Data: Where are we on Maternal & Child Mortality indicators?
Over many years, India has made considerable progress on many of the maternal & child mortality indicators. However, we are…
Video of a November 2022 incident of a man assaulting a woman in Malaysia is falsely shared as that of an incident from India
A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) shows a man brutally assaulting a woman in front…
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Conviction rate of Sec 498-A cases is among the lowest of all IPC Crimes
Sec 498-A of IPC has been one of the fiercely debated IPC sections, especially after…
Taxes you pay on Petrol & Diesel (As of 3rd September 2018)
[orc] 1. The Central Excise Duty on Petrol increased from Rs 9.48 per liter to…
Here is how you can claim a full refund of a ‘Mutilated Currency Note’
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has detailed rules that lay down conditions for exchange of …
Here is a draft of ‘Patient Rights’
The government has placed a draft ‘Charter of Patient Rights’ that recognizes 17 rights of…
Breaking down the Petrol & Diesel Prices
The Petrol & Diesel prices have 4 different components. Here is an explanation of these…
Despite simplification of guidelines, In-Country Adoption down 40% in 7 years
While the adoption rules in India have been simplified over the years, the In-Country adoption…
