1/2: SHARE YOUR INSIGHTS/USE THIS DATA FOR YOUR OWN ANALYSIS. After filing an RTI with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MOTA), I obtained data on the National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) for STs for the past 5 years, including the state-wise distribution of tribal beneficiaries.

Scoop: Two BJP-ruled states crafted identical tenders for massive power-purchase deals. Both favouring Adani Group, and restricting competition. The group bagged one contract and is the frontrunner for second. By Shreegireesh Jalihal 1/2 reporters-collective.in/trc/two-power-…

Reading this once more in preparation for a class. What a book. Should be on the syllabus of every history programme.

General Elections 2024 | suhas palshikar Sandeep Shastri Sanjay Kumar write in EPW: "Why does the 2024 verdict represent a diversity dividend? Each political player has some gains from the verdict." epw.in/journal/2024/3…

The amateurish coverage of Sri Lanka's presidential election by certain Indian media outlets has startled me. Some of them completely lost the respect I held for them. This discussion by The Hindu seems to be totally the opposite. I am still listening to it, but the initial

A memoir of Gujarat riots. Finally, this extraordinary book has found brave publisher Karthika V.K. Ajitha GS Context Westland Books. Everyone else developed cold feet. scroll.in/article/107314…

The shocking death of an employee at a consultancy firm #EY shows the exploitative work practices #workers face. However, #data reveals that #employees are not voicing enough complaints through their company’s #grievance redressal platforms businessline youtube.com/watch?v=qXHZcJ…

As per the latest PLFS report, the female labour force participation has seen a dramatic increase in the last two years. Almost 5%pts each year. But this is not necessarily a good news, I report for BehanBox behanbox.com/2024/09/27/mor…

I think about this scene all the time

In The Quint, Kham Khan Suan Hausing, writes on - How and to what extent can a democratic and constitutional state like India allow and tolerate an authoritarian populism that subverts institutions and established protocols with full impunity in the guise of ‘national security’? Univ of Hyderabad

In the six years between 2017 and 2022, more than 35% of all the #arson cases across India in which #SCs were victims occurred in #Bihar. Data show increasingly fewer crimes against #Dalits are investigated in the state and only a small number of them end up in #courts.

Today, the Supreme Court struck down provisions in various State Prison Manuals that mandated the assignment of work in prisons based on caste & the classification of denotified tribes as habitual offenders. The judgment was delivered in Sukanya Shantha v. UOI~1

One of the most moving pieces of partner impact I have witnessed during my time Pulitzer Center. India's Supreme Court just banned caste-based work in prisons after an exposé by Sukanya Shantha & Jahnavi Sen of The Wire. The chief judge thanked the reporters for their work.

Hah! The Hindu's Sunday magazine has a story on the patriarchy, control, and the sense of entitlement of Indian uncles.

Counting days are big days for the data journalism team in the Hindustan Times newsroom. Sharing our work all of which can be found in our edition today. And of course, data is just one part of the labour of love that went in producing the edition yesterday 1/n