Soumyarendra Barik
@imsoumyarendra
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The Indian Express | I report on the intersection of tech and society | Views mine, not employer’s
Joined February 2017
RT @IndianExpress: Meta’s fact-checking snub in US sets off alarm bells for fact-checkers in India @imsoumyarendra reports
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🚨New: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to @IndianExpress on data localisation: Envisaged committee to collate localisation requests from sectoral regulators, hold industry consultations before taking decision to avoid disruption.
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🚨Investigation: RTI data reveals that till June'24 the 14 PLI schemes created 5.8 lakh direct jobs. But more than 60% of it came from just 2 schemes (food, mobiles) with other sectors yet to make a considerable mark on employment creation. @IndianExpress
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🚨New: Hyundai, Mahindra, Kia and 5 other carmakers failed to meet key emission norms in FY23, for which the govt has calculated penalties of around Rs 7,300 crore. The companies, though, are resisting paying the fines. @IndianExpress
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🚨Part 2 of the investigation is out - it's on a decades old law that's used to determine compensation for victims of rail accidents, and how it has no language for sufferings like PTSD, nightmares, pain etc.
🚨Victims of Balasore train accident who had PTSD, flashbacks, pain, were in for a rude shock when they sought compensation at tribunals. Because a key 30+ year old law has no language for such suffering, resulting in lower relief. I report w my colleagues
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Here's Part 1 of the investigation:
🚨Remember the Balasore train accident last year which impacted over 1000 people? Turns out Rlys did not pay a penny to 233 people incl. for deaths, fractures. It asked victims to prove whether they were on the train that night. I report with my colleagues
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Reporting with my colleagues @dheerajmishra04 (who obtained the case numbers of 841 people who approached tribunals for extra compensation through RTI) @AanchalMagazine, @aggam_walia. We went through each case, mapping out data. Do read!
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RT @asad1_rehman: While the robbery may have started a political row over caste, the gang at the centre of it had a socially diverse mix, c…
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🚨Our investigation into how IT Ministry ignored Niti Aayog’s reservations about the data protection Act has led to the BJP’s alliance partner JD(U) calling for a relook at the law.
VIDEO | “NITI Aayog also has a few concerns. In such a situation, the provisions should be re-considered. It’s a very sensitive issue,” says JD(U) spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan on opposition raising concern related to data protection law that it could weaken RTI. (Full video available on PTI Videos-
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RT @dheerajmishra04: #ExpressExclusive Niti Aayog, the top think tank of the government, had opposed some of the provisions of the law, pa…
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MeitY called for regulating use of face recognition tech by private entities like Digi Yatra Foundation at the same time it was working on a data protection law but did not include protections in the law -- leaving citizens vulnerable to the potential for abuse of the tech.
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RT @IndianExpress: #Exclusive | Digi Yatra: IT wanted guard rails against data misuse, aviation said app will be new normal Read @aggam_wa…
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RT @IndianExpress: As Maharashtra clears $10 billion Adani-Tower chip plant, Centre’s approval awaited @imsoumyarendra reports https://t.…
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