Data: The number of registered Cyber-crimes cross 50,000 in 2020. 20% of these are Fraud cases
As expected, the pandemic-induced lockdowns resulted in increased internet usage which meant that the quantum…
Browsing: India
Data: While the number of ‘Crimes against Women’ decrease, cyber crimes against women increase by 44% in 2020
The number of registered instances of ‘Crime against Women’ decreased in 2020. A similar trend…
Review: WHO issues revised ‘Air Quality Standards’ after 15 years
Recently, the WHO released the revised guidelines for the ‘Air Quality Standards’. This is the…
Data: Registered crimes increased by 28% in the lockdown year 2020 but there is a catch
The NCRB recently released the ‘Crime in India (CII) – 2020’ report. The data indicates…
Data: What is the state-wise coverage of Women PMJDY account holders under PMGKY?
Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) announced in March 2020, an amount of…
Review: Supreme Court rules that summoning and detaining a person without any registered crime is illegal
In this roundup of court judgements, we look at Constitutional Courts’ remarks & directions on…
What is new with the NCRB’s ‘Crime in India – 2020’ report?
The NCRB recently released its 2020 edition of the annual ‘Crime in India’ report, which…
The Story of ‘Cruelty to Animals’ cases in India – Lack of Data & Minimal Penalties
While India enacted the ‘Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ act in 1960, minimal penalties &…
Review: Multiple studies make important recommendations to bridge the learning gap caused due to school lockdowns
Parliamentary standing committee on education recently released a report that made important recommendations to bridge…
PM-KISAN transactions: Less than 1% failure rate but wide variation across States
PM-KISAN is one of the flagship schemes of the current government. Data till June 2021…
