-Scroll.inSince August, media reports have highlighted suspension of accounts, marking of news stories as spam by Facebook.With the general elections in India due early in 2019, greater attention is being paid to the digital space, which many believe will have a deep impact on the polls. Much of this attention is focused on Facebook, which was heavily criticised for its conduct in the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential...
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Who pays taxes and who doesn't -Ram Singh
-The HinduThe number of tax returns filed has gone up but collections have not shown a commensurate increaseThe Central Board of Direct Taxes has released the latest data on income tax collections. Several interesting facts emerge from the data. The number of taxpayers has increased drastically over the last four years. The number of tax returns filed has surged to 6.85 crore in FY 2017-18, an 80% growth since FY...
More »India tops in under-5 deaths due to toxic air, 60,000 killed in 2016: WHO -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India's toxic air has been linked to the premature deaths of close to 1,10,000 children in 2016, with the country witnessing highest number of deaths of children under five years of age attributed to their exposure to ambient air pollution of particulate matter (PM) 2.5, said a World Health Organisation (WHO) report released on the eve of the first-ever conference on air pollution and health. As...
More »If you are a scribe, grab this unique opportunity: Apply for NFI Media Awards Programme 2019 (last date extended till 10th Jan, '19)
The National Foundation for India invites applications for its National Media Awards Programme, 2019. The award is for young, mid-career journalists and will allow them to publish and research articles /photo-essays on issues of national concern, which though important, do not receive adequate media attention. The award supports the pursuit of in-depth, creative field research on these concerns and writing about them with adequate evidence. Under the programme, ten to twelve...
More »Children under 15 at serious risk from polluted air: WHO -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu93% of world's 1.8 bn children in this age could suffer neuro-development deficitsEvery day about 93% of the world?s children under the age of 15 (1.8 billion children) breathe polluted air that puts their health and development at serious risk, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report that puts into numbers the devastating impact that air pollution is having on the global population?s health.Tragically, many of...
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