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Storyteller | Journalist with The Hindu | Writes on health, environment, & governance | Ex Hindustan Times, IANS | Tweets without @the_hindu are personal views
Jul 3, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
#Exclusive:

|| #Kejriwal claims 10 lakh jobs given, but only 12,588 as per govt. data ||

* AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and other party leaders have been claiming for the past many months that the #Delhi govt has given – 10 lakh jobs – in the private sector to Delhiites (1/n) through its “Rozgar Bazaar” portal. But only 12,588 people have actually gotten jobs through the portal till May 1, according to official data accessed by The Hindu.

* This figure of 12,588 is also an estimate of the government, as it is based solely on phone calls with (2/n)
Mar 25, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
|| Free food for poor: Lack of awareness, not enough food at night shelters ||

Around 3:30 pm on Tuesday, standing outside a night shelter near AIIMS, Kailash, 44, a differently-abled, held out a transparent plastic bag with one request: A little rice. (1/n) He had not eaten anything since morning.

“Food is over. Now it will come around 8 pm,” one of the caretakers at the night shelter said, as others were washing their plates after eating.

“I came to Delhi four days back in search of work and sleeps on footpaths... (2/n)