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Shreya Roy Chowdhury
Shreya Roy Chowdhury is a Scroll.in staffer.
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‘Blaming teachers isn’t a solution’: Niti Aayog adviser on a ‘theory of change’ to improve education
Alok Kumar discusses the think tank’s effort to help states make their school systems more effective.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Data check: Would anti-BJP parties have done better if the Congress had sewn up more alliances?
Scroll.in looked at five states – Assam, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra and UP – to see if anti-BJP votes could have come together better.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, Shreya Roy Chowdhury & Ipsita Chakravarty
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2019 results: Why the BJP’s sweep in Haryana marks the end of an era
It signals the waning influence of the Jats, who ruled the state for four decades until 2014, specifically Hooda and Chautala families.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
Trending
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Aaj Tak says its anchors will report on Budget 2023 suspended from a tower at a height of 160 feet
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Journalist Nidhi Razdan quits NDTV
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A new cookbook takes readers across India using diverse recipes of dals from around the country
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Watch: Pakistani TV anchors are stunned by Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul’s lavish wedding gifts
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Budget 2023: Why FM Nirmala Sitharaman is incentivising a shift to the new tax regime
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Election Commission is under a cloud in India – but its expertise is much in demand around the globe
Set up in 2011, the EC’s India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management has trained officials from over 30 countries to hold polls.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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The Silent Army: 10 reasons why public trust in the Election Commission stands eroded
A series of questionable decisions, and dissent by one of the three top poll body officials, have cast a long shadow over the 2019 general elections.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury & Mridula Chari
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The Silent Army: How EC accountants try to track poll expenses with rate lists and shadow registers
But even they are sceptical about the poll body’s ability to trace all the money that goes into a campaign.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
Video
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Watch: Bystander, police officer rescue driver moments before crashed car bursts into flames
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Watch: Bengaluru waiter effortlessly carries 16 plates of dosa, serves several customers at once
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Watch: Pakistani TV anchors are stunned by Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul’s lavish wedding gifts
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Watch: McDonald’s first automated outlet is open for business in Texas, US
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Watch: Woman caught on camera shoplifting in a bookstore in Jalandhar, Punjab
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The Silent Army: For two lakh CRPF jawans, election time means a discovery of India
There is some sightseeing along the way, some photography.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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The Election Fix: Have BJP’s attempts to solve India’s education problems done more harm than good?
The government’s piecemeal efforts over the last five years have ensured that the challenge to educate India’s huge youth population remains unaddressed.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury & Nithya Subramanian
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Government jobs, Jat agitation, split in a state party are helping BJP in Haryana
In 2016, non-Jats were angry with the BJP for failing to control violence during the Jat agitation. But they are sympathetic to the ruling party now.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
The Reel
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‘Lost’ trailer: Yami Gautam Dhar plays a journalist investigating a disappearance
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‘The Romantics’ trailer: Docuseries pays tribute to the Yash Raj Films legacy
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Film ‘Follower’ crawls inside the mind of a social media troll in Belgaum
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Shah Rukh Khan on ‘Pathaan’ success: ‘Have forgotten those four years in the last four days’
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In Ranjan Palit’s new film, a ‘watchdog society’ filled with persecution and paranoia
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In the shadow of Gurugram, one of India’s most backward districts votes without hope
Its residents believe that the area has been neglected by successive governments because it is a Muslim-majority district.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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The Silent Army: When it comes to monitoring parties’ social media campaigns, EC guidelines flounder
The poll body still has no realistic method to track model code of conduct violations on social media.
Mridula Chari & Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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The Silent Army: Meet the intimidators who are briefly banished during the polls
But people so labelled deeply resent that label.
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The Field
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IND v NZ: Gill’s century and Pandya’s four-for helps India win by 168 runs and clinch series 2-1
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IND vs NZ: Reactions as Shubman Gill scores his first T20I century – ‘Unreal, smooth, clean striking
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IND vs NZ: India go in with Umran Malik over Yuzvendra Chahal in series decider at Ahmedabad
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Watch: Sachin Tendulkar’s speech as Shafali Verma-led U19 World Cup winning-team is felicitated
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Cricket: Nepal board lifts suspension on Sandeep Lamichhane