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India’s bitterly fought poll becomes the world’s most expensive: Report
By Bibhudatta Pradhan and Shivani Kumaresan | Bloomberg
UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2019 04:55 PM IST
About $6.5 billion was spent ‘during the US presidential and congressional races in 2016, according to OpenSecrets.org, which tracks money in American politics.
Why India’s election is among the world’s most expensive
By Archana Chaudhary and Jeanette Rodrigues, Bloomberg | New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 12, 2019 07:49 AM IST
This time the polling exercise, due to start on April 11 and be completed by May 19, will cost an unprecedented 500 billion rupees ($7 billion), according to the New Delhi-based Centre for Media Studies. About $6.5 billion was spent during the US presidential and congressional races in 2016.
Use of difficult English by journalists drives readers away: New book
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON FEB 21, 2019 05:53 PM IST
Newspaper English by veteran journalist and media academician Kiran Thakur sheds light on how scribes, more than often, resort to a language that is not “plain and simple”, but is heavily jargonised.