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4 days ago
Drones fly overhead day in and out. Houses are numbered by the security forces. Those travelling for work have to register with the nearest security camp. Amit Shah claims victory over Maoists. Then why mass surveillance in Bastar? Watch:
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Amit Shah claims victory over Maoists. Then why mass surveillance in Bastar? | True Story
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Same Goal, Different Rules: India’s Deals with the EU and US
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Same Goal, Different Rules: India’s Deals with the EU and US
India’s trade deals with the EU and the US share the same goal but differ sharply in structure and implications. While Europe offers rules-based predictability, the US is transactional & conditional. For better outcomes, India must invest in deep manufacturing & reduce the cost of making products.
https://www.theindiaforum.in/economy/same-goal-different-rules-indias-deals-eu-and-us
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India Wants 1,000 New Clinical Trial Sites. Patients Are Still Being Left In The Dark.
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India Wants 1,000 New Clinical Trial Sites. Patients Are Still Being Left In The Dark.
Experts warn that scaling up trial sites without fixing consent failures, financial oversight, and ethics committee lapses will put vulnerable patients at greater risk
https://www.indiaspend.com/health/india-wants-1000-new-clinical-trial-sites-patients-are-still-being-left-in-the-dark-982673
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Late‑Night WhatsApp Chains, Rallies, a New Law: How ‘Love Jihad’ Went from Street To Statute Book In Maharashtra
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Humid heat rises on the coasts of India impacting health
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Humid heat rises on the coasts of India impacting health
Humid heat is rising fast along India’s coasts, pushing human tolerance limits. Fishers say their workdays are shrinking.
https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/humid-heat-rises-on-the-coasts-of-india-impacting-health/
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How India’s Trade Agreements May Price Out Affordable Medicines
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How India’s Trade Agreements May Price Out Affordable Medicines
India’s free trade agreements are progressively undermining access to affordable medicines. The government must resist big pharma’s narrative that stronger IP protection drives investment and innovation, and instead heed health advocacy groups that say healthcare costs for the poor will balloon.
https://www.theindiaforum.in/health/how-indias-trade-agreements-may-price-out-affordable-medicines
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On datafication of India’s welfare state and the erosion of citizenship rights
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Datafication and the Erosion of Citizenship Rights
India’s digital welfare state recasts citizenship by translating complex social identities into data categories. Driven by efficiency and targeting, this shift has entrenched opaque systems that erode rights, obscure errors & risk the subordination of citizenship to administrative convenience.
https://www.theindiaforum.in/politics/datafication-and-erosion-citizenship-rights
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The Iran War and the Energy Crunch is Threatening Farmers in India
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The Iran War and the Energy Crunch is Threatening Farmers in India
There’s a squeeze on an input critical to the nation’s agriculture sector.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-02/how-the-iran-war-and-the-energy-crunch-is-threatening-indian-farmers
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Shrinking commons, broken routes strain India’s Raika nomadic pastoralists
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Shrinking commons, broken routes strain nomadic pastoralists
Highway expansion, fenced farms, village expansion and shifting land-use patterns have erased many of the Raikas’ century-old routes.
