Issues with calculating VVPAT Sample Size
Auditing VVPATs has been a headline issue in this election season. A delegation of 22 political parties requested the Election Commission to tally the EVM votes with the VVPAT slips …
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Some thoughts on rising intolerance, paranoia and plain irrationality
I tend to have very strong opinions, so my contempt for the increasing “stupidification” of India is hardly a secret. This is a cause for alarm, because it is indeed …
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License Raj Makes A Comeback
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority’s move to cap pricing of coronary stents would adversely affect well-to-do patients and medical tourism industry in India After the Delhi High court passed the order …
Do international couriers pose a security threat to the country?
The layman often does not know how many tiers of privilege are invisible too him. I have often wondered how I can purchase something that costs less than a dollar …
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Public figures joining Aam Aadmi Party
Aam Aadmi Party seems to be collecting all sorts of people you’d respect but not expect to see in politics. A fascinating mix of the best of the aam aadmi …
Uttarakhand floods: Horror resides in this valley
This article has been translated from a first person account originally in Hindi in Amar Ujala http://www.amarujala.com/news/states/uttarakhand/dehradun/now-horror-staying-in-the-valley/ by Ved Vilas Uniyal and Surendra Puri We reach Harshil around noon. Harshil-Dharali, …
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Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers
As the nuclear debate sparks, more and more voices call for dams and hydrothermal plants. And pro-nuclear activists helpfully point out that they have done more damage to life and …
InkLab – A film inspired by Shaheed Bhagat Singh, denied Censor Certificate
If you remember our earlier appreciative publishing of the indie film Inklab and the interview with Dr. Gaurav Chhabra that followed, we are glad to share that the film was …
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The government’s thirst for Internet Control
“While governments can impose curfew to bring ‘offline’ life to a halt in times of emergency, why is it unacceptable to do so ‘online’?” asked @pragmatic_d This obviously refers to …