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Jayant Pankaj
Jayant Pankaj
Jayant Pankaj is a data journalist at Business Standard, where he leverages rigorous number-crunching to craft compelling, data-driven narratives. His reporting spans the intersections of politics, governance, infrastructure and others. He utilises advanced tools to scrape, manage, and visualise large-scale datasets, transforming complex information into accessible insights for readers. He holds an integrated degree in Political Science from the University of Hyderabad and a postgraduate diploma from the Asian College of Journalism.
Jayant Pankaj is a data journalist at Business Standard, where he leverages rigorous number-crunching to craft compelling, data-driven narratives. His reporting spans the intersections of politics, governance, infrastructure and others. He utilises advanced tools to scrape, manage, and visualise large-scale datasets, transforming complex information into accessible insights for readers. He holds an integrated degree in Political Science from the University of Hyderabad and a postgraduate diploma from the Asian College of Journalism.
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Datanomics: Low vote share, big office as new VP's winning margin declines
Vice-presidents: From Radhakrishan to Radhakrishnan
 "Datanomics: Low vote share, big office as new VP's winning margin declines")
Datanomics: Navarro's jibe rekindles Indian-Americans' caste discourse
Caste has occasionally surfaced as a point of tension among Indian Americans
 "Datanomics: Navarro's jibe rekindles Indian-Americans' caste discourse")
Statsguru: The rise and sudden fall of real-money gaming in India
RMG refers to online games where players wager real money and stand to win cash prizes
 "Statsguru: The rise and sudden fall of real-money gaming in India")
Datanomics: Bihar SIR may shrink voters' strength to 55% of population
EC data shows 6.5 million names on exclusion list, pulling electorate below pre-Covid levels
 "Datanomics: Bihar SIR may shrink voters' strength to 55% of population")
Datanomics: Hits and misses as India celebrates Space Day on August 23
Space research capex yet to hit pre-Covid level
 "Datanomics: Hits and misses as India celebrates Space Day on August 23")
Heat-house plants: Lack of anti-polluting FGD systems in TPPs a concern
These alarming figures underscore the urgent need for stronger environmental policies
 "Heat-house plants: Lack of anti-polluting FGD systems in TPPs a concern")
Datanomics: Migration overtakes death for voter deletion in Bihar SIR
These revisions removed 9.4 million voters, with 1.7 million and 1.6 million deletions in 2009-10 and 2023-24, respectively.
 "Datanomics: Migration overtakes death for voter deletion in Bihar SIR")
Datanomics: 3 in 10 stray dog-bite cases from the Southern region
According to a 2024 Lancet Infectious Diseases study, India records about 9.1 million animal bites annually
 "Datanomics: 3 in 10 stray dog-bite cases from the Southern region")
Datanomics: Bank fraud accounts for 30% of cases investigated by ED
The number of fraud cases investigated by the ED has been steadily increasing, over a decade till 2024
 "Datanomics: Bank fraud accounts for 30% of cases investigated by ED")
Statsguru: Has TCS's job cut signal set the tone for the IT industry?
TCS employed the highest number of workers in FY25, at 636,833 employees. Infosys hired the distant second-highest number at 348,596 in FY25, followed by Wipro at 235,415
 "Statsguru: Has TCS's job cut signal set the tone for the IT industry?")
MiG accounts for half of fighter jet crashes in 17 years
Three out of five jet types saw a decline in crashes over the past 15 years
 "MiG accounts for half of fighter jet crashes in 17 years")
Statsguru: Rising engine-failure incidents cast a shadow on Indian skies
The common issues identified include failures in the High-Pressure Turbine and Gear Turbo Engine systems
 "Statsguru: Rising engine-failure incidents cast a shadow on Indian skies")
Upper House sitting hours dropped on former V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar's watch
Before Dhankhar, two V-Ps - V V Giri in 1969 and R Venkataraman in 1987 - resigned from office before completing their term
 "Upper House sitting hours dropped on former V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar's watch")
Hit-and-run cases lead to 18% of India's road accident fatalities
Overspeeding remains the leading cause of road accidents in India. It accounted for 72.5 per cent of all road accidents in 2020, and this stayed almost unchanged at 72.4 per cent in 2022
 "Hit-and-run cases lead to 18% of India's road accident fatalities")
Datanomics: Pilot error identified as top cause for air accidents
Between 2012 and 2025, the AAIB investigated 99 air accidents, 13 of which involved commercial airlines.
 "Datanomics: Pilot error identified as top cause for air accidents")
Datanomics: Gujarat bridge collapse highlights infrastructure faultlines
Among India's 150,746 railway bridges, 25.8 per cent are over a century old
 "Datanomics: Gujarat bridge collapse highlights infrastructure faultlines")
Datanomics: Population Day highlights need for demographic dividend plans
India, China, the US, Indonesia, and Pakistan together account for approximately 46 per cent of the world's population
 "Datanomics: Population Day highlights need for demographic dividend plans")
Statsguru: Indian students caught in crosshairs of tighter US visa rules
Indians and Chinese have consistently accounted for the biggest proportion of F1 student visas
 "Statsguru: Indian students caught in crosshairs of tighter US visa rules")
Datanomics: Serious rail accidents decline, safety spending inches up
Data suggests the overall number has been declining, from 55 in 2019-20 to 31 in 2024-25
 "Datanomics: Serious rail accidents decline, safety spending inches up")
Datanomics: Air India crash shows no clear trend in passenger worries
Air India had the passenger load factor of 88.6 per cent on a day before the crash which rose a bit over 90 a day after the accident
 "Datanomics: Air India crash shows no clear trend in passenger worries")