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Obscurity To ‘Verified’: Trolls, Hate-Mongers Now Have Twitter’s Blue Tick

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Published by BOOM Live By Archis Chowdhury A blue tick next to your Twitter account was once considered a prized asset – a symbol of verification and authenticity – given to only those who reached a certain position of prominence. Now, conspiracy theorists, trolls, misogynists, hate-mongers, and other unverified troublemakers are also sporting a blue

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Mughals and Gandhi: Will Removing History Create More Misinformation?

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Published by BOOM Live By Kaisar Andrabi Delhi — Last week, news reports said that the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) has changed textbooks and removed entire topics related to the Mughals and references to assassination of Gandhi. The changes have sparked concerns among educationists, historians and scholars who fear that important

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No, Arvind Kejriwal Did Not Get Into IIT Through Quota; He Ranked 563 In JEE

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Published by BOOM Live By Archis Chowdhury Social media is rife with claims suggesting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal did not clear the competitive Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for his admission into the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), and was admitted through corporate quota. Many of the posts made the claim based on a response

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CAG battles ‘lack of adequate response’ of government departments to audit in J&K

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The Newscraving Desk Srinagar, Mar 29: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has highlighted lack of adequate response of the government departments to audit. “Principal Accountant General (Audit), Jammu & Kashmir, conducts audit of Government Departments to check for compliance to rules and regulations in transactions and to verify the regularity in maintenance of

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Scholars in Kashmir reach consensus to observe Shab-e-Qadar on April 17, to go for moon sighting on April 20

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Hint at Framing of New Ruet Committee Exclusive to J&K The Newscraving Desk Srinagar, Mar 28: To alleviate the widespread confusion among the people over the upcoming important events of ongoing holy month of Ramadan, scholars of different schools of thought have reached a consensus over several issues including that of Shab-e-Qadar and unequivocally decided

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Police arrest mother-son duo for drug peddling in Budgam

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The Newscraving Desk Srinagar, March 21: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Police in Budgam have arrested mother-son duo for drug peddling in Budgam. Police Post Mochwa received a specific information through reliable sources that one person namely Mohammad Yaqoob Khan son of Sirajudin and his mother has concealed contraband

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Govt issues notification to re organise PWD department

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The Newscraving Desk Srinagar, Mar 21: The authorities have issued a notification to reorganise the Public Works Department (PWD). As per an official notification issued here, the authorities said that the sanction “is hereby accorded to the restructuring of Public Works (R&B) Department by way of re-organisation of cadre and rationalization of jurisdiction of its

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PDD to cut electricity to households during Ramadhan as some consumers owe bills in lakhs

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The Newscraving Desk Srinagar, Mar 21: The Power Development Department will cut the electricity to households during the month of Ramadhan as the dues of some consumers run into lakhs. According to officials the dues are even pending for 10-15 years. Although the authorities launched an amnesty scheme in August 2022 to waive off interest

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Is It Going To Be More Difficult To Get Information Under RTI Act? Yes

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Published by BOOM Live By Saurav Das The central government has proposed some changes to India’s hallmark transparency law, the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005 which has raised concerns and criticism. The changes are sought to be done via the proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP), 2022 which will bring in a privacy

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