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Subir Ghosh

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Covers:  Environment, corruption, conflict, ethnicities, human rights, fashion-retail, the Northeast, wildlife, cinema.
Doesn't Cover: Education, technology.
Maths grad. Non-Right. Non-Left. Non-Centre. Anti-Woke. | Writings: write2kill.in | What the hell are pronouns?
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TenderSURE: In conclusion, here's one for the road - Bangalore Mirror -

TenderSURE: In conclusion, here's one for the road - Bangalore Mirror -

Bangalore Mirror — The TenderSURE project of the Karnataka government has always remained in the news-for right reason or wrong, more so from the time that work on the project got under way. Almost all of those were either claims or allegations. But none of those come across as conclusive either way for the people because both claims and allegations were circumstantial. Everyone's point of view had been rightly raised and heard, but somewhere in between, truth had become a collateral damage. For the people of this city, it was a difficult choice to make: what you would eventually believe would have to depend on whose side you were on.
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When the will to do for Bengaluru was not apparent - Bangalore Mirror -

When the will to do for Bengaluru was not apparent - Bangalore Mirror -

Bangalore Mirror — When Swati Ramanathan, chairperson of the Jana Urban Space Foundation (Jana USP), complained of not being treated properly by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and that she/Jana USP had "volunteered" to do all the construction drawings in the interest of "ensuring quality" of the "unique" project, she had been called out by the chief engineer for road construction. The engineer had at the meeting of February 28, 2014 argued that the drawings would have been part of the detailed project report (DPR) and it would have been obligatory on the part of Jana USP to do that work.
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How BBMP was bypassed, sidelined for TenderSURE - Bangalore Mirror -

How BBMP was bypassed, sidelined for TenderSURE - Bangalore Mirror -

Bangalore Mirror — Documents accessed under RTI by Mirror show how the BBMP chief engineer's suggestions on water drainage were trashed; the results are there for all to see One of the reasons why allegations against the TenderSURE initiative of the Karnataka government has not made much headway is that all agencies and government departments have been pointing towards someone else, or simply passing the buck. No one wants to take ownership of the problems. For instance, the Jana Urban Space Foundation (Jana USP, as it calls itself), that has been at the forefront of the project, has always insisted that it is the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that is the implementing authority of TenderSURE projects.
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Tender was arbitrary, for SURE - Bangalore Mirror -

Tender was arbitrary, for SURE - Bangalore Mirror -

Bangalore Mirror — When controversies erupted over the TenderSURE project of the Karnataka government that sought to re-engineer major roads of Bengaluru, most of those were dismissed as conspiracy theories of activists or simply as fertile imagination of habitual detractors of "developmental" projects.
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A new CAG report puts a number to how much Reliance Industries owes the exchequer: $1.6 billion

A new CAG report puts a number to how much Reliance Industries owes the exchequer: $1.6 billion

Scroll.in — The Krishna-Godavari gas basin controversy now has some numbers to go by - the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has pegged "excess cost recovery" from the KG-D6 gas block operated by Reliance Industries Limited at $1,547.85 million or Rs 9307.22 crore. The numbers have been mentioned in a chapter of the CAG report released on August 2. Most of the statements made in the chapter are a summary of the findings from 2011-'12 and 2014, wrapped up thus: "The total financial impact of excess cost recovery during 2012-'14 (the years for which audits were conducted for the report in question) on account of the earlier audit findings was $1547.85 million."
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Modi's campaign speech in Assam displayed ignorance about ground realities | Latest News & Update...

Modi's campaign speech in Assam displayed ignorance about ground realities | Latest News & Update...

DNA India — Politicians from mainland India, bogged down by their own mainstream and patronising narrative of what development or nationalism ought to mean, hardly ever get the ground situation right as far as the Northeast is concerned. All the more so with Assam, an anthropoligist's dream-come-true and a demagogue's proverbial nightmare. This was amply evident from the cavalier way in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the election campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kokrajhar on Tuesday. What he said at the rally spoke a lot about his lack of understanding of the ethnic equations in the state, and what he didn't say in turn screamed considerably about the shape of things to come.
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Don't fall for R-Jio's media blitzkrieg, Ambani brothers may now control entire telecom space

