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Mail-In Ballot Postage Becomes a Surprising (and Unnecessary) Cause of Voter Anxiety
Thu Nov 01 2018
You can send your ballot in without a stamp, so why doesn’t anyone tell you that?
'It's Impossible To Survive': Odisha Temple Priest Writes To SC Seeking To End His Life
Thu Nov 01 2018
This comes after the Supreme Court suggested abolition of hereditary rights of servitors in Puri's Jagannath Temple.
The VA Shadow Rulers’ Signature Program Is “Trending Towards Red”
Thu Nov 01 2018
A $10 billion technology upgrade championed by Jared Kushner and the Mar-a-Lago trio is at risk of failing the VA’s...
Cobrapost Exclusive : TATA CLiQ Uses Bogus Reviews to Bolster Online Sales
Thu Nov 01 2018
An analysis reveals the Tata group company is using fake reviews to lure gullible customers into buying from its online...
Modi Govt Skips Global Air Pollution Meet For Sardar Patel Statue Unveiling As India Chokes
Wed Oct 31 2018
Environment Minister Harsh Vardan, Health Minister JP Nadda and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan of the BJP chose to flag off...
Backlash over North Dakota voter ID law could rally Native Americans
Tue Oct 30 2018
Tribes — with celebrity help — are mobilizing members ahead of midterms
How The UIDAI Built The Aadhaar Database, And Created A Security Mess In The Process
Fri Sep 28 2018
Lakhs of untrained, poorly supervised people helped create the world’s largest biometric database. What happened when this access was taken...
Useful Chatbots, Less-Is-More Tables and Data Mapping Billions of Birds
Fri Sep 28 2018
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week?
Sabarimala Temple Verdict: Supreme Court Says Women Can Enter Kerala Shrine
Fri Sep 28 2018
Lifting the ban on women's entry, CJI Dipak Misra said patriarchy of religion cannot be permitted to trump over faith...
Why are corporations pouring millions into shoo-in governor races?
Sat Sep 22 2018
Eight governors use war chests to shore up political power ahead of likely wins
Document of the Day: Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2018
Sat Sep 22 2018
The number of those who access news via their smartphones has doubled in the past six years.
NCW 'Fired' Two Women In 2016 After They Complained Of Sexual Harassment
Fri Sep 21 2018
The two former employees have filed a case in the Delhi High Court accusing the National Commission for Women of...
Sad Tunes Algorithm, Fragapane’s Beautiful Dataviz, African Pay Gap, Euro-Xenophobia
Fri Sep 21 2018
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week?
What Is The RSS Stand On Inter-Faith Marriages? Mohan Bhagwat Won't Say
Thu Sep 20 2018
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Chief answered all questions but one on the final day of his lectures.
Journalism Needs to Reinvent Itself: A Q&A with OSF’s Maria Teresa Ronderos
Thu Sep 20 2018
How should philanthropies with limited resources act to stem the tide of a global recession in independent journalism?
The Police “Threatened Us With An Encounter”: Student Who Waved A Black Flag At Amit Shah’s Convoy
Thu Sep 20 2018
On 27 July, BJP president Amit Shah was in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, to assess preparations for the 2019 Kumbh Mela...
How The BJP Is Using Censorship And Surveillance To Destroy FTII
Wed Sep 19 2018
India's premier film institute is witnessing a breakdown due to a culture of fear and ideological imposition.
Using a cheap smartphone to catch fish
Tue Sep 18 2018
Trapped between rising sea levels and development projects that are eating into the coastline of the southern Indian state of...
How #MeToo China Inspired a User-Generated Model of Investigative Journalism
Tue Sep 18 2018
As the Chinese Communist Party tightens its grip on the news media, investigative journalism has suffered a heavy toll, disappearing...
Rajasthan Quietly Given Extra Water By Bhakra Dam Board To Improve BJP's Poll Prospects
Mon Sep 17 2018
Haryana and Punjab allege Rajasthan was favoured due to political compulsions.