Facts cannot become subjects of debate. So when the census is not conducted, and an eminent statistician who was calling for it gets fired quietly, it’s time to worry.
At one point, India was the leading developing country that created a statistical system to monitor living standards. But today, there is rank confusion.
Legendary statistician CR Rao has been a recipient of not just the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, but also the prestigious International Prize in Statistics, awarded in 2023.
Indian-American statistician CR Rao is known for making seminal contributions to statistics such as development of Cramér-Rao Lower Bound, Rao-Blackwellization, & Lagrange multiplier test.
Averages are useful, to know where we're at in dealing with the pandemic, but there will be further flare-ups, easily large enough to overwhelm local resources.
The significance of visit lay precisely in the combination— limited time, expansive representation, substantive outcomes. Such visits do not occur when pressing issues are absent.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
That is unfortunate, avoidable. At a time of growing formalisation of the economy, more use of banks and digital payments, when the quality of data collection can improve dramatically.
That is unfortunate, avoidable. At a time of growing formalisation of the economy, more use of banks and digital payments, when the quality of data collection can improve dramatically.