Review: Understanding ‘The Performance Grading Index’ for 2020-21 of School Education
The Ministry of Education recently released the PGI for states and Union Territories for 2020-21. Today’s story looks at the…
This viral story about Winston Churchill and Alexander Fleming is untrue and lacks any factual basis
https://youtu.be/VuUZEIAVezU A story about Winston Churchill and Alexander Fleming is being widely circulated on social media platforms (here, here, here,…
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Data: About a third of Cancer cases in India & half of the cases among Men attributed to Tobacco usage
Recently, the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR) and the Indian Council of…
Data: Courts disposed 41% fewer cases in 2020 compared to 2019
Like with every other sector, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the working of the courts in…
Review: UNICEF report calls for greater government accountability regarding Children’s Diets to prevent malnutrition
UNICEF’s 2021 report titled ‘Fed to Fail? The crisis of Children’s diet in early life’…
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…
Review: Bombay HC issues guidelines – No media reporting, public disclosure of harassment at workplace case judgments without prior approval
In this roundup of court judgements, we look at Constitutional Courts’ remarks & directions on induction…
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…
