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Coronavirus: Decoding India's 'excess mortality' according to WHO estimates

A Business Standard analysis found that most of the countries with an older cohort of population and higher in the development index had a lower excess mortality rate than India.

Samsung Galaxy A73 5G is a perfect mid-range phone, with an imperfect price

While Samsung has kept to its formula with the new A73 device, it has not got rid of the misgivings from the previous generation

Statsguru: Six charts show Indian economy's structural constraints

The RBI report stated that India would need to boost exports further and carry out import substitution

Heat stroke accounted for 13.6% of forces of nature deaths between 2016-20

The year 2020 accounted for the lowest number of heat stroke-related deaths

Ahead in curbing Covid-19 pandemic, India must monitor now: Experts

One of the few to contain Omicron well, it has seen stronger peaks followed by declines

BS Number Wise: Education and the ability-to-pay principle in India

The fees Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) earned per student per annum, at Rs 7,375, was 99 times lower than the spending on academic, administrative, and other costs per student per annum in 2019-20

Statsguru: Six charts show India may see another bumper crop year

Wheat procurements may fall this year as exports and the private market have become more lucrative

Vehicle scrappage policy in the pit lane: Where are the scrap yards?

Analysis shows that four states/Union Territories account for 57 per cent of the older vehicles in the country

As govt woos foreign univs, Indians studying abroad doubles in 7 years

The number of foreign students coming to India increased only 16.7 per cent since 2014-15.

Fund utilisation of minority schemes slowed amid Covid pandemic, shows data

Expenditures under other schemes, such as grants-in-aid for the Maulana Azad Educational Foundation, have also been declining in the last few years

AYUSH ministry's fund utilisation up 25% in 2021-22, sales and exports rise

National AYUSH Mission, the flagship programme, had a shortfall of 16 per cent from budget estimates.

Statsguru: IMF to World Bank, six charts explain growth forecast revisions

Business Standard guides you through the numbers you need to know to make sense of the headlines

ED's scope of probe under PMLA increased 2.5 times in six years

No of searches conducted by the govt agency under the Act went up from 226 in 2016-17 to 572 in 2021-22

Covid-19 cases spike across India; Delhi brings back mask rule

233 out of 727 districts in India report rise in positivity rate between April 16 and 19

BS Number Wise: Indian states are living dangerously on subsidies

Their tax revenues can't keep up with their largesse: it's a policy that risks putting them in economic peril

National Crime Records Bureau report shows arson cases had declined in 2020

However, 14 of 35 states recorded an increase in arson incidents in 2020: NCRB data

Covid concerns return with cases on the rise; DDMA may make masks mandatory

As on April 16, Delhi-NCR accounted for 52.5 per cent of the country's total cases - up from 11.8 per cent on April 1

Statsguru: From India to US, six charts show rising global inflation

In the US, consumer price inflation has been higher than in India for the last seven months

Service exports growth in India is lower than global average: Data

Bangladesh's service exports grew faster; Asia's growth averaged 16.9% compared to India's 16.6% growth in service exports

Govt's efforts to push EVs yielding results only in some segments & states

In Delhi, a sixth of the heavy passenger vehicles sold in 2021-22 were in the electric category