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From PM To MCD Contractor, There Is A Competition To Deny Responsibility: Bezwada Wilson
Sun Sep 16 2018
On 9 September 2018, five sanitation workers died due to inhalation of toxic fumes while cleaning a sewage tank in...
Record Petrol, Diesel Prices Are Hurting Narendra Modi’s Middle-Class Voters
Fri Sep 14 2018
Could rising fuel inflation derail Narendra Modi’s propaganda machine?
UIDAI Aadhaar Hack: New Analysis Shows Hackers Changed Enrolment Software Code In 26 Places
Fri Sep 14 2018
The UIDAI hopes the enrolment hack will just go away. It won't.
German Heat, Austrian Arms, Quebec School Fees and Salvadoran Kidney Disease
Thu Sep 13 2018
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week?
As Kerala Rebuilds Itself After Floods, Will Centre’s Relief Policies Get In The Way?
Thu Sep 13 2018
The frequency of extreme weather events is increasing, and the Kerala floods point to a key tension in India’s disaster...
Big Oil's black mark on California's climate record
Thu Sep 13 2018
The state’s oil regulator has the dual burden of facilitating oil development while protecting the environment and public health. Can...
Big Impact: A Pocket-Guide to the Financial Benefits of Major Investigations
Thu Sep 13 2018
Investigative reporting is an adventure in delayed gratification
Kanhaiya Kumar Says Narendra Modi Can’t 'Divert' People From High Petrol Prices, Unemployment And Corruption Anymore
Wed Sep 12 2018
In an interview, Kanhaiya Kumar explains why he thinks Narendra Modi's 'Divert And Rule' politics is over.
Collaborations Help Strengthen Journalism in Venezuela
Wed Sep 12 2018
Amid protests, human rights violations, social instability and an unprecedented food crisis, collaborative journalism is getting stronger in Venezuela.
UIDAI’s Aadhaar Software Hacked, ID Database Compromised, Experts Confirm
Tue Sep 11 2018
Skilled hackers disabled security features of Aadhaar enrolment software, circulated hack on Whatsapp
Churu Drug Trials: Four Months On, Dalit Victims Report Severe Damage To Health And Caste-Based Harassment
Tue Sep 11 2018
It was mid April, the onset of the heat wave in Rajasthan.
Authorities Can Now Deny Visa and Green Card Applications Without Giving Applicants a Chance to Fix Errors
Tue Sep 11 2018
Immigration lawyers call the policy change, which kicks in today, another brick in Trump’s “invisible wall” to make legal immigration...
What Happens When the Next Financial Crisis Strikes?
Tue Sep 11 2018
As the 10-year anniversary of the last crash nears, pundits are predicting the next one. That’ll bring another problem: Who’s...
How Struggling Dayton, Ohio, Reveals the Chasm Among American Cities
Tue Sep 11 2018
As a ProPublica/Frontline documentary shows, the economic and social gaps among cities are growing as dramatic as the gaps between...
GIJN’s Fundraising Primer for Nonprofit Media Groups
Tue Sep 11 2018
One of the leading requests GIJN receives is for help with fundraising.
“The Beauty Of The Constitution Is That It Compels Us To Unlearn Our Prejudices”: Menaka Guruswamy Discusses The Section 377 Judgment
Mon Sep 10 2018
On 6 September, in a landmark unanimous verdict, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court partially struck down Section 377...
Here’s What Happened to the 99 Immigrant Children Separated From Their Parents and Sent to Chicago
Mon Sep 10 2018
Confidential records reveal details about struggles to find parents and traumatic experiences during the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance crackdown.
Pune Police Is Diverting The Bhima Koregaon Investigation, Protecting Bhide, Ekbote: Deputy Mayor Siddharth Dhende
Sun Sep 09 2018
The Caravan publishes report of police-appointed committee, headed by Dhende, that finds Hindutva outfits “pre-planned” the Bhima Koregaon violence
The Pentagon plans to spend $2 billion to help inject more artificial intelligence into its weaponry
Sat Sep 08 2018
Officials say they want computers to be capable of explaining their decisions to military commanders