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India has 100% more traffic deaths than China

Traffic-related deaths in India have increased 41% over five years, compared to a 33% reduction in China in the same period

Indians under trial exceed Dutch population

In 2013, the cases of as many as 85% of people put on trial were pending, according to National Crime Records Bureau

India tops list of drone-importing nations

India accounts for 22.5% of the world's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imports between 1985 and 2014, followed by United Kingdom and France

India's $94 bn spend on basic education doesn't address teaching crisis

Teaching as an option of last resort in the job market might explain a key problem in India's education system

Obscene content sharing up 104% as India's smartphone usage soars

As smartphones have proliferated, cases related to transmission of "obscene material" has jumped 104% between 2012 and 2013

India's farmers face harder life ahead, say latest studies

Complex changes in local and global weather patterns will have severe implications for India's 600 million farming community

Guwahati, Srinagar have highest risk of earthquake

Guwahati and Srinagar fall in what is called "very severe intensity zone", or zone V, which are areas with the highest risk for an earthquake

Filthy facilities imperil Bihar's sterilised women

Most facilities even lack the very basic, minimum necessary equipment, drugs and supplies for sterilisation, a study found

Rape by teens rise 288% even as India considers new law

The proposed law will allow for examination by a Juvenile Justice Board to assess if suspects aged 16-18 should be tried as adults in heinous crimes

As crude prices fall, India ramps up strategic oil reserves

Taking advantage of weak global crude prices, India is spending about Rs 4,948 crore to shore up its strategic oil reserves

Zero prosecutions in 22 years: Why Arunachal Pradesh fears the AFSPA

None of the 38 requests made to the Centre for prosecution of army personnel between 1991 and 2015 have been granted; 30 were rejected and 8 are under review

Farmed land drops over 25 years, so does food per person

Reasons include a drop in households owning land in rural India and a decline in proportion of households dependent on manual labour and farming

In election year, Bihar faces financial shock

Bihar faces a 42% decline in aid from Delhi and a doubling of debt as it heads into a critical state election

Should India worry about having fewer nuclear weapons than Pakistan?

Having more warheads does not necessarily translate to greater security because nuclear weapons are meant primarily to scare and deter

A Bengaluru neighbourhood's toxic air portends India's future

As a national debate grows over toxic air, some national-level solutions that appear expensive are far cheaper than the costs of doing nothing

As farmers commit suicide, Uttar Pradesh hides their deaths

Farmer suicides in Bundelkhand are simply not recorded by officials, even as the government denies that crop failures and debt have caused any deaths

India's stuttering internet revolution

India is posed to over the US in number of internet users, but has the lowest broadband speeds in the Asia-Pacific region

In just 3 months, swine flu deaths surpass worst annual toll

Swine flu has claimed 1,947 lives and infected 32,663 people across India according to official data

What 13 million fake cooking-gas consumers reveal

Around one in 14 LPG connections is a duplicate, or fake, which is nearly 7% of all connections across India, according to government data

The (slow) rise of women-oriented political parties

Despite a low success rate in elections, most of these parties have survived, and the trend of registration of women's issues-based parties has increased over the years