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Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava is a Scroll.in staffer.
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40 government departments are using a social media surveillance tool – and little is known of it
The limited information publicly available on the AASMA tool suggests it can track social media profiles, devices and their locations.
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‘Government and industry take Adivasis’ land for development projects but ignore their interests’
Raghav Chandra, secretary of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, says displaced Adivasis should not only be compensated with money but land as well.
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Centre says it doesn’t have records of correspondence on proposed social media monitoring tool
It was responding to an RTI plea that wanted to know on what basis the information and broadcasting ministry decided to float the tender for the proposal.
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Trending
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Why many young Muslims are leaving India
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Explainer: How the 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case won early release
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‘What’s behind the flag?’: India’s cartoonists prompt a laugh on the country’s 75th Independence Day
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India at 75: What is the place of women’s writings in the historical imagination of the nation?
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Fifa suspends AIFF: Timeline of events that led to India’s expulsion from football’s governing body
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Aadhaar authority wants to monitor social media to identify “top detractors” and fix “sentiments”
After I&B ministry, now Aadhaar authority wants to watch your social media conversations
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Tribal affairs ministry opposes Centre’s draft National Forest Policy for its ‘privatisation thrust’
It contends that the draft policy released in March undermines the rights of Adivasis and other forest dwellers.
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Panchjanya project: Centre wants to bring Krishna’s mythological conch to Delhi
A conch-shaped building will be part of a proposed museum district near Delhi Zoo, Pragati Maidan and Old Fort.
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Video
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Caught on camera: Pair of leaping dolphins appears to escort cargo ship in Florida
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Watch: Indian bride and groom play stone-paper-scissors to decide who goes first with the garland
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Watch: Hindu ascetics and Muslim priests in Bihar hoist national flag together on Independence Day
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Watch: Man swims across flooded Las Vegas street with the help of a pool float
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Watch: Jailed journalist Siddique Kappan’s daughter, 9, asks for protection of citizens’ rights
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Farmer losses in Madhya Pradesh's price deficit scheme could go up to Rs 200 crore
The state agricultural marketing board is investigating one lakh ‘suspicious’ transactions under the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Government plans to monitor individual social media users to gauge opinion about official policies
I&B ministry tender for tool to create ‘a 360 degree view’ of users so it can target them with personalised responses raises privacy concerns.
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In one out of five cases, Aadhaar verification in fertiliser subsidy scheme is not working
Study finds traders do not always use buyers’ biometrics to register sales in 14 districts where the scheme has been launched.
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The Reel
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‘Between Two Dawns’ review: A gripping film about workplace ethics
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Deepa Mehta’s ‘Earth’ is a reminder of lines arbitrarily drawn between countries and hearts
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Watch: ‘Pippa’ teaser is out, release date set for December 2
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic
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India’s government is slowly killing its pollution rules to benefit thermal plants
After letting old power plants pollute beyond limits, the Union government now wants to lift pollution curbs from under-construction plants too.
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As banks battle a loan crisis, they are also blocking more RTI pleas than most government bodies
A study has found that public-sector banks and the Reserve Bank are also flouting rules on denying information.
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Fact check: Has the BJP’s electrification push really ‘eliminated darkness’ from India?
More than 30 million rural households in India still live without power.
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The Field
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Cricket: Ireland all-rounder Kevin O'Brien retires from international cricket
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Asia Cup: Afghanistan recalls all-rounder Samiullah Shinwari
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India tour of Zimbabwe: Shikhar Dhawan on the return of KL Rahul, competition in the squad and more
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Fifa suspends AIFF: Timeline of events that led to India’s expulsion from football’s governing body
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Cricket: Kapil Dev on rising popularity of T20 leagues – ‘ICC must protect ODIs and Tests’