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FCRA registered NGOs down by half in last 10 years; contribution rises from Rs 17832 cr to Rs 22974 crActive FCRA registered NGOs have halved in the last decade. Foreign contributions received by these organizations have significantly increa...
1.75 million forest rights claims rejected by state governmentsThe latest statistics of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, accessed by ET, reveal that 20 states have rejected 17,52,553 claims under the Sch...
Average medical expenditure at private hospitals seven-times higher than government ones: NSO Survey"In government/public hospitals, the expenditure was about Rs 4,452 (about Rs 4,290 in rural and Rs 4,837 in urban areas). In private hospi...
Using mobile while driving, worse than drunk-driving.More than 49,385 cases of illegal use of mobile devices by drivers, to talk or text while behind the wheel, have been booked in Hyderabad a...
Over 12,000 farmer suicides per year, Centre tells Supreme Court"A total of 12,602 persons involved in farming sector -- 8,007 farmers-cultivators and 4,595 agricultural labourers - committed suicide dur...
Parliament should approve revised national policy on elderly: SC toldThe NGO in its report has said that according to the Census of India in 2011, the number of elderly people was 103 million and that it was ...
74 tiger deaths since January drive home poaching, other threatsMadhya Pradesh fares the worst with 19 fatalities.
Infosys to build 7,620 household biogas plants over a period of 10 yearsThe project costing Rs 22 crore is expected to generate biogas equivalent to about 1 million cylinders of domestic LPG in Ramanagara distri...
Solar LEDs can make city Delhi safe at night: ReportNew Delhi has as many as 23 dark spots, reveals a report prepared by Greenpeace, in collaboration with National Institute of Urban Affairs.
SC ‘snubs’ Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s call to halt cattle smuggling to BangladeshSupreme Court asked how the BSF would stop cattle smuggling when there were not enough forces to stop infiltration of terrorists.
Voters don’t mind candidates with minor criminal records: ReportStudy showed out of 1,318 candidates fielded by five major political parties (BJP, Shiv Sena, MNS, Congress and NCP) 640 of them have crimi...
Supreme Court raises question on new Drug Price Control OrderSupreme Court raised a question on the new DPCO of the Centre to fix the ceiling price of essential medicines on the basis of market-based ...
Supreme Court raises question on new Drug Price Control OrderThe Supreme Court today raised a question on the new Drug Price Control Order of the Centre to fix the ceiling price of essential medicines...
- Erroneous statistics: CAG-Style data audits to ensure credibility
From the RBI to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, everyone has lamented the poor quality of government statistics on whose basis policies are ...
- Being guardian angel to the ‘gun widows’
Manipur reveals a frightening link between drugs and narcotics.
66 tigers dead in 8 monthsStatistics collated from different parts of India by a prominent wildlife NGO show that between January 1 and August 19 this year, at least...
- 6 tigers dead in just two months
Latest census figures released this year show a mere 1,411 tigers alive.
- 6 tigers dead in just two months
India's tigers continue to die. In the last 10 weeks, six more tigers have perished due to poaching, electrocution, accident or natural cau...
6 tigers dead in just two monthsIndia's tigers continue to die. In the last 10 weeks, six more tigers have perished due to poaching, electrocution, accident or natural cau...
Chennai experiences significant rise in temperatureData collected by Regional Meterological Office has revealed that from 1906 to 2008 there was a 'significant rise' in the average temperatu...