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Soumyarendra Barik

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  1. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Soumyarendra Barik

    Small cars return to fast lane as first-time buyers power auto surge (opens the original)

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    India’s automobile market has delivered an unexpected upshift against a gloomy backdrop of elevated fuel prices, uncertainty over the monsoon and concerns among motorists about the ethanol-blending mandate. Overall vehicle retail sales rose almost 22% to a record 2.6 million units in June 2026, while passenger vehicle sales jumped 29% year-on-year to about 410,000 units, the highest recorded for the month. Within that surge is another surprise: the return of the first-time car buyer, and with it

  2. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Soumyarendra Barik

    Using discarded wrappers, cops trace outlets sending food to Jantar Mantar protest site (opens the original)

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    Using discarded wrappers and packaging from the Jantar Mantar protest site, Delhi Police is allegedly tracking down restaurants and cafes and asking them to stop supplying free food or making bulk deliveries to the venue. The owners of several cafes and restaurants told The Indian Express that Delhi Police officers visited them and went through the records of the orders placed and the deliveries made over the last few days. Some eateries were asked to furnish proof of the paid orders, including

  3. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Soumyarendra Barik

    Centre asks GitHub to block Bitchat, messaging app that works without internet, amid students protest (opens the original)

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    The Centre has directed GitHub to disable access to repositories hosting Bitchat — an offline messaging application developed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. The order, whose copy was shared by Dorsey, comes at a time when the government has repeatedly ordered telecom companies to suspend mobile data services in parts of central Delhi during the students’ agitation at Jantar Mantar. “The government of India does not like technologies like Bitchat and wants it taken down,” said Dorsey, co-foun

  4. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Soumyarendra Barik

    Live video feeds, AI-aided facial recognition: How police are surveilling protesters at Jantar Mantar (opens the original)

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    The deployment of surveillance vans near the student protest at Jantar Mantar has brought a growing policing practice into focus: the use of live video feeds and artificial intelligence (AI)-aided facial recognition to scan people gathered at a public demonstration. The Delhi Police says the system is being used to maintain law and order and identify known criminals. Protesters, however, say round-the-clock recording has created an atmosphere of intimidation, with several students covering their

  5. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Soumyarendra Barik

    Why some protesters at Jantar Mantar have their faces covered (opens the original)

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    Parked outside the Kerala House building near Jantar Mantar — the heart of the ongoing student protests in the Capital — are two highly-equipped surveillance and monitoring vans deployed by the Delhi Police, keeping a constant watch on people joining the stir. In the bigger van, called the ‘Mobile Command and Control Vehicle’, some Delhi Police personnel are examining live CCTV footage of people at the protest. Opposite to it is a smaller van, called ‘Ikshana’ (Sanskrit for to look or sight), wh

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