Don't fall for R-Jio's media blitzkrieg, Ambani brothers may now control entire telecom space

thenewsminute.com — The pomp and glitz surrounding the launch of Reliance Jio's 4G services on Monday was all-pervading. It would have one believe that the company, part of the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) conglomerate, had done something revolutionary. But then, it hadn't. Neither had it introduced a new technology, and nor launched an innovation. It had only announced the rollout of its 4G telecom services, something that rival Bharti Airtel had done way back in February 2014. The promotional blitzkrieg more than surpassed the hype that had been created in December 2003 when Reliance Infocomm, then part of the undivided RIL empire, entered the mobile telecom market.
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It's personal: Why Mukesh Ambani pulled out all stops for the Reliance Jio 4G launch

It's personal: Why Mukesh Ambani pulled out all stops for the Reliance Jio 4G launch

scroll.in — The media blitz surrounding Reliance Jio's launch on Sunday of 4G services (albeit for its employees, as of now) has been as overwhelming as the launch event itself. The press was filled with reports of the event, which featured actor Shah Rukh Khan. Twitter was filled with message from other Bollywood celebrities expressing their support for the new telecom service. Congratulations to the Jio family on this important day! Wishing Jio all the very best in enabling a Digital India #CelebratingJio - Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) December 27, 2015 Congratulations to the Jio family on this landmark day!
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A flood of corruption: Political-corporate nexus has endangered cities | Latest News & Updates at...

A flood of corruption: Political-corporate nexus has endangered cities | Latest News & Updates at...

DNA India — The advantage with hindsight is that even the proverbial fool, after the event, gets the chance of a lifetime to become wise. No, the event one is alluding to here is not the Chennai cataclysm, but one that had ravaged Mumbai ten monsoons back. That natural disaster had brought home lessons in urban planning for all, especially, for the coastal city of Chennai. The Mumbai floods were as much about unbridled concretisation and unabated corruption, as they were about the frenetic altering of land usage patterns and mindless disintegration of wetlands and rivers.
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How Siddaramaiah used Tipu Sultan affair to deflect attention from poor governance | Latest News ...

How Siddaramaiah used Tipu Sultan affair to deflect attention from poor governance | Latest News ...

DNA India — The heat and dust generated by the hateful and acrimonious exchanges over the Karnataka government's decision to celebrate the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan will settle down sooner or later. As in all other debates, there are merits and demerits in the arguments being put forward by both proponents and detractors; but what has been missing from most contentions is the role of the man central to the conflagration - the state's chief minister, S Siddaramaiah. Before delving into the political compulsions that made Siddaramaiah take such a decision, it is worth recollecting what the Canadian essayist Stephen Leacock had penned almost 100 years ago while trying to point out fallacies that are intrinsic to many English proverbs.
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Need to talk about BRICS | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

Need to talk about BRICS | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

DNA India — In the first week of October, what was hitherto only looming large over the trade horizon became a disturbing reality. Twelve countries announced the inking of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after years of clandestine negotiations. Though the partnership has not yet been ratified by lawmakers from the member countries of the Pacific Rim that constitute the bloc, it is likely to cause a flutter in global trade equations. And affect India's already-declining exports, too. Whether that would be substantial or marginal is still being debated since details of the treaty have not been revealed yet.
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Why the Naga accord is definitely not an accord by any measure | Latest News & Updates at Daily N...

Why the Naga accord is definitely not an accord by any measure | Latest News & Updates at Daily N...

DNA India — The accord between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) is definitely not an accord by any measure; what has been announced, if anything at all, is only a statement of intent. Most of the ongoing discourse has either bordered on "whataboutery" or been academic speculation. Neither is off the mark, and yet neither is fair. For, the history of Naga insurrection is a history of failed accords, one of repeated acts of treachery and skulduggery by the Indian government, and a brutal saga of Nagas being killed by Nagas.
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How green was the valley | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

How green was the valley | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

DNA India — The ancient Romans had a widely-used adage: Ovem lupo committere. Translated into English, the Latin expression would mean: to set a wolf to guard the sheep. The construct has had many variations and mutations over time and across geographies, but the essence remains the same. This thought would cross one's mind many times over while going through the report of the High-Level Committee (HLC) that was constituted to review Acts administered by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC). The four-member panel headed by former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian, which submitted its report in November last year, had had its detractors from day one.
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