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#MintPlainFacts | This week we look at the much-anticipated public offer of #LifeInsuranceCorporation of India, the voter turnouts in the ongoing state polls, and the political narratives being forged on Wikipedia’s pages

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#MintPlainFacts | Project inaugurations during electoral campaigns are all about timing. Uttar Pradesh completed a record ₹53,162 crore worth of infrastructure projects in the Dec quarter, a recent Mint analysis showed.

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#MintPlainFacts | After a long wait, state-owned insurer Life Insurance Corp. of India finally filed its draft papers with the stock market regulator on Sunday ahead of a public offer.

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#MintPlainFacts | Assembly elections were held in Goa, Uttarakhand and 55 constituencies in UP. The BJP is in power in all three states. Goa saw the best turnout, at nearly 80%, slightly short of its 2017 showing.

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#MintPlainFacts | In a polarized society, it’s easy for an editable online encyclopedia such as Wikipedia to become a target of abuse.

Wikipedia vandalism affected articles across all kinds of topics last year

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#MintPlainFacts | Indian students in Ukraine are in a fix after New Delhi issued an advisory for them to leave the country amidst growing tensions between Russia and United States allies.

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#MintPlainFacts | It was Valentine’s Day week when lovers try to win each other’s hearts with the right gifts. But in India, Google searches for “Valentine’s Day gifts" have declined in recent years

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