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Prabir Purkayastha
Telecom: From License-Permit Raj to License-to-Loot Raj
06 Dec 2019
MTNL and BSNL the sole buffer between people and new telecom cartel.
Prabir Purkayastha
Continuing Crisis and Crony Capitalism in Electricity Sector
29 Nov 2019
We need to bring back Amebdkar’s original vision of state’s responsibility to provide electricity to all as a necessity, instead of the bankrupt path of crony capitalism.
Prabir Purkayastha
Ministers Play Hide-and-Seek in Parliament on Pegasus
22 Nov 2019
Replies in Parliament by two ministers ducked the question whether a government agency used Pegasus to hack citizens phones.
Prabir Purkayastha
Supreme Court on Babri Masjid: Possession is Nine-tenths of Law
10 Nov 2019
Whatever the answers to these questions, one thing is clear: it is a sad day for all of us who want an India that is not locked in a past, real or fabricated.
Prabir Purkayastha
SC Verdict on Babri Masjid-Ramjanambhoomi Dispute
09 Nov 2019
Senior journalist Urmilesh and NewsClick’s editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha discuss Supreme Court’s verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi land dispute.
Prabir Purkayastha
What Is Ravishankar Prasad Hiding on WhatsApp Hack?
08 Nov 2019
Why is our IT Minister, instead of ordering a criminal investigation into the hacking of WhatsApp platform and citizens’ smartphones, hiding behind the plea that others did it first?
Prabir Purkayastha
Tipu Sultan and BJP’s War on History
31 Oct 2019
Once more, with feeling: history is not mythology.
Prabir Purkayastha
Google-IBM Face Off on Quantum Supremacy
30 Oct 2019
Though IBM contests Google’s claim of quantum supremacy, it concedes that it passed an important milestone. For science of computing, that is all that matters.
Prabir Purkayastha
The Context of 'Lynching' in US Then, and in India Now
09 Oct 2019
The RSS chief believes the word 'lynching' comes from Western 'dharmagranthas' or scriptures. There is no foundation to this belief.
Prabir Purkayastha
Quantum Computers Bring Uncertainty Knocking At Our Door
05 Oct 2019
India lags behind big-power aspirants who want in on the quantum leap.