Review: Here is why some of the Central Sector Projects are delayed by many years
In the earlier stories, we analysed the trends in time delays and the cost overruns of the delayed central infrastructure…
A video from Mexico is falsely linked to an Indian woman, Jimisha Avlani, caught shoplifting in the US
https://youtu.be/88QGlsjJ2t0 A video (here, here, and here) showing a woman being caught shoplifting and made to return stolen items from…
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Review: Supreme Court issues directions regarding education, illegal adoption & welfare of children who lost parents due to COVID-19
In this roundup of court judgements, we look at Constitutional Courts’ remarks & directions on…
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…
