Data: SRS Bulletin Highlights the Wide Variation of MMR Across States, Assam’s MMR 10 Times That of Kerala’s.
The Registrar General of India (RGI) recently released the annual Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India for the period…
Does storing onions and potatoes together make the potatoes harmful for consumption?
https://youtu.be/3Tom2fOTkJA A video (here and here) going viral on social media claims that three children have died due to a…
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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…
Explainer: What do the Government guidelines say about issuing death certificates with cause as COVID-19?
In response to a petition filed in the Supreme Court, the government recently framed guidelines…
