It’s a story that resonates with most shoppers. You buy it on a whim; and since it’s an unplanned purchase, you haven’t brought your shopping bag. This implies shelling out anywhere between Rs3 and Rs30 on the retailer’s carry bag, which displays the brand’s XL-sized logo. Here’s the conundrum: Can retailers charge you for those […]
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Why TRS Supremo KCR Keen To ‘Merge’ The Congress Party?
The ruling TRS is on a hectic plan to lure as many as Congress MLAs to its fold so that the grand old party loses its existence in the state legislature. In 2018 Assembly elections, the Congress won 19 seats. Among whom 12 have already shifted their loyalties to the ruling party. In its first […]
When The Telangana State Online RTI Portal Has To Become A Reality?
The Right to Information Act is a powerful tool in the hands of Indian citizens, but if one needed to ask a state government agency for information, one still has to resort to snail mail, as online applications are only available for central government agencies. This is what prompted social activist Robin Zaccheus to write […]
Why Nizamabad LS Constituency In Telangana Forced To Use On ‘Ballot Vote’?
To highlight their problems, 178 farmers from Nizamabad have decided to contest against K. Kavitha. EVMs can only be used when there are less than 64 candidates. Almost a quarter of the contestants in the fray for the Lok Sabha polls in Telangana will contest from one constituency alone. In Nizamabad, 178 turmeric and red […]
Why ‘Election Commission’ Is On ‘Questions Radar’ In Andhra Pradesh?
Elections to Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha, as of present, will go down in history as the dirtiest elections of the century. The country had seen many Prime Ministers including Indira Gandhi who was considered to be an iron lady. But even during her regime such a situation was never witnessed. The way the […]
Can ‘Lokpal’ Curb The Graft Menace In India?
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose has been appointed as India’s first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman. The move comes nine years after a massive anti-corruption movement, five years after the notification of the Lokpal and Lok Ayukta Act, days after the Supreme Court nudge and three weeks before upcoming general elections. But, will […]
Where Is Modi Govt’s Financial Inclusion Of ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’ With Poor India?
The BJP government published an infographic on the 48-months portal that makes three claims about the Jan Dhan Yojana. This article is a fact check of these claims. What is the Jan Dhan Yojana? According to the official website, ‘the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is a National Mission on Financial Inclusion encompassing an […]
The ‘Dwindling Farmlands’ Of Anantapur District In Andhra Pradesh
Few districts can demonstrate how droughts can break farmers’ backs as Anantapur. The Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh anyway throws up a challenging landscape to agriculturists. Even among those four southern districts Anantapur has historically been the worst off.The district has been drought-prone for more than a century, rainfall data shows. The situation has only […]