https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/shrinking-commons-broken-routes-strain-nomadic-pastoralists/
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The Election Commission Of India’s Disenfranchisement Chaos In West Bengal Masks A Larger Project. Ask Amit Shah
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No Insurance, Little Sleep, Rs 10,000 A Month: Meet Elephant Trackers In India’s Chhattisgarh
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No Insurance, Little Sleep, Rs 10,000 A Month: Meet Chhattisgarh's Elephant Trackers
As habitat shrinks and conflict rises, Hathi Mitra Dal volunteers work with forest officials to keep elephants and humans apart
https://www.indiaspend.com/governance/no-insurance-little-sleep-rs-10000-a-month-meet-chhattisgarhs-elephant-trackers-982618
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‘Slow limp back to normal life’: Sonam Wangchuk returns to work in Ladakh
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‘Slow limp back to normal life’: Sonam Wangchuk returns to work in Ladakh
He was released from Jodhpur jail on March 14. However, he says, his phone and computer have not been returned to him.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/slow-limp-back-to-normal-life-sonam-wangchuk-returns-to-work-in-ladakh-10610361/
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As LPG supply takes a hit, a quiet return of migrant workers begins in Mumbai
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As LPG supply takes a hit, a quiet return of migrant workers begins in Mumbai
Staking out two Mumbai railway stations for five days, The Indian Express spoke to 130 migrant workers boarding outstation trains for home and found what the city streets do not show — nearly half of them said they were leaving because they could not find a gas cylinder.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/as-lpg-runs-dry-a-quiet-reverse-migration-of-workers-takes-hold-in-mumbai-10610364/
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India proposes making government advisories legally binding on tech giants
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India proposes making government advisories legally binding on tech giants
India on Monday proposed changes to its IT law to make advisories and clarifications legally binding on internet platforms such as Meta , Google and X, the latest in a string of stricter compliance requirements for tech giants.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/india-proposes-making-government-advisories-legally-binding-tech-giants-2026-03-30/
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LPG crisis, lockdown rumours and an exit from Surat: Why many Odia migrants are back home
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LPG crisis, lockdown rumours and an exit from Surat: Why many Odia migrants are back home
As the Iran war shows no signs of abating, hundreds of workers are returning from Surat, where they are employed in textile mills and the power loom industry, citing rising food costs and gas prices
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/lpg-crisis-forces-odisha-migrants-to-return-home-from-surat-in-droves-10606911/
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Bengaluru GBA Budget: Roads, welfare, khata reforms in focus
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Bengaluru GBA Budget: Roads, welfare, khata reforms in focus
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.With the presentation of the North, South, and West City Corporation budgets on Saturda
https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/bengaluru-gba-budget-roads-welfare-khata-reforms-in-focus
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RCB remembers stampede victims with 11 empty seats at IPL, but no chargesheet yet
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RCB remembers stampede victims with 11 empty seats at IPL, but no chargesheet yet
Eleven fans died in a stampede at an RCB victory parade last June. A year on, no one has been charged. Investigators have been unable to file the chargesheet du
https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/rcb-remembers-stampede-victims-with-11-empty-seats-at-ipl-but-no-chargesheet-yet
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The last Indian town before Bhutan is reeling under waste dumped on its river banks
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The last Indian town before Bhutan is reeling under waste dumped on its river banks
In Jaigaon, West Bengal, poor waste disposal and the lack of waste management is becoming a critical environmental issue.
https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/the-last-indian-town-before-bhutan-is-reeling-under-waste-dumped-on-its-river-banks/
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West Asia conflict raises concerns over urea supply in India
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West Asia conflict raises concerns over urea supply in India
Conflict-driven disruptions to gas supply and shipping routes threaten India’s urea production and imports ahead of Kharif. Despite higher domestic output, heavy reliance on imported LNG and fertilisers exposes the sector to price shocks, potential shortages, and rising subsidy costs.
https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/west-asia-conflict-raises-concerns-over-urea-supply-in-india/
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India's updated climate plan targets 47% emissions cut and 60% clean power capacity by 2035
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India's updated climate plan targets 47% emissions cut and 60% clean power capacity by 2035
The Union Cabinet has approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)for 2031–2035 under the Paris Agreement.
https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/indias-updated-climate-plan-targets-47-emissions-cut-and-60-clean-power-capacity-by-2035/
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Notifying Families, Policing Choice: Gujarat’s Proposed Marriage Rules Expand State Power Over Intimacy
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Four Times Over Target: India's TB Elimination Problem
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Four Times Over Target: India's TB Elimination Problem
As India resets its TB elimination target by five years, clinicians and researchers say the answer lies in reaching patients earlier—before symptoms appear, and before a fragmented testing system...
https://www.indiaspend.com/health/four-times-over-target-indias-tb-elimination-problem-982394
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‘For 1st Time In 4 Decades, Young Men Are Withdrawing From Education’
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India's IP Surge: A Questionable Patent Filing Boom Obscures a Persistent Innovation Deficit
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India's IP Surge: A Questionable Patent Filing Boom Obscures a Persistent Innovation Deficit
Patent filings in India are surging in number, but these are being driven by a few private universities responding to distorted incentives that prioritise quantity over quality. Without significantly boosting R&D investment and reforming incentives structures, India will not become a true innovator.
