Data: Padma Awards Conferred on Persons From a Greater Diversity of Sports Disciplines in The Last Two Decades.
More than 250 Padma Awards were conferred on Sportspersons since 1954. While Cricketers dominate the list, the awards have been…
Viral claim about an official advisory to turn off mobile phone location services to evade drone strikes is fake
Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, a viral graphic (here, here, here and here) is being circulated on social…
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Review: Madras HC lays down guidelines for fair treatment of ‘Disabled Women Athletes’
In this roundup of court judgements, we look at Constitutional Courts’ remarks & directions about the…
Data: Outstanding Credit of SCBs towards personal loans more than doubled in the last five years
Unlike in the case of ‘Outstanding Credit’ of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) to Industry &…
Parliament Review: Here is what happened in the last week of 2021 Winter Session
Every week when the parliament is in session, Factly reviews the important developments including on…
Data: In the last four years, RBI spent 44% of its public awareness campaign expenditure on high profile sports events & KBC
RBI spent a significant amount of money on public awareness in the last four years.…
Data: ‘Outstanding Credit’ of SCBs to Industry decreased by end March 2021
RBI recently released the Handbook of Statistics on the Indian States for 2020-21. Data from…
Review: Supreme Court Directs States/UTs to issue Ration Cards, Voter IDs to Sex Workers
In this roundup of court judgements, we look at Constitutional Courts’ remarks & directions about the…
