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Friday, July 18, 2025
TopicNational Crime Records Bureau

Topic: National Crime Records Bureau

More than 47,000 children missing in India, 71% are girls, shows NCRB data

Number of children reported missing has seen mostly rising trend since 2018. Police and activists say first 24 hours crucial in investigation of such cases.

NCRB data shows 4% rise in crimes against women in India. UP has most rape, POCSO cases

According to National Crime Records Bureau's 2022 report, registration of offences under IPC continues to see a dip — down to 35.6 lakh in 2022 from 36.6 lakh in 2021, a 2.78% dip.

Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan have highest crime rate against Dalits. Here’s why

National Crime Records Bureau data shows that for every 1 lakh Dalit population, Rajasthan & MP reported over 60 crimes and UP reported 31 in 2021, against national average of 25.

Maximum cases of ‘crimes against women’ in UP, most rape cases in Rajasthan in 2021, says NCRB

Crimes against women have seen a steep rise by nearly 15 percent in the country; Rajasthan the second worst state, according to report, followed by Maharashtra.

Sharp dip of 13.9% in IPC cases but crimes against women spike by 15.3% in 2021, says NCRB

Former BSF chief says one of the reasons behind the fall in IPC cases may be unregistered crimes.

Don’t just blame India’s courts, it’s the police that can’t solve criminal cases in time

Unoccupied police posts, inhumane work hours, lack of training are some reasons why investigations of thousands of criminal cases are pending in India.

States to have cyber forensic labs & DNA examination facilities to deal with crimes against women

The boost to forensic investigation capabilities will cost more than Rs 200 crore and is being implemented under the Centre’s Nirbhaya Fund.

Modi govt blocked 2,388 websites in 2018, stopped collecting data of arrests under 66A

IT ministry informs Parliament that websites were blocked for objectionable content. Lack of data on arrests under section 66A draws flak from activists.

India to get first sex offenders’ list: Answer to rape culture or limiting room for reform?

The Centre is set to release the National Registry of Sexual Offenders Thursday. The database will maintain records of convicted offenders and be only...

Sewage worker deaths wouldn’t happen if India worked as hard on it as it did for polio

Eleven sewage workers died in seven days despite manual scavenging being abolished years ago.

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.