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Chameli Devi Jain Award given to Khanum Sherwani and Rohini Mohan
Chameli Devi Jain Award is an annual award which has been presented since 1981 for outstanding performers in the field of Journalism. Chameli Devi Jain was a legendary freedom fighter and community reformer. This year, the award for outstanding woman journalist was presented jointly to the Journalist of ‘The Wire’- Arfa Khanum Sherwani and a ..
Topics: Investigative journalism • Journalism • Women in journalism
Nileena MS wins 2018 ACJ Award for Investigative Journalism in print/online category
Journalist Nileena MS, a reporting fellow with The Caravan, has won the prestigious ACJ Award for Investigative Journalism in print/online category for the year 2018. She won the award for her story titled “Coalgate 2.0: The Adani Group reaps benefits worth thousands of crores of rupees as the coal scam continues under the Modi government”. ..
Topics: ACJ • Adani • Adani Group • Companies based in Ahmedabad • India • Indian coal allocation scam • Investigative journalism • Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam • States and union territories of India • Vidyut
Washington DC headquarters of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
Recently, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has released a global investigation ‘The Paradise Papers’ that reveals the offshore interests and activities of some of the world’s most powerful people and companies, including information about at least 31,000 persons or parties. India ranked 19th out of the 180 countries represented in the data in ..
Topics: Data journalism • Economy • International Consortium of Investigative Journalists • Investigative journalism • News leaks • Offshore finance • Offshore financial centre • Paradise Papers • Tax • Tax avoidance • Tax Evasion • Tax haven