purchases like foot massagers and furniture instead of essential safety upgrades. An image, purportedly of the the Howrah-Mumbai Mail train derailment near Barabamboo in Jharkhand, shar...

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February 18, 2025

Kavita Kabeer

A Meme-Worthy Budget

The government is clear in its messaging – be ready to be a good slave of the new century. Illustration: The Wire, with Canva. Leaving people in the lurch is not a new thing for the Modi government. If people have not understood this, it is clearly their fault, they had 10 years to do so. You ca...

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July 2, 2024

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Issues raised by the Consortium comprising former mayors and commissioners of municipal corporations of Himachal Pradesh

The Chairperson and Members 16 Finance Commission of India New Delhi On the visit to Shimla, dated June 24, 2024. Subject: Issues raised by the Consortium comprising former mayors and commissioners of municipal corporations of Himachal Pradesh. Dear Chairperson Sir and Members, We, former mayors, ...

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July 1, 2024

Kavita Kabeer

‘Concerns of 20 Lakh Ignored’ As Karnataka Again Exempts IT Companies from Key Labour Law

While corporates complain that labour laws cannot be applicable to ‘sunrise’ industries and would mess with their ease of doing business, it is crucial to ask, aren’t fair working conditions a fundamental right, hard fought for and achieved? Representative image of an IT office in Bengaluru. Photo:...

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March 25, 2024

Syed Asif Ali Zaidi

How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

Issue highlights a systemic failure that undermines constitutional guarantees and perpetuates hardship for the most vulnerable segments of society. Jasoda Munda, 47, a daily wage labourer, had not received rations for the past eight to nine months. She complained that every time she visited the rat...

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Investigative news outlet ‘The Reporters’ Collective’ says non-profit status cancelled by Centre

The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

A Government without Accountability? Is it a death of Democracy already?

കടം എഴുതിത്തള്ളാൻ വൈകുന്നതെന്ത്?, ആശങ്കയിലാണ് മുണ്ടക്കൈ ദുരിതബാധിതർ

The Government saving Madhabi or Adani

Cost of Neglect: The Rising Toll of Train Accidents in India

A Meme-Worthy Budget

Issues raised by the Consortium comprising former mayors and commissioners of municipal corporations of Himachal Pradesh

‘Concerns of 20 Lakh Ignored’ As Karnataka Again Exempts IT Companies from Key Labour Law

How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

Investigative news outlet ‘The Reporters’ Collective’ says non-profit status cancelled by Centre

The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

A Government without Accountability? Is it a death of Democracy already?

കടം എഴുതിത്തള്ളാൻ വൈകുന്നതെന്ത്?, ആശങ്കയിലാണ് മുണ്ടക്കൈ ദുരിതബാധിതർ

The Government saving Madhabi or Adani

Cost of Neglect: The Rising Toll of Train Accidents in India

A Meme-Worthy Budget

Issues raised by the Consortium comprising former mayors and commissioners of municipal corporations of Himachal Pradesh

‘Concerns of 20 Lakh Ignored’ As Karnataka Again Exempts IT Companies from Key Labour Law

How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS