Explainer: What is the Contribution of various Countries to the UN Budget?
The United Nations operations are sustained from the contributions received from member countries. Contributions from member countries are assessed every…
Photo of a road located in Australia is falsely shared as visuals from a deep forest way in Adilabad, Telangana
https://youtu.be/EH8hLfaKeAM A viral post (here, here, and here) on social media featuring a photo of a beautiful landscape claims to…
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NCRB Contradicts Home Ministry, Says over 1200 communal incidents in 2014
The data on communal incidents by the National Crime Records Bureau seems to have opened…
Target RIO 2016: 57 Indians qualified so far
The RIO Olympics 2016 are just 9 months away and India hopes to better its…
India had 58 communal incidents per month in the last 5 years & 85% of these incidents occurred in just 8 states
Update: This post from October 7, 2015 has been updated with the latest available data…
39 Sahitya Akademi Awardees returned their Awards as per Government Records
Prominent Writers returned their Sahitya Akademi Awards protesting what they allege as rising intolerance in…
Government proposes a new framework for monitoring Social Progress in the Country
After the adoption of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by the UN, the government has set…
Demand for Currency Notes increasing despite greater use of Card & Wallet payments
The use of plastic currency like credit & debit cards has been growing rapidly in…
