Year-end: What would be on the mind of India's newest voter waiting to press the EVM button in 2019

Below each illustration is a short explanation of why these moments may or may not be important to Smriti before she votes. * WhatsApp limited the number of forwards to check the spread of fake news in 2018 after several reports of violence that traced their roots back to the chat app. In the broade...

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Published inThe Telegraph (India)
Main Authors Sengupta, Manashi, Awasthi, Rahul
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Calcutta Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd 31.12.2018
Subjects
GST
Modi, Narendra
Privacy
Shah, Naseeruddin
Social networks
Zuckerberg, Mark
India
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Summary:Below each illustration is a short explanation of why these moments may or may not be important to Smriti before she votes. * WhatsApp limited the number of forwards to check the spread of fake news in 2018 after several reports of violence that traced their roots back to the chat app. In the broader social media space, vitriolic communal trolling targeting journalists and senior politicians has become a reality. The GST on school bags and other school items has been brought down from 28 per cent to 18 per cent and sanitary napkins have been removed from the ambit of GST, a populist move that some sections have criticised because the materials going into making the pads still attract GST.