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Internal Emails Reveal Thousands Of Bank Accounts Linked To Unauthorised Mobile Numbers To Fraudulently Boost Registrations On Its App, Raising Security Concerns
A parliamentary standing committee questioned Facebook officials on its politically motivated algorithm.
Opaque auction process of the Union government for milling pulses used in welfare schemes enabled millers to amass significant profits.
TRC broke the story that Union government made Aadhaar compulsory for beneficiaries of supplementary nutrition programmes, this included children aged six months to 5 years. Only 23% children in this age range have Aadhaar, excluding the rest from access to food.
Though the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare quickly dismissed The Collective’s report on Twitter, and PIB Fact Check amplified their false statement without verification, our investigation led to a revised circular a month later, guaranteeing that children would not be denied nutrition benefits.
The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes ordered the government to review its new rules, which is now underway.
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A parliamentary standing committee questioned Facebook officials on its politically motivated algorithm.
Two months after our investigations into a Rs 4,600 crore pulse scam, the government discontinued the opaque auction process that helped millers make a killing.
The Collective’s investigation found that the government quietly mandated Aadhaar for children below six to qualify for nutrition benefits under the Union government’s schemes. This threatened access to subsidised food for nearly three-fourths of children in the age group.
Though the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare quickly dismissed The Collective’s report on Twitter, and PIB Fact Check amplified their false statement without verification, our investigation led to a revised circular a month later, guaranteeing that children would not be denied nutrition benefits.
A parliamentary standing committee questioned Facebook officials on its politically motivated algorithm.
Our investigation into a Madhya Pradesh tribunal that put a 12-year-old child on trial for the destruction of property during communal riots was followed up by multiple media organisations.
The Collective’s reportage revealed that the environment ministry had been planning to dilute tribal rights over forests, making it easier for companies to take over forest land by bypassing the need for consent from forest-dwellers.