https://www.theindiaforum.in/education/indias-ip-surge-patent-filing-boom-obscuring-persistent-innovation-deficit
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Harish Rana, India’s first person to be allowed passive euthanasia, dies
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Harish Rana, India’s first person to be allowed passive euthanasia, dies
The 31-year-old had been in a coma since 2013.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/harish-rana-indias-first-person-to-be-allowed-passive-euthanasia-dies-in-aiims-10598904/
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One-third of India’s strategic petroleum reserves are empty: Why this matters for fuel security
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One-third of India’s strategic petroleum reserves are empty: Why this matters for fuel security
The SPRs — spread across three locations in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka — are meant to act as a buffer for short-term supply shocks and have been in focus in view of the raging war in West Asia
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-economics/india-strategic-petroleum-reserve-capacity-west-asia-10597131/
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Deep Dive: Who will buy India’s weapons?
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India is rapidly pushing to become a major global weapons manufacturer, but the project raises questions about who benefits, who buys the weapons, and the domestic consequences of this shift.
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Indian transparency activists, journalists set for court fight over Modi government’s privacy law
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Indian transparency activists, journalists set for court fight over Modi's privacy law
Transparency activists and journalists are taking the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to India's top court over its new privacy law, arguing the legislation will have a "chilling" effect on journalism and enable officials to withhold information of public interest.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-transparency-activists-journalists-set-court-fight-over-modis-privacy-law-2026-03-20/
17 days ago
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Himachal Govt Ignored Urgent Warnings That Could Have Saved A Village: A Case Study Of Rising Himalayan Blunders
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18 days ago
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A 700 km-long foot march in India’s Rajasthan to save sacred groves from solar projects
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A 700 km-long foot march to save sacred groves from solar projects
Villagers claim wrong classification of sacred groves and pastures as wasteland in revenue records to benefit solar companies
https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/villagers-set-on-a-700-km-long-foot-march-to-save-sacred-groves-from-solar-projects-in-rajasthan/
18 days ago
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Denial & Deja Vu: The Indian Government’s All-Is-Well Claims To The Cooking Gas Shortage Contradicts Reality
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How JNU, an Indian public research university, appointed a Vice Chancellor found guilty of "moral turpitude"
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How JNU Appointed A Vice Chancellor Found Guilty Of ‘Moral Turpitude’
A 2009 disciplinary proceeding flagged Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit’s misconduct which potentially cost her a central university appointment. Twelve months later, JNU handed her the top job.
https://www.reporters-collective.in/trc/jnu-appointed-vc-found-guilty-of-moral-turpitude
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A study finds that drug-resistant bacteria in Delhi’s air are significantly high, posing a public health risk. The findings indicate that microbial loads are high even during winter, and retreating indoors is not really a solution.
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Study suggests air pollution may harbour drug-resistant bacteria
A study finds high levels of drug-resistant bacteria in Delhi’s air. Experts call for stronger antimicrobial resistance surveillance.
https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/study-suggests-air-pollution-may-harbour-drug-resistant-bacteria/
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Chronic exposure to air pollution can influence dengue severity, study finds
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Chronic exposure to air pollution can influence dengue severity, study finds
A recent study conducted across dengue-endemic countries found that higher ambient PM2.5 exposure significantly increases dengue mortality.
https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/chronic-exposure-to-air-pollution-can-influence-dengue-severity-study-finds/
18 days ago
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Indian right-wing Hindutva volunteer paramilitary organisation RSS does operate abroad, contrary to its claims. Here’s how its “World Department” works
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LPG supply shock exposes fragility of India’s clean cooking strategy
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LPG supply shock exposes fragility of India’s clean cooking strategy
India’s reliance on imported LPG has come under strain, as supply disruptions cause delays and uncertainty.
