Data: Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat, and Punjab Account For 75% of The Persons Fined Under Sections 4 & 6 of COTPA 2003
COTPA 2003 is a comprehensive law on tobacco use enacted to prohibit the consumption of cigarettes and tobacco products and…
An AI-generated video is falsely shared as a real incident of an elephant rescuing a child from a pit in a zoo enclosure
A video showing an elephant, in what seems to be a zoo enclosure, gently lifting a child from a pit…
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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…
