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With single data source, India tends to underreport road crash deaths

India banks solely on the police force for this data, ignoring other critical sources

Story in Numbers: Constant decline in left-wing extremism in India

Although LWE incidents have reduced by 70% from 2,258 in 2009 to 665 in 2020, the biggest chunk of this decline was in regime of United Progressive Alliance

Canals led to urbanisation but created few non-farm jobs: Study

Canals have led to an increase in urbanisation and demand for education, but there's been little industrialisation in the areas they irrigate, finds a new study

Climate change is making India's monsoon more erratic, says report

The summer monsoon in 2021 kept India guessing, even on its way out. Expect more of the same in future, say climate change assessments

Explained: How much political parties spent on publicity in last 5 years

South Indian parties were among the biggest spenders: Their average annual expenditure on elections was the highest

Global climate action: Indian banks need to accelerate green financing

Indian banks need to move away from financing fossil fuels projects and prioritise lending to renewable energy and other environmentally sustainable projects

Lifestyle advice, health checkups cut risk of heart disease among families

Researchers found that it was more effective to encourage the whole family to make lifestyle changes rather than usual care

Time is right: Why India still has 12-16 weeks between Covishield doses

Difference between the effectiveness of a single dose versus two doses is not that large for protection from hospitalisation and severe disease.

What are Vector-borne diseases? Here're symptoms, history in numbers

These diseases account for more than 17 per cent of all infectious diseases, causing over seven lakh deaths across the world annually.

Tree transplantation in cities have no method; doesn't help green cover

With poor transplanting methods and shoddy aftercare, trees stand a poor chance of survival, show examples from across India

Businesses shut, only 11% street vendors benefited from PM Credit Scheme

Their businesses hit by the pandemic, the government micro-credit scheme could have helped the poorest of India's street vendors. But only 11% of them could get a loan

Schools are reopening. Should parents worry about Covid-19 outbreaks?

Research shows that children are not the main source of transmission of Covid-19 in the community, school reopening is unlikely to lead to a third wave

Story in numbers: No major terror attack since 2014, says Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh earlier too had said that except for J&K, no terror attack had occurred in the country in the last five years

Women farmers are losing jobs, earnings, savings even as agriculture booms

The reverse migration sparked by the 2020 lockdown led to a drop in the demand for women farm workers who have few other job opportunities in villages

Social discrimination key factor in stunting among children, study shows

Caste practices and other kinds of social exclusion reduce communities' access to maternal and child health, leading to more cases of stunting, says a new study

Jobs lost, income cut: How Covid-19 financially dented India's middle class

For Indians who had newly joined the growing middle class, the economic crisis following the pandemic has dealt a severe blow

Gujarat job claims: It is Vijay Rupani's data vs Legislative Assembly data

Gujarat CM said the state government had provided more than 200,000 government jobs but responses given in the Legislative Assembly for the period of 2016-2020 say otherwise

Protest in Bihar town shows what happens to people when land isn't surveyed

Eight Indian states and two UTs have areas that have not been surveyed by the state government. People living and working on these lands have no land titles and hence no protection from displacement

Caste data needed for targeted affirmative action: Scholars, activists

Reliable caste data have not been made available since 1931. Experts say a caste census must be conducted, and reservations provided to dominant castes only if there is evidence that they need it

Story in numbers: Crime rate falls, but women still at risk, shows data

As per NCRB data, UP saw a steady decline in robbery, dacoity and murder cases between 2017 and 2019