National Crime Records Bureau data shows number of cases under Arms Act in UP about 16 per lakh, 3 times over national average (5.4), while kidnapping cases & violent crimes have gone down.
NCRB data shows that Assam ranked third on both cyber crime case growth and crime rate lists. But its trends diverged significantly from the rest of the country.
Police data from Jan-Oct 2020 show 9 persons were killed & 4 women ‘raped’ every day in Bihar. RJD says Nitish’s review meetings are no good as no one listens to him.
The Yogi Adityanath govt’s brazen touting of encounter killings has gained popular support, but has failed to curb crime on the ground in Uttar Pradesh.
In its latest report, NCRB stated that from 5,412 ‘illiterate’ juvenile offenders in 2016, the number has come down to 4,324 in 2017. Delhi tops in crime by juveniles.
Nirmala Sitharaman laid the foundation of a new site museum in 2021. It felt like a departure from the government's Harappan-centric focus. But no progress has been made since.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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