The share of personal tax and indirect tax collections in the total tax revenue has increased, while the share of corporate taxes has reduced (due to the deep cuts to corporate tax in 2019).
Vignesh Radhakrishnan Rebecca Rose Varghese

The explainer decoding science behind Neeraj Chopra's throws has got 3 awards in the 6th International Newspaper Design Competition by newspaperdesign.in
- Best of show and the gold award among sports pages
- Award of excellence among double-spreads
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Key questions remain unanswered in electoral bonds controversy | Data

In this video, The Hindu looks at the data to understand the nature of electoral bond purchasers and spotlights the questions raised by its investigations.

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Are Muslims bearing more children? Or are fertility rates actually declining? A fact-check on Modi's controversial speech in Rajasthan, from Vignesh Radhakrishnan and Rebecca Rose Varghese

Another #ElectoralBonds scam! Blatant violation of the Companies Act- 20 companies less than three years old donated 100+ crore thru bonds. Court monitored probe required into all these dodgy donations made behind a veil of secrecy. Excellent work by Vignesh Radhakrishnan & The Hindu

The illegality of electoral bonds, which should be a priority for ED, SEBI and CBI.

Despite companies in existence for less than 3 years not being allowed to make political contributions, data shows that at least 20 such newly incorporated firms purchased poll bonds worth about ₹103 crore.
Check today's Datapoint.
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Despite companies in existence for less than 3 years not being allowed to make political contributions — even through #Electoral_Bonds route — data shows that at least 20 such newly incorporated firms purchased poll bonds worth about ₹103 crore
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“Despite companies in existence for less than three years not being allowed to make political contributions — even through the electoral bonds route — data shows that at least 20 such newly incorporated firms purchased poll bonds worth about ₹103 crores”

A must-read report and…

Most of the major reservoirs in the southern States of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana are filled to only 25% of their capacity or less. This is worrying as peak summer is round the corner, Vignesh Radhakrishnan & Rebecca Rose Varghese write
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Most of the major reservoirs in the southern States of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana are filled to only 25% of their capacity or less. This is worrying as peak summer is round the corner, Vignesh Radhakrishnan & Rebecca Rose Varghese write
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Did the ED inform the Election Commission about their plans to arrest Arvind Kejriwal?

While the code of conduct is in force, EC has superintendence over all govt machinery.

Did EC examine the grounds for arresting a sitting CM weeks before Lok Sabha elections?

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Many companies that faced regulatory action in the past five years have all donated electoral bonds to the BJP in some measure, data released by the Election Commission (EC) to comply with the orders of the Supreme Court show, Vignesh Radhakrishnan reports trib.al/GtCRPiW

Four stories published by the Hindu Data Team on #ElectoralBond today

MEIL’s ₹584 crore to BJP is top donation to any party

All of the top 19 companies (by donations ) donated portions of the money to the BJP.

Jasmin Nihalani Rebecca Rose Varghese

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Data | Lottery magnate Santiago Martin’s Future Gaming and Hotel Services PR donated Rs 542 crore to the TMC through the electoral bond route – the most any single party received from the firm, write @vigneshjourno, Jasmin Nihalani and Rebecca Rose Varghese
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Modi Ki Guarantee! #2024elections #LadakhProtest #SonamWangchuk

And the first part of m rajshekhar’s investigation into the Anant Ambani animal project is out. Take time to read this one. Behind the facade of protections, laws and rules changed by govt. But the big question- are wild elephants being brought here?
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What a joke!

The WhatsApp messages were sent for 2 days even after the Code of Conduct.

Now that millions of messages have been sent & everything is done, the ECI issues this eyewash of a directive.

What’s the point of ordering them to “stop sending messages” days after…

In today's The Hindu showing the wage stagnation crisis & rising inequality in the last 10 years. Full report by Bahutva Karnataka ಬಹುತ್ವ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ tinyurl.com/daayvkx5

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