Cobrapost sting; Elon Musk's 'Pravda'; how the BJP has a clear majority in only 10 states; and more

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Cobrapost Sting: Big Media Houses Say Yes to Hindutva, Black Money, Paid News]( The Wire Staff [Exposé reveals some of the biggest names in the Indian media agreeing to business proposal by undercover reporter seeking promotion of Hindutva agenda and influencing of electoral outcome for a price.]( [Cobrapost Expose: Senior VP at Paytm Claims Firm Was Asked to Share User Data with PMO]( The Wire Staff [While Paytm says there is "no truth in the sensational headlines of a video doing the rounds", it does not deny that the person in the Cobrapost video is a vice president at the digital payments company.]( [There Is Neither Truth nor News in Elon Musk's 'Pravda' – Forget Usefulness]( Vasudevan Mukunth [The irony of a poster child of free-market capitalism dreaming of Soviet-style gags on the press is too delicious to ignore.]( [The BJP Has a Clear Majority in Only 10 States]( The Wire Staff [The consolidation of north India in the last few years has clearly helped the BJP to peddle its political narrative of dominance with aplomb. But the saffron party cannot afford to upset regional parties any longer.]( ['You Are Born to Clean Filth, Don't Ask for Money,' Dalit Killed in Rajkot Was Told]( Damayantee Dhar [Thirty-five-year-old Mukesh Vaniya was recently flogged to death over allegations of stealing iron scrap from a factory. Police have so far arrested five people, including a minor.]( [Babur – the Remarkable Emperor Who Happened to Be a Muslim]( Harbans Mukhia [Stephen Dale's biography of the Timurid prince and Mughal emperor brings alive both the day-to-day traumas and triumphs, some victories and many defeats of a remarkable life as well as the core of the man – his persona.]( [Piyush Goyal Should Know, Lying to People Won't Make Their Lives Better]( Salman Anees Soz [The Union minister’s tweet on India's growth and the Modi government's success is problematic on a number of counts.]( [Elitist #HumFitTohIndiaFit Campaign Divorces Fitness From Health]( Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay [Rajyavardhan Rathore's video-posting campaign is selfish for placing self before society and obfuscates the real health challenges in the country.]( [WhatsApp Rumours, Fake Videos Lead to Lynching and Deaths in Tamil Nadu]( Divya Karthikeyan [Fake information floating on social media against child trafficking has triggered paranoia among locals against outsiders and 'Hindi-speaking' migrants.]( Copyright © 2018 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book](//thewire.us11.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6b988b13445248b1268a308f2&id=4808224841) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](