https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/lpg-supply-shock-exposes-fragility-of-indias-clean-cooking-strategy/
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Modern Slavery in India: How Adivasi Workers Remain Trapped in Debt, Deference & Disposable Work
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One Crash, Years of Crisis: The Hidden Scale of Serious Road Injuries in India
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One Crash, Years of Crisis: The Hidden Scale of Serious Road Injuries in India
As fatality numbers dominate the debate, around 158,576 people a year survive crashes with severe trauma — and most face the aftermath alone
https://www.indiaspend.com/data-gaps/one-crash-years-of-crisis-the-hidden-scale-of-serious-road-injuries-in-india-982111
18 days ago
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Iran crisis lifts India bottled water prices, erasing Modi tax cut gains
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Iran crisis lifts India bottled water prices, erasing Modi tax cut gains
The Iran war has made bottled water in India 11% more expensive after prices of plastic bottles and caps surged, a change that has also erased the benefit of a lower water tax rate Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a few months ago.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/iran-crisis-lifts-india-bottled-water-prices-erasing-modi-tax-cut-gains-2026-03-19/
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18 days ago
Letters: industry groups pushed back after India proposed in January that Apple, Google, and others consider pre-installing biometric ID app Aadhaar on phones (Reuters)
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HDFC Bank Chair’s Hostile Exit Leaves Board ‘Baffled,” Investors Confused
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HDFC Bank Chair’s Hostile Exit Leaves Board ‘Baffled,” Investors Confused
India’s financial sector has been plagued with governance scandals.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-19/hdfc-bank-chair-s-exit-leaves-board-baffled-stock-lower-investors-confused
18 days ago
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India’s Central Bank Ramps Up Key Tool to Defend Falling Rupee
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19 days ago
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Indian Navy to send more warships to help fuel carriers cross battle-hit Strait of Hormuz
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Indian Navy to send more warships to help vessels cross battle-hit Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz closed: The additional deployment will take the number of Indian warships in the wider region east to the strait to six to seven.| India News
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indian-navy-ups-gulf-of-oman-presence-as-us-iran-war-rages-on-strait-of-hormuz-101773881977067.html
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RBI finds no material concerns in HDFC Bank’s governance
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RBI finds no material concerns in HDFC Bank’s governance
RBI finds no material concerns in HDFC Bank’s governance despite part-time chairman’s resignation over ethics differences.
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/rbi-says-it-found-no-material-concerns-at-hdfc-bank-after-chairmans-exit/article70760748.ece
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Nagpur riots, one year on: Chargesheets filed in all FIRs except one naming VHP, Bajrang Dal members
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Nagpur riots, one year on: Chargesheets filed in all FIRs except one naming VHP, Bajrang Dal members
A 1,900-page chargesheet against 87 accused filed within months of the March 17 violence; police say chargesheet in case against right-wing leaders is ready, but state government approval under Sections 295A and 153A is yet to come
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nagpur-riots-one-year-on-chargesheets-filed-in-all-firs-except-one-naming-vhp-bajrang-dal-members-10589579/
19 days ago
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India’s Widening Jobs-Gap for Young Graduates
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India’s Widening Jobs-Gap for Young Graduates
India needs to create at least eight million jobs a year to absorb its growing workforce.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-18/india-s-unemployed-graduates-rising-higher-airfares-may-hurt-airlines
19 days ago
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Assam Government Agrees to Pay the Adani Group for Excessive Power it Cannot Consume in Coming Years. Potentially Rs 12,500 Crore over Five Years
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Assam Gov’t Agrees to Pay the Adani Group for Excessive Power it Cannot Consume in Coming Years. Potentially Rs 12,500 Crore over Five Years
Documents expose how the BJP government in Assam inflated its power needs, waived standard safeguards, and pledged to pay the Adani group for surplus electricity the state may never use. All, months before it faces voters.
https://www.reporters-collective.in/trc/assam-govt-agrees-to-pay-adani-for-power-it-cannot-consume
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Explained: The growing ambit of India’s online censorship mechanism
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Explained: The growing ambit of India’s online censorship mechanism
The effects of these widespread efforts are showing through: users on social media have been flagging that many of their posts which were satirical or critical of the government, and not necessarily illegal, have been impacted
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-content-blocking-rules-decentralised-it-act-10588096/
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India Deals Slow as Third Week of War Makes Investors and Founders Wary
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India Deals Slow as Third Week of War Makes Investors and Founders Wary
Corporates are in wait and watch mode on fund raising, business expansion, and deal activities.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-16/cheaper-generic-versions-of-ozempic-to-hit-india-soon-companies-defer-ipos
20 days ago
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India Is Embracing China’s Authoritarian Tactics for Digital Surveillance and Control
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India Is Embracing China’s Authoritarian Tactics for Digital Surveillance and Control
The country’s undemocratic turn is dangerous not only for its own citizens but also the world as other populist rulers emulate its methods
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/india-is-embracing-chinas-authoritarian
20 days ago
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