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I got accepted into the Lede Program for Data Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, a 10-week course focusing on data, coding, visual storytelling, etc. The university has provided me a scholarship covering 83% of the tuition fees. However, I need additional funds 1/

New blog post: My advice for young journalists.

Wrote what I tell them on the phone when they reach out for advice on navigating this anxiety-inducing profession.

Please share with twenty-something journalists who might find it useful? Thanks.

samarthbansal.com/blog/journalis…

#WebQoof | A video of BJP MP Dinesh Lal Yadav linking having children to unemployment went viral on social media, which BJP IT cell head called a 'deepfake'. However, AI-detection tools and the reporter confirmed that the video is real. Read here.

thequint.com/news/webqoof/b…

This year, there are 1.8 cr new voters who are 18- 19-yrs -these are voters who came of age in the 'Modi era', a time of tumult & transformation. How do they view the polls? Do they feel part of the India story or left out? Are they hopeful?Or anxious?

m.economictimes.com/news/elections…

The Press Club of India condemns blocking of YouTube channels

Information and Broadcasting ministry, headed by Anurag Singh Thakur, must disclose the reason behind such draconian orders of blocking You Tube channels.

We demand immediate lifting of this blockade.

Manipur s CM claims normalcy has been restored in the state. Last week, my colleague Shantanu Nandan Sharma
travelled to the state and wrote about what that 'normalcy' looks like:

m.economictimes.com/news/elections…

Don't miss Varsha Bansal s investigation into Swiggy s awful health cover policy for its delivery staff- where the insurance is based on their 'rankings' & it keeps changing. Truly dystopian!

Will SwiggyCares course correct?

restofworld.org/2024/swiggy-he…

Amanpour says there ‘are no journalists on the ground in Gaza’. Stewart corrects her, saying there are: Palestinians & they’re being killed.

She responds ‘yes, but we need independent,western journalists’

She switches gears swiftly but her initial lament gives away the…

The 'progressive anti-BJP south' vs 'regressive pro-BJP north' had started to sound too simplistic / sweeping - Roshan Kishore s thought-provoking piece on why this trope is misleading
hindustantimes.com/opinion/terms-…

Last night’s victory in Istanbul speaks volumes not only for Turkey but for all those countries entrapped in autoritarian regimes. It was four years ago I wrote about Ekrem İmamoğlu in Financial Times saying “Rebellious cities will defy authoritarian regimes.” I cannot be more happy today…

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.Daikin India your customer care is truly astounding - you put me on hold for TWO HOURS and then disconnect the call. I really wish I didn't have the good fortune of being your customer

#IncomeTax department freezes account in the name of #Thrissur district committee of CPI(M) in a nationalised bank in the district in #Kerala on charge that the account was not reflected in the annual returns filed by the party.

thehindu.com/news/national/…

Thread: After more than a year of work, we have now launched dataforindia.com, a public platform that seeks to expand access to Indian data for everyone, and deepen the understanding of the country that can come from this data

On the day Vodafone Idea opted for govt bailout, Aditya Birla group donated Rs 10 CR to BJP.

11 months later, no sign of bailout.

So 6 days later, Birla donates another Rs 100 crore. The bailout happened within 2 months.

For #ProjectElectoralBond :
scroll.in/article/106618…

🚨BIG 🚨
The section on the Ayodhya dispute in NCERT’s Class XII pol sc textbook has been revised to give primacy to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement – and, in AT LEAST THREE places, references to the demolition of the Babri Masjid have been deleted

indianexpress.com/article/educat…

SCOOP: NCERT revises Class 12 History Chapter on Harappan Civilisation

The changes introduced rule out Aryan immigration, state that Harappans were indigenous & even call for more research into whether Harappans & Vedic people were the same. The Indian Express
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>Mumbai police book Ajit Pawar, ED follows
>Ajit Pawar joins the MVA govt
>Mumbai police close the case
>MVA govt falls
>Mumbai police reopen the case
>Ajit Pawar joins NDA
>Mumbai police close the case again, ED case infructuous
I report
indianexpress.com/article/expres…

#Israel ’s plan to ban #AlJazeera – amid the network’s relentless ground coverage of the country’s military operations in #Gaza – has triggered condemnation from rights groups.

newslaundry.com/2024/04/03/ala…

World Central Kitchen is devastated to confirm seven members of our team have been killed in an IDF strike in Gaza. Read our full statement on the loss of our team members here: wck.org/news/gaza-team…