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Snigdha Poonam

Snigdha Poonam

Snigdha Poonam is a national affairs writer for Hindustan Times. She has previously written for a wide range of Indian and international publications on Indian politics, society and culture.

Articles by Snigdha Poonam

Training for the dream job in the pandemic

For the 101 interns who started training with HUL in April, the pandemic has meant a change but not a stop. Sessions are now virtual and interns get a sense of rural marketing and supply-chain strategies through games and virtual sessions. Sales and factory stints will follow, either virtually or after the pandemic.(Photo courtesy HUL)

Updated on Nov 13, 2020 06:23 pm IST

Left in lurch with ban, TikTok stars stare at a grim future

Through most of India’s months-long coronavirus-sparked lockdown, TikTok remained the country’s most downloaded app as people sought an escape from the reality. Now, they will have to find another distraction.(Bloomberg Photo)

Updated on Jul 04, 2020 06:32 am IST

100 days of Covid-19: Forced to travel in the middle of a pandemic

Silhouette of Taj Mahal in the backdrop of sunset(PTI)

Updated on Jun 20, 2020 08:12 am IST

Virus and the village: A Covid chronicle

Bamboo barricades are set up in Khairabari village of Assam’s Barpeta district to prevent the entry of outsiders.(HT photo)

Updated on Apr 20, 2020 04:24 am IST

HT Salutes: Everyday heroes of the pandemic

A man feeds pigeons during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of novel coronavirus pandemic, in Bengaluru.(Photo: PTI)

Updated on Apr 11, 2020 04:37 am IST

Living on social media and bartering our privacy for it

WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons are seen on an iPhone.(REUTERS)

Published on Dec 29, 2019 11:22 pm IST

How e-commerce changed our lives

In 2010, e-commerce sales were at $572 billion; they are estimated to touch $3.6 trillion in 2019, according to Internet Retailer, an industry intelligence portal. It still only makes up a small portion (8.5%) of global retail sales, but its impact on the consumer imagination across the world is massive.(Bachchan Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Dec 29, 2019 10:59 pm IST

Media, politics, sex: Untangling a scandal that rocked Madhya Pradesh

Jitendra Soni(File photo)

Updated on Dec 26, 2019 06:06 am IST

‘Keep talking to me’: Hyderabad vet’s last phone call to sister

People shout slogans during a protest against the alleged rape and murder of a 27-year-old woman in Hyderabad.(Reuters)

Updated on Aug 01, 2020 12:44 am IST

‘Keep talking to me’: Hyderabad vet’s last phone call to sister

People shout slogans during a protest against the alleged rape and murder of a 27-year-old woman in Hyderabad.(Reuters)

Updated on Dec 03, 2019 09:09 am IST

‘Everything’s stuck’: PMC Bank account holders face miseries

For a vast majority of the 1.7 million depositors, life continues to get harder by the day. It all started on September 23, when RBI curtailed the bank’s operations, capping withdrawals to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1000 once in six months(Photo: Pramod Thakur/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Oct 23, 2019 06:40 am IST

PMC Bank fraud a humanitarian crisis now

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Published on Oct 23, 2019 12:14 am IST

‘Everything’s stuck’: PMC Bank account holders face miseries

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Published on Oct 23, 2019 12:06 am IST

Nobel for Banerjee, Duflo a boost for their poverty action lab’s India programmes

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo were awarded the Nobel Prize for their experimental approach to alleviate global poverty.(HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 18, 2019 06:59 am IST

Fourteen years, six deaths, one family suspect, and a trace of cyanide

(Snigdha Poonam)

Updated on Mar 17, 2020 12:58 pm IST

5 more FIRs against Kerala cyanide killer

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Published on Oct 11, 2019 11:25 pm IST

Kerala cyanide killings: Five more cases filed against Jolly Joseph, others

In her confession, Jolly reportedly said the first killing of Annamma Thomas, her mother-in-law, was executed after giving her pesticide-laced food. And in all other cases, expect the death of Alphine, she said cyanide was used.(FILE PHOTO.)

Updated on Oct 12, 2019 05:41 am IST

She brought shame to family, we won’t help her: Kerala cyanide killer’s father

A view of the Ponnamattam house of late of Tom Thomas in Koodathayi near Kozhikkode where all six deaths took place. Police later sealed the house.(HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 11, 2019 09:16 am IST

Kerala cyanide killings case: Accomplice says Jolly sought cyanide to kill rats

Jolly Joseph suspected to have plotted and murdered six of her family members with cyanide-laced food over the years was sent to police custody on Thursday(Representative Photo)

Updated on Oct 10, 2019 07:52 pm IST

Kerala cyanide case accused may be linked to more murders: Cops

The police have also arrested two men, M Mathew and Praju Kumar, for allegedly helping her execute the murders. Jolly had been present at the scene of each of these deaths.(HT image)

Updated on Oct 10, 2019 04:22 am IST

The five Gandhis

Indian software developer and Cricketer Kaushik Gandhi poses for a picture at his residence in Chennai(Amal KS/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Sept 30, 2019 01:11 pm IST

How fear, rumours fuel mob fury

A view of depopulated village at Asalatpur Jarai, in Uttar Pradesh.(Amal KS/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Sept 13, 2019 01:27 am IST

TikTok suspends accounts of three users after Shiv Sena’s IT Cell files FIR

(From left) Hasnain Khan, Faisal Shaikh, Adnan Shaikh, Shadan Farooqui , Faiz Baloch, members of a group known as Team 07 on TikTok. They have a combined following of over 40 million.(HT special arrangement)

Updated on Jul 24, 2019 09:18 am IST

Connecting the TikTok dots in 2 murders that shook Delhi

From Najafgarh to India Gate, a tragic connection in how Mohit Mor (R) and Salman Zakir (L) violently lost their lives(Sourced/ HT photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 01:24 pm IST

Desire for upward mobility unites India’s young voters

Eighteen million people between the ages of 18 and 23 were expected to cast their first vote in the 2019 national election.(HTPhoto)

Updated on May 22, 2019 12:10 pm IST

At BHU, gender intersects ideological battle

Women students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at a protest on the university’s campus in September 2017(HT File)

Published on May 18, 2019 08:45 am IST

At BHU, gender intersects ideological battle

Women students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at a protest on the university’s campus in September 2017.(PTI file)

Published on May 17, 2019 07:05 am IST

A multi-million insurance fraud that preyed on disease, poverty, desperation

Regional Cancer Centre of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) at Rohtak, in Haryana.(Burhaan Kinu/HT photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 01:18 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: In UP, BJP woos Dalits, but must win trust

Lok Sabha elections 2019: In UP, BJP woos Dalits, but must win trust(AFP)

Updated on May 18, 2019 09:34 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Opposing sentiments greet PM Modi’s Varanasi roadshow

The prime minister held a roadshow on April 25, a day before filing his nomination paper from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, which he won in 2014. The six-kilometre roadshow culminated at the Dashashwamedha ghat, where Modi offered evening prayers.

Updated on May 06, 2020 04:44 pm IST

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