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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.

Updated on Nov 13, 2020 12:53 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.

Updated on Jul 4, 2020 01:02 IST

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

Silhouette of Taj Mahal in the backdrop of sunset

Updated on Jun 20, 2020 02:42 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.

Updated on Apr 19, 2020 22:54 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.

Updated on Apr 10, 2020 23:07 IST

Living on social media and bartering our privacy for it

WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons are seen on an iPhone.

Updated on Dec 29, 2019 17:52 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.

Updated on Dec 29, 2019 17:29 IST

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

Jitendra Soni

Updated on Dec 26, 2019 24:36 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.

Updated on Jul 31, 2020 19:14 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.

Updated on Dec 3, 2019 03:39 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

Updated on Oct 23, 2019 01:10 IST

PMC Bank fraud a humanitarian crisis now

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Updated on Oct 22, 2019 18:44 IST

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

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Updated on Oct 22, 2019 18:36 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.

Updated on Oct 18, 2019 01:29 IST

The five Gandhis

Indian software developer and Cricketer Kaushik Gandhi poses for a picture at his residence in Chennai

Updated on Sep 30, 2019 07:41 IST

How fear, rumours fuel mob fury

A view of depopulated village at Asalatpur Jarai, in Uttar Pradesh.

Updated on Sep 12, 2019 19:57 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.

Updated on Jul 24, 2019 03:48 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

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 07:54 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.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 22, 2019 06:40 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

Updated on May 18, 2019 03:15 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.

Updated on May 17, 2019 01:35 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.

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Updated on May 6, 2020 11:14 IST

Lok Sabha polls 2019 | ‘Quota no longer priority’: 18-year-old Patidar doesn’t want reservation, but an IT job

Members of the Patidar community protest for leader Hardik Patel’s release from jail in Surat in April 2016.

Updated on Mar 18, 2019 03:46 IST

Want reservation scrapped for all, says a 19-year-old first time voter

18 million people between 18 and 23 are estimated to vote for the first time in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. What do they want?

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Feb 13, 2019 09:14 IST

Statue of Unity: One statue, two visitors, different views

World’s tallest statue - The Sardar Patel statue that was inaugurated on October 31 in Gujarat

Updated on Nov 2, 2018 10:04 IST

Greed, deceit and lies: How a Tinder date ended in murder

(Clockwise from the top) Victim Dushyant Sharma; his wife Bittu Sharma with the couple’s one-and-a-half-year-old son (photo by Himanshu Vyas/HT); and the three accused in the murder case (left to right) – Priya Seth, Dikshant Kamra and Lakshya Wallia.

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 08:39 IST

On a serious note: Twinkle Khanna on writing, her new book and being funny

Twinkle Khann’s writing is famous for being funny, but Khanna actually takes her writing life very seriously

Updated on Sep 8, 2018 17:01 IST

In Muzaffarpur’s shelter home, a web of silence shielded sexual abuse

The sealed campus of Muzaffarpur short stay home where girls were alleged sexually abused, on the left is the office and printing press of Hindi vernacular, Pratha Kamal, in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India on Friday, August 03, 2018.

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 07:59 IST

Gurugram has a Hindu-Muslim problem far bigger than the namaz row

Of Gurugram’s ten official mosques, eight are situated in the older city and remain largely inaccessible to the Muslim migrants settled on the other end of the district. The Hindu-Muslim conflict has come to a head with the row over public namaz.

Updated on Jul 10, 2018 05:38 IST

As summer advances, clashes erupt over water, power across India

Wazirpur residents say the area faces water shortage and clashes break out over collecting water from Delhi Jal Board’s tanker.

Updated on May 30, 2018 02:10 IST

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