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#ECI adds controversial declaration to Form 6, and thinks calling something an *addition" will escape the modification tag!
Also its affidavit seems silent on #ERONET .
Lots of unanswered questions or vaguely answered ones.
Picture abhi baaki hai
#GyaneshKumar
P. S. Picture abhi baaki hai
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One high point for me last week was watching @nikhilkamathcio talk to @rahulkanwal at the #NDTVWorldSummit. I have never heard his podcasts but realised what works for him. He is analytically precise, intellectually curious,
ideologically agnostic and quite pragmatic -- but with a social consciousness. I found his measured speaking style with just the right pauses engaging. Reminded me of Sunil Gavaskar batting in his prime. Defensive but with elegant strokeplay.
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Friendly reminder: We all do this sometimes, but if you enjoy the work of a journalist you're reading, please do think twice before sharing a PDF/screenshot.
Consider instead sharing a quote with a direct article link. Subscription is what's going to keep journalism going!
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BREAKING : INDIAN RAILWAY TICKET CHECKING STAFF ORGANIZATION EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER INCREASING INCIDENCE OF FALSE ACCUSATIONS BY WOMEN AGAINST TICKET CHECKING STAFF WHEN TRAVELLING WITHOUT TICKET, DEMANDS BODY CAM AND FEMALE SECURITY STAFF TO TACKLE UNRULY WOMEN
Letter issued by the organization:
@irtcso
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EXCLUSIVE: India’s biggest news publishers including Ambani's Network18, Adani's NDTV, Indian Express, Times Internet & others mount the most high-profile challenge yet to Modi’s privacy law, warning it would “render investigative journalism a benign and neutered recorder of events.”
DNPA (@publishers_news) has taken the law to the Supreme Court. They argue it would trample investigative work and let New Delhi identify journalists’ sources.
The provisions “constitute pre-censorship which is anathema to any democracy worth its name,” the group’s 698-page filing says.
The key concerns:
🔹 Consent: requiring a journalist to notify the subject of an investigation and seek consent “would allow that subject to destroy evidence, intimidate witnesses”
🔹 Erasure: people can withdraw consent and demand their data be erased, which the group says could force publishers to unpublish or heavily redact news reports
🔹 Sources: a “nakedly unguided” power to demand information that “can extend to privileged communications in possession of a reporter or the informant”
In a letter to the government, the group said India “has chosen to grant broad exemptions to the state, while failing to extend any corresponding protection to the press.”
reuters.com/business/media-t…
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Dear Modi ji, what is this obsession with Bonds? First, Electoral Bonds and now Peace Bonds. Your government cannot silence the voice of the people by making them sign peace bonds. Protesting peacefully against injustice is not only our fundamental right, it is also our duty. We will continue to protest till the unjust SIR is scrapped and till CEC Gyanesh Kumar resigns.
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Join us on 27th October for a panel discussion on Accountability of Judges. The keynote address will be delivered by Justice Oka.
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CSR and foreign funds for a quasi-political set-up advertised as a government aid agency!
Public money for a secret private set-up -- much like electoral bonds but with no transparency.
@AnjaliB_ says there is a "crisis of accountability" when the rulers hide information of public interest in a democracy. Exempt from RTI!
She was speaking at a session at the @PCITweets litfest on an investigative book that discusses the opaque funding and functioning of the #PMCares fund.
@paranjoygt has published and co-authored the book with @Ayaskant_Das .
One high point for me last week was watching @nikhilkamathcio talk to @rahulkanwal at the #NDTVWorldSummit. I have never heard his podcasts but realised what works for him. He is analytically precise, intellectually curious,
ideologically agnostic and quite pragmatic -- but with a social consciousness. I found his measured speaking style with just the right pauses engaging. Reminded me of Sunil Gavaskar batting in his prime. Defensive but with elegant strokeplay.
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If Prasar Bharati can spend ₹15 crore a year on a DD News show featuring a star anchor, while the ISRO Chairman’s basic pay is about ₹27 lakh a year, shouldn’t we rethink our priorities? If India wants to conquer space and attract our finest scientific minds, our rewards must match our ambitions.
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🚨SHOCKING - FIR against Malabar:
A man walked into a Malabar Gold showroom in Bilaspur with a simple request: exchange his old 22-carat HUID-hallmarked bracelet.
The staff ran it through their XRF machine. Once. Twice. Three times.
Every reading came back the same: 20 carat.
They even told him the hallmark didn’t exist.
He called the local jeweller who had sold him the bracelet. The jeweller walked in, confirmed the HUID, and asked them to test it again.
Same machine. Same bracelet. Same room.
This time an employee adjusted something on the machine. Suddenly the reading flipped to 916 - pure 22 carat.
The jeweller recorded everything. The Sarafa Association arrived. Police registered an FIR against the showroom manager and the machine operator. The machine and DVR were seized.
This wasn’t a small local shop. This was Malabar Gold “the chain that advertises trust, purity, and BIS standards across India”.
One bracelet. Two readings. An 8% gap in gold value. And the only thing that changed was who was watching.
If a hallmarked piece can magically lose two carats the moment a customer wants to exchange it, and magically regain them the moment someone pushes back, what exactly is the machine testing?
Customers don’t walk into Malabar expecting a calibration error that only appears when they’re selling gold.
They walk in expecting the purity printed on their receipt.
The FIR is real.
The readings are on record.
The machine was seized.
Malabar still hasn’t explained why the same piece of gold needed a “setting” before it became 22 carat again.
Until they do, this isn’t a machine glitch.
It’s a business model.
CSR and foreign funds for a quasi-political set-up advertised as a government aid agency!
Public money for a secret private set-up -- much like electoral bonds but with no transparency.
@AnjaliB_ says there is a "crisis of accountability" when the rulers hide information of public interest in a democracy. Exempt from RTI!
She was speaking at a session at the @PCITweets litfest on an investigative book that discusses the opaque funding and functioning of the #PMCares fund.
@paranjoygt has published and co-authored the book with @Ayaskant_Das .
Drop everything and take a moment to smile. The cyclone about to hit Andhra Pradesh has been named Arnab. Apparently,, it will be all sound and fury, signifying nothing. NCBN has to be careful, though.
Angry Old Man #MallikarjunKharge needs to realise that his language needs moderation and anger needs management. I remember how he became angry with us journalists at midnight over something to do with Veerappan when he was Karnataka 's home minister living in a palatial home next to Taj Westend in Bangalore.
He is easily provoked.
Pity because he has the chance to be India's first Dalit PM. He doesn't get it. – at Noida, India
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🚨EC cites “trade secrets and commercial confidence” to deny info about software used for SIR. It also says divulging information on who reviews flagged anomalies might “endanger” their lives. Reiterates that EROs remain the statutory authority to prepare rolls. @htTweets
This is beauty of #Hinduism . A highly learned swamiji mocks religion in order to separate social rituals from a seeker's quest -- which is #spirituality . – at Noida, India
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How Indian media channels use doctored photos and fake news
youtu.be/qWjfDow0xGQ?si=gLbR… – at Noida, India
Worrying to hear of a dip in India's foreign exchange reserves in the backdrop of a difficult trade environment and more importantly, the forward commitments in RBI's forex management. Extraordinary instruments like hedges, currency swaps and credit guarantees have underlying drag. But does anybody care? We are just trundling along because planning is considered socialist. If planning is socialist Fortune 500 companies with corporate planning units are communist 🙂☺️ – at Noida, India