Data: In 2021-22, USA at 4th & Russia at 9th in India’s Crude Oil Import sources
While the gulf countries still rule the roost in India’s crude oil imports, newer countries have now entered the top-10…
A 2020 incident of a police officer assaulting a Hindu priest in M.P. is now being shared with a false communal narrative
A post going viral on social media (here, here, and here) shows a photo of a policeman restraining a Hindu…
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Data: Share of Cesses & Surcharges increase from 10.4% to 15.3% of Gross Tax Revenue in 10 years
The issue of Central Cesses has been a contentious one since the amount collected through…
Review: Here are a few archaic laws that are irrelevant in today’s times
India has thousands of Central & State laws some of which were passed during the…
Review: Madras High Court calls for exploitation of animals to be stopped
In this round-up of important court decisions, we look at decisions about the exploitation of…
Data: 340 deaths of Manual Scavengers in Sewers & Septic tanks between 2016 & 2020
Manual scavenging has been a scourge of the Indian society for decades. Despite legislative efforts,…
Nirbhaya Fund – Low Utilization of Funds is a common feature across various Schemes
As observed in an earlier story, only about 62% of the funds released under the…
Data: What are the trends in Foreign Donations Received under FCRA?
The amount of foreign contributions received under FCRA has been steadily increasing though there has…
