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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 sacking them due to their sexual harassment complaints against a se...
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 and meet sadhus in the city....
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 Tamil Nadu, fishing communities using cheap technology...
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 from China’s newsrooms....
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....
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 West Delhi. ...
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
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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 relief framework....
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 it do both?...