The KYC mess affecting India's mutual fund investors (1.3 crore KYCs 'on hold') flies in the face of ease of living and ease of doing business. Here's a quick summary of what happened. We wrote about it earlier, here: livemint.com/money/personal…

Everytime time I take a small break from Twitter and come back, Sam Pitroda seems to be trending. 🤷‍♀️

Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website

Parveen Shaikh says she is mulling legal action

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Dushyant Dave looks at the manifestos of the two main parties, the Constitution, the EC's own guidelines, and Supreme Court judgements and says the PM's speeches fall foul of the Model Code of Conduct.
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Filmmaking and research: A tale of two movies. #Heeramandi #LaapataaLadies

Such a lovely girl, so mature and sorted. 💜 But I feel bad that she's giving interview after interview on this topic because of trolls when she is a State topper and there's just so much more to talk about.

“If they had lived, they would add to GDP”
Is this how research is now? A life is not valuable in itself but has to be explained as ‘will change gdp’

Same in climate change/heat work, how it harms “productivity”, when constant production logic is changing climate in first place

Prodded by cop, The Hindu reporter Wilson Thomas dons the role of an official and saves tea estate worker’s life . thehindu.com/news/cities/Co…

🗞️Friends, some news: On World Press Freedom Day, excited to share that I'm starting The Plank—a new magazine to help our readers become better citizens.

Here is our manifesto/pitch call: theplank.co/pitch-call

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Too many such anecdotes and photos are emerging everyday. Why did the government decide to reduce the number of sleeper coaches and increase the number of AC coaches? A detailed, factual explanation here from 4 months ago by Sonikka Loganathan: m.youtube.com/watch?v=opmK_p…

#Congress के खिलाफ वेल्थ डिस्ट्रीब्यूशन-कथित इन्हेरिटेंसी टैक्स के मुद्दे पर छात्रों का प्रदर्शन लेकिन ज्यादातर को न मुद्दे पता थे ना वजह। कुछ बैनर भी ठीक से नहीं पढ़ पाए। देखिए कांग्रेस मुख्यालय की ओर प्रदर्शन करने चले छात्रों के गजब जवाब।

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On May Day, Shalini Sinha & I write for The Hindu The Hindu Comment - 'A decade has passed since the Street Vendors Act came into effect on May 1, 2014, marking a significant milestone. Celebrated as a progressive legislation, the Act now faces numerous challenges.' We argue👇🏿🧵

CBI chargesheet in Manipur
sexual violence case that was filed last year establishes that the police handed over the women to the mob, police refused help saying the vehicle’s key was lost.

Many Congress handles are spreading a misleading narrative that COVID-19 vaccination was more harmful than not taking it. Please be aware that many studies have established the net benefits of this vaccine. The AstraZeneca news doing the rounds doesn't change that. #Covishield

AstraZeneca’s submission in U.K. court nothing new, say doctors over Covishield’s potential to cause blood clots. Importantly, any adverse event associated with the vaccine would have occurred within 21 days to a month of the first dose thehindu.com/sci-tech/healt…

A local court in MP issues directions to add Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC in a land dispute case against Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam. A few days later, he withdraws his candidature, joins the BJP.

The share of personal tax and indirect tax collections in the total tax revenue has increased, while the share of corporate taxes has reduced (due to the deep cuts to corporate tax in 2019).
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An as usual clear articulation by Dipa Sinha on the need to address inequality in today's The Hindu Bahutva Karnataka ಬಹುತ್ವ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ

.Congress Indore candidate Akshay Bam joins BJP, withdraws candidature

Sexual abuse and exploitation is NOT a sex scandal.