Poonam Agarwal
@poonamjourno
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Award-winning Investigative Journalist, documentary maker, Author - 'India Inked', @iemmys Awards nominee | YT @explainxinfo | @BBCWorld, [email protected]
New Delhi, India
Joined September 2009
My team and I were honoured with the @iemmys nomination medals. I am grateful to my colleagues for producing a documentary that managed to reach so far and becoming one of the top 4 current affairs documentaries globally. Thank you @danielsilas
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The institution of Lokpal has been ground to dust by the Modi govt, by keeping it vacant for many years & then appointing servile members who are not bothered by graft & are happy with their luxuries. They are now buying 70L BMW cars for themselves!
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Ground report : “I took her out of the mud, but she has returned to it.” In Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur, a newborn girl was found buried alive... but later died. Her name was Pari. A story about India’s unspoken violence against its daughters @cnni
https://t.co/vISAuENftq
edition.cnn.com
Her arm was the first thing Shyam Babu saw, tiny and frail, poking through the mud like a discarded doll. But this was no doll. Covered with ants and bleeding from what doctors would later suspect...
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The ECI has released Bihar SIR data in 1-8 Formats on the Bihar CEO website. I wrote on this issue for The Election Commission has released Bihar SIR data in 1-8 Formats on the Bihar CEO website. I wrote about this issue for @thewire a couple of weeks ago. I have just skimmed
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The BJP government is scared of sharing information with the public, said @AnjaliB_ in an insightful interview on the completion of 20 years of #RTI Act. @ExplainXinfo
https://t.co/g5ztrckOQ6
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In a candid interview, the former EC @AshokLavasa talks about what #ElectionCommission must do to regain public trust. @TheQuint
https://t.co/PMBWZghwi9
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12 children hv died due to adulterated medicine. What was the drug regulator doing? How was this medicine allowed in the market? This requires a thorough independent investigation. Electoral Bonds data showed links between drug manufacturers donating to political parties &
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Well done @poonamjourno
#SIR
The #Bihar CEO website reveals that the ECI has been sharing detailed data in 8 formats on Summary Revision for transparency since 2009. Thus, the ECI should release the Bihar SIR data in a similar formats. Read - @thewire_in
https://t.co/Kd3U6g88h1
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100s of Crores of Electoral bonds were given to the BJP by pharmaceutical companies to prevent food regulators from banning harmful products that they were selling. You cannot imagine how many harmful medicines are being allowed
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Thanks @poonamjourno for raising this crucial question. Why is the EC not releasing the data in the standard format? What is it hiding? From whom? https://t.co/TYrvkrrPn4
thewire.in
The stark contrast in data disclosure policy raises serious questions about the ECI's transparency, especially when millions of voters are affected.
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I have sought relief from the SUPREME COURT OF INDIA through a HABEAS CORPUS petition against @Wangchuk66’s detention. It is one week today. Still I have no information about Sonam Wangchuk’s health, the condition he is in nor the grounds of detention.
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The #Bihar CEO website reveals that the ECI has been sharing detailed data in 8 formats on Summary Revision for transparency since 2009. Thus, the ECI should release the Bihar SIR data in a similar formats. Read - @thewire_in
https://t.co/Kd3U6g88h1
thewire.in
The stark contrast in data disclosure policy raises serious questions about the ECI's transparency, especially when millions of voters are affected.
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ECI Published Detailed Data on Voter Roll Summary Revisions. So Why Not Bihar SIR? @poonamjourno
m.thewire.in
The stark contrast in data disclosure policy raises serious questions about the ECIs transparency, especially when millions of voters are affected.
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The Bihar CEO previously made detailed Summary Revision data public including separate figures for age, additions, deletions, and migrants voters. Why is the ECI keeping #BiharSIR2025 data secret? Watch to know more about the data - @explainx
https://t.co/gPf3ppqb4h
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जेल भेजने के अलावा आता ही क्या है। लोगों के लिए बोलना, देश के खिलाफ बोलना हो गया है। सोनम वांगचुक को रिहा करना चाहिए। बंद होना चाहिए ये सब। आज ही असम में BTC के वोटों की गिनती हुई है। इसका संबंध भी छठी अनुसूची से है। मैंने अपने एक मित्र से पूछा था कि भारत ने मैन्यूफैक्चरिंग में
One can only expect this from the government. He raised his voice for the people of Ladakh, and his arrest only shows that the government wants to silence every voice in support of democracy. #SonamWangchuk
https://t.co/A7guYMWSb4
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One can only expect this from the government. He raised his voice for the people of Ladakh, and his arrest only shows that the government wants to silence every voice in support of democracy. #SonamWangchuk
https://t.co/A7guYMWSb4
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Congratulations @paranjoygt
#Breaking Delhi court lifts the gag order which restrained journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta from reporting on Adani. District Judge says Thakurta will not be liable to follow the gag order till the trial court hears him and passes fresh orders. #Adani @paranjoygt
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CBI initiates preliminary inquiry against climate activist Sonam Wangchuk in ‘FCRA violation’ https://t.co/XFueWouY2p
indianexpress.com
The Ministry of Home Affairs had said that Sonam Wangchuk's “provocative statements” incited violence during the statehood protest in Leh on September 24.
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