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After Lok Sabha exit polls overestimated NDA victory, public apologies and calls for probe followHighly inaccurate exit polls predicting a sweeping election victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party have led to dramatic public ap...
Visva Bharati asks Amartya Sen to hand over parts of leased land in Bengal's SantiniketanThe Nobel laureate's father Asutosh Sen had taken 125 decimals of land on lease from the varsity in 1943, its spokesperson Mahua Banerjee s...
View: For all its ills, cynical politics aids the tolerance of foes in IndiaAre Pew’s findings credible? The survey shows all groups are overwhelmingly opposed to inter-faith marriages and religious conversions. Peo...
IRDAI asks insurers for speedy claims settlement in areas hit by cyclones Tauktae, YaasGeneral and standalone health insurance companies have also been asked to mitigate the hardships of the affected insured population by ensu...
44% rural Indians willing to pay for Covid vaccine; 51% consider coronavirus 'Chinese conspiracy': SurveyThe majority of the rural respondent households suggested prioritising doctors and nurses for administering the COVID-19 vaccine, followed ...
IRDAI issues guidelines to expedite settlement of Amphan-related claimsFurthermore, insurers have also been asked to advise customers to use online modes for intimating claims.
View: NRC-CAA move likely to stoke a statistical collapseIf a statistical fog renders data dubious, we can't identify what’s going right or wrong, or fix failures.
Where have all the working women gone?If Indian women had the same work participation rates as men, Oxfam estimates the GDP would rise by 43%.
Loan schemes don't reach 59 per cent of rural India: SurveyThe survey, conducted by rural media platform Gaon Connection, noted that the next generation in 48 per cent farming families does not want...
Why India is dredging rivers in BangladeshNew Delhi has tied up with Dhaka to dredge two river stretches. It has committed 80 per cent of the total amount required for these two str...
SWAMINOMICS - Surveys mislead when firms control the investment climateCritics have long pilloried the shortcomings of the Doing Business report. Yet it has become popular, warts and all, because it captures at...
Govt launches survey to find new 'enemy properties'Government has launched a survey in five states, for identification of movable and immovable assets once held by people who migrated to Pak...
CBI busts fraudulent insurance claim racket in West BengalThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday busted an alleged fraudulent insurance claims racket here in West Bengal.
Rahul Gandhi’s ideas backfired at practical levels: Kishore Chandra Deo, Congress leaderThe government and party failed to convince the people that there were either no scams, or we were taking actions against the culprits.
Impact of Election 2014: Realty sector struggles with labor shortagesThousands of rural folk come and work in boom towns, where homes are being constructed, but they go back to their villages during elections.
- Steelmakers in West Bengal flouting environmental norms: Centre for Science and Environment
Steel plants in West Bengal are blatantly "flouting environmental norms" by polluting land, water and air, according to a green rating surv...
- World's largest delta fast disappearing into sea
The world's largest delta, Ganga-Bhagirathi, is slowly disappearing into the sea, finds a study by river expert Kalyan Rudra.