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Samarth Bansal

Samarth Bansal is a data journalist based in New Delhi, with a keen interest in politics and public policy.

Articles by Samarth Bansal

Fighting fake news: Decoding ‘fact-free’ world of WhatsApp

Updated on Mar 05, 2019 10:17 am IST

For this first-time voter, there is no other place like India

Nineteen-year-old Ayush Anand Malik, an engineering student from Dewas, will vote in his first general elections this year.(HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 04, 2019 03:07 pm IST

India’s invitation to Huawei for 5G trials sparks concerns: Insufficient security safeguards plague telecom sector

The telecom department promised to set up security testing labs by 2013 in order to test for bugs in network equipment, but they are still not in place, officials familiar with the matter said.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 30, 2018 08:41 am IST

‘China model of censorship’: Proposal to trace online content sparks concern

The Indian government has proposed draft amendments to a law governing online content which, if passed by parliament, would require social media platforms to trace the originator of a message, use “automated tools” to proactively detect and remove “unlawful information” and set up a business entity in India.(PTI)

Updated on Dec 25, 2018 05:13 pm IST

Govt already had power to intercept, monitor, say officials

Union minister Arun Jaitley hit back at the Congress saying it is crying foul over powers created by it when it was in government.(Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 22, 2018 07:58 am IST

Rajasthan an exception, Facebook popularity doesn’t ensure win

Updated on Dec 14, 2018 10:52 am IST

Whom can political parties reach on Facebook and why it matters

The numbers highlight the importance of Facebook as India gears up for what some consider will be an election that is fought as much on the dusty streets of Bharat as on the social media platform.(REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 29, 2018 08:35 pm IST

Using US polls insights to prepare for India elections, says Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey

During his first visit to India, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey said the country would be the next big growth frontier for Twitter.(Burhaan Kinu/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 15, 2018 08:57 am IST

Fake news and hate speech thrive on regional language social media

An HT investigation has revealed that regional language social media platforms such as ShareChat, with 50 million registered users, and Helo, with at least 5 million estimated registered users, are rife with misinformation and political propaganda.(Getty Images/Picture for representation)

Updated on Nov 14, 2018 12:58 pm IST

Gender gap in Indian formal sector worse than global average, LinkedIn data shows

Of the 115, only two industries have almost equal proportion of men and women: Primary and Secondary Education has 46% men, while Human Resources has 51%.(Yogendra Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 14, 2018 07:23 pm IST

Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar leads to confusion in private sector

A day after the Supreme Court of India struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act that allowed sharing of Aadhaar data with private entities, companies don’t have clarity on what the ruling means for their business.(AFP/File Photo)

Published on Sept 27, 2018 11:23 pm IST

Data is secure, some information not private: Supreme Court

The UIDAI collects demographic and biometric data of an individual during enrolment.(Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

Published on Sept 26, 2018 10:34 pm IST

From data security to use of biometrics: Here’s everything you need to know about the Aadhaar case

Disagreements over Aadhaar data security and its implications for privacy continue. Whether Aadhaar is fully secure or fundamentally flawed depends on where one stands.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Sept 26, 2018 09:37 am IST

Number of BJP MLAs in the northeast have increased 15 times in last five years

BJP Chief Amit Shah addressing media after their victory in North Eastern States Elections at BJP Headquarters, DDU Marg in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, March 03, 2018.(HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 06, 2018 11:49 am IST

How we get high: These 9 charts reveal smoking and drinking habits of Indians

Thirty per cent men consume alcohol while only 1% of women do, data from the fourth round of National Family and Health Survey (NFHS) shows.(Parveen Kumar/HT Archive)

Updated on Feb 20, 2018 10:15 am IST

From meat and fish to vegetables: These 9 charts show how India eats

An average Indian family puts away almost half of its total spending on food items, data from the fourth round of National Family and Health Survey reveals(Thinkstock)

Updated on Feb 19, 2018 04:02 pm IST

What we know and what we do not know about pollution in India

Children wear air masks as they attend a demonstration to spread awareness about the effects of air pollution in Delhi.(PTI)

Updated on Jan 03, 2018 07:12 pm IST

PM stays on the move: Three charts that show how Modi travelled in 2017

Narendra Modi visited 14 countries in 2017.(AFP Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2017 08:36 am IST

Gujarat election results: Rural-urban divide behind BJP’s big Saurashtra setback

BJP supporters celebrate the party’s win in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections in New Delhi.(Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 20, 2017 10:18 am IST

Gujarat election results: Had PM Modi not led BJP’s campaign, its hopes would have taken a hit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a felicitation function before the party's parliamentary board meeting in New Delhi on Monday.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Dec 19, 2017 03:00 pm IST

Gujarat election results: Make no mistake, the contest in Modi’s home state was really close

BJP workers celebrate their victory in the assembly elections near the party office 'Kamlam' in Gandhinagar on Monday.(PTI)

Updated on Dec 19, 2017 12:11 pm IST

How India spends on health

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Published on Dec 11, 2017 06:01 pm IST

Getting Rs 1 crore-plus paycheck is a distant dream for most IIT grads

A view of the Indian Institute of Technology campus in Delhi.(HT File Photo/Arvind Yadav)

Updated on Dec 03, 2017 07:53 am IST

From daily tirade to radio silence, how Kejriwal stopped Modi-bashing on Twitter

Political analysts say the change was a result of the realisation that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal attacks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi had probably backfired in the Punjab and Goa and elections.(Sonu Mehta/HT File Photo)

Updated on Oct 27, 2017 11:42 pm IST

How Rahul Gandhi is challenging Narendra Modi on Twitter, winning eyeballs

Rahul Gandhi has gained more than one million followers between July and September 2017. (HT file photos)

Updated on Oct 18, 2017 03:59 pm IST

India has data, but who is going to figure it out

The union minister of law and electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad att the launch of Hackathon in New Delhi in September this year. The participants were urged to use the open data from government wbsite to develop apps.(HT Photo.)

Updated on Sept 22, 2017 07:43 am IST

From missing data to unreliable numbers, India’s statistical ecosystem needs an overhaul

There serious problems with India’s public health statistics.(iStockphoto)

Updated on Sept 21, 2017 10:15 am IST

In IIT-Kanpur, students are upset over security ‘overstepping’ limit, allege harassment

IStudents at IIT-Kanpur allege their freedom of movement is restrained by security guards(HT Photo)

Published on Sept 08, 2017 04:56 pm IST

Privacy upheld as fundamental right: What term means for you, what’s govt view

A woman goes through the process of eye scanning for Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in Rajasthan February 21, 2013.(REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 24, 2017 02:18 pm IST

BTech and bust: Why Indians rush to be engineers when there are no jobs

Students at Vaish College of Engineering, which is one of the oldest private engineering colleges in Rohtak.(HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 23, 2017 06:40 pm IST

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