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September 16, 2026
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AI Impact Summit: PR, Protests and the truth
Days after the India AI Impact Summit 2026 wrapped up in New Delhi, news and digital media are flooded with news about the controversy studded event. While a lot of state backed media have done their usual, uncritical praise for the Government, even they haven’t been able to cover up the many f...
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September 16, 2026
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Bridges, Budgets, and Broken Accountability
Two days ago a parapet segment of an under-construction metro collapsed in Mumbai, killing one person and injuring three others. This incident is the newest addition to a troublingly long list of infrastructure accidents in India. Just last July, the Gambhira bridge collapse in Gujarat cost nin...
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September 16, 2026
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Union Budget 2026–27: A Budget Sans Kartavya
On February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released the 2026-27 Union Budget. In the NDA Government’s long pattern of disregarding the land, lives and labour of people, this budget is another nail in the coffin of India’s democracy.  The winter session of the Parliament showed t...
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Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) Give In-principle Nod to Merger
In the Union Budget 2026 to 27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that major public sector NBFCs would be consolidated to create larger institutions to finance energy and infrastructure. Following this, the boards of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporat...
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