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Sorry Mr Panda, every change doesn't equal reform

Sorry Mr Panda, every change doesn't equal reform

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Why opposition to Free Basics is flawed

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Net neutrality decision: 'Haves' have prevented the 'Have nots' from accessing the internet

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Reactions against Rajasthan repealing minimum education rule for civic polls show India's crisis ...

Reactions against Rajasthan repealing minimum education rule for civic polls show India's crisis ...

A few days ago, the newly formed Congress government in Rajasthan headed by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, repe…

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How to tap into phones without a warrant

How to tap into phones without a warrant

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Will They Apologise? This Twitter Thread Has Compiled A List Of People Who (Wrongly) Thought Demo...

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How Sangh Brotherhood Ecosystem Ran a Smear Campaign on UPA Defence Minister AK Antony

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By Chirag Patnaik
| newscentral24x7.com
In the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, not a day went by when worthies in the Sangh brotherhood ecosystem and some “independent journalists” didn’t miss a chance to tell us as to how badly the defence ministry was under the UPA and how AK Antony was the worst defence minister in the country’s history. Fast forward to January 2019.
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Reactions against Rajasthan repealing minimum education rule for civic polls show India’s crisis of democracy

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By Chirag Patnaik
| The Leaflet
Chirag Patnaik | @Chirag | January 2,2019 A few days ago, the newly formed Congress government in Rajasthan headed by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, repealed a rule by the previous the BJP government, that prevented people without a secondary education from contesting Panchayat and other elections. A move that should have drawn universal applause, except from the usual suspects in the Sangh Parivar ecosystem. The Sangh and their supporters were predictably up-in-arms about it.
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