In many Polling stations of Inner Manipur, voters have two choices either vote for bjp or return back home

Fish, Mutton Campaign for Modi, Only to Duck Mention of His 10-Year Record.

Taniya Roy pieces together why the prime minister is fighting shy of the real record of his government in ten years.

Here is a snapshot of the record 👇🏾m.thewire.in/article/econom…

#Economy | #InCharts : How Govt and Private Sector Investments Have Fared in Recent Years

2022-23 saw the highest number of government investment projects being dropped in the last few decades, data shows.

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I keep seeing this on X: why should farmers have the privilege of guaranteed minimum prices which no other business gets? #MSP #farmersprotests2024

This is why:

1. No other business face both production risks (like drought/excess rains/heatwave/pest attack etc) PLUS price

#India : The next time you hear someone overstating India's 'economic boom' story, remember it's not booming for all Indians. The crisis of unemployment unites India as few things do, as this The Wire series points out.

#Budget2024 | FM #NirmalaSitharaman said a lot about the economy, but the story is not as simplistic as it has been made out to be.

✍️ शिक्षित बेरोज़गार

newslaundry.com/2024/02/01/wha…

Situation in #Gaza :
📣 Around 70% of those killed are estimated to be women and children.
📣 2 mothers are killed every hour.
📣 Close to 3,000 women have been widowed.
📣 1,000,000 women and girls are displaced.

Read our new Gender Alert: unwo.men/l42350QsAJH

#Media | In 2024, India Will Bank on Political Satirists – Its Remaining Truth-Tellers

It is no joke that in a country which is itself inching towards full blown satire each day, comedians have taken on the mantle of relaying news.

Soumashree✍️
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“There is no privacy, the bathrooms do not have running water.'

Palestinian women in the besieged Gaza Strip use period-delaying pills due to desperate, unsanitary circumstances amid war aje.io/5qsfw0

Since our article below, three new bits of information corroborate what we wrote:

1) CIBIL’s latest data shows that delinquencies in under 50,000 loans have risen 120 bps in the last 12 months to over 5%.

2) CIBIL also said that 51% of consumers who availed small-ticket

#Economy | On a positive note, the data shows that India's unemployment rate has reached a six-year low, standing at 3.2%. However, it's essential to examine the finer details to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the situation.

thewire.in/economy/unpaid…

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FT story alleges that in 2019-21 'Adani used offshore intermediaries in Taiwan, Dubai and Singapore to import $5bn-worth of coal at prices that were at times more than double the market price.'

Some notes 🧵

Prabir Purkayastha was in jail during the 1975 Emergency for years.
Now, as history repeats and quickly turns into a farce, the NewsClick Editor – alongwith another, is Arrested Under UAPA - after hours of 'raids', fishing expedition of questions.
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What is the Efficacy of Ayushman Bharat After Five Years?
M K Venu talks to Taniya Roy in Graphiti this week.
Get to the heart of the offer and the reality, as they unravel the spin here 👇🏾
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Byju’s Hid $533 Million in Hedge Fund Once Run From Miami IHOP, Lenders Allege. Wow, just wow. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

When officials arrive in Delhi for the G20 summit they will be treated to brand-new roads, lush greenways, and striking art installations.
But they won’t find Ayesha Sharma, a transgender woman who has survived by begging for the last seven years.
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This is the letter of DRI Chief to SEBI Chief attaching a CD with documents showing how Adani siphoned out 6278 Crs by overinvoicing to Mauritius & then used for manipulating shares of Adani. This constitutes many offences of fraud, money laundering&offences under securities laws