Review: Kerala HC rules that persons have the right to include only their mother’s name in official documents
In this week’s review of Court Judgments, we look at the Supreme Court’s order in which it said that unmarried…
Allegations that Amartya Sen and Manmohan Singh’s daughters jointly misappropriated ₹2730 crore linked to Nalanda University are false
https://youtu.be/C1RWLimckWM A social media post claims that during his tenure as Chancellor of Nalanda University, Amartya Sen misused ₹2730 crore…
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Data: Total Expenditure of the Union Government up 31% in 2020-21
The impact of COVID-19 on the government revenues was visible with the decrease in various…
Explainer: All that you need to know about ‘Vaccine Wastage’
The Union Government has multiple times referred to ‘Vaccine Wastage’. But what exactly is ‘Vaccine…
Data: Excise Duty on Petrol & Diesel come to the rescue to Union Tax revenues in 2020-21
Lower tax revenues from both direct & indirect taxes were anticipated in 2020-21 because of…
Data: Amount involved in reported cases of ‘Bank Fraud’ increased over three-fold in four years
The RBI’s annual report has a separate section on bank frauds. Data from the recently…
Data: Large Cities way ahead on Vaccination compared to the rest of the State
As observed in our earlier story, the vaccination coverage in urban areas of the country…
Review: Challenges await Indian students going abroad as only Covishield is approved by WHO
Many universities in the US, UK and other countries are beginning physical in-person classes from…
