NHRC member defends notice to MeitY, says child safety concerns override pending DPDP enforcementThe NHRC in its March 24 notice to the ministry had raised alleged non-compliance of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act by dig...
15 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
IAMAI sees ‘overreach’ in NHRC’s notice to MeitY over AI companies' DPDP breachesThe Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has written to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), voicing...
01 Apr, 2026, 09.37 AM IST
Careful with new CPI methodologyIndia is updating its Consumer Price Index base year. A key reform involves the housing index. Experts question proposed changes to how hou...
06 Jan, 2026, 11.49 PM IST
Meta, TikTok win challenge against EU tech fees in setback for EU regulatorsMeta and ByteDance's TikTok sued the European Commission after they were hit with a supervisory fee of 0.05% of their annual worldwide net ...
10 Sep, 2025, 05.11 PM IST
Opposition united in opposing special revision of electoral rolls in Bihar: CongThe Congress and nine other parties oppose the Election Commission's special intensive revision in Bihar. They claim it will disenfranchise...
07 Jul, 2025, 04.13 PM IST
India evaluates 28 global indices, finds metrics in some flawedIndia is scrutinising the methodologies of 28 global indices, including the Democracy Index and Global Hunger Index, due to concerns over f...
22 Apr, 2025, 12.37 AM IST
BHU study on Covaxin had serious methodological flaws as per ICMR: Prataprao JadhavThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) reviewed a study on the long-term safety of Covaxin in adults and adolescents, conducted by B...
06 Aug, 2024, 04.09 PM IST
12 lakh excess deaths in Covid year, reveals report; govt says methodology flawedResearchers, including those from Oxford University, analyzed data from the National Family Health Survey 2019-21 and estimated that nearly...
21 Jul, 2024, 03.03 PM IST
"Erroneous": Health Ministry on media reports highlighting excess mortality in 2020The Ministry said that the study is erroneous and the methodology followed by the authors has critical flaws; the claims are inconsistent a...
20 Jul, 2024, 02.56 PM IST
Flawed measure of 'hunger' that doesn't reflect true position: Govt on India's rank of 111th in Global Hunger IndexIndia ranked 111th out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index-2023, released on Thursday, with the country reporting the highest child...
12 Oct, 2023, 08.48 PM IST
View: Why Arvind Subramanian's GDP over-estimation argument is flawedSubramanian made the dramatic claim that the real GDP in India grew between 3.5% and 5.5% during 2011-17.
26 Jun, 2019, 04.05 PM IST
All India Trade Union Congress raises questions over expert committee report on minimum wageAccording to AITUC, the basis of arriving at Rs 375 per day or Rs 9750 per month as of July, 2018 is not indicated.
07 Mar, 2019, 01.57 PM IST
Media survey on women in India based on perception, flawed methodology: GovernmentUnion minister of state for home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said the report was not based on any scientific survey but a poll of a statistically...
18 Jul, 2018, 05.02 PM IST
Court dismisses Reliance Jio plea against Bharti Airtel, OoklaJio accused Ookla of trying to “sell” its speed test certification for $120,000, saying it charged a commission if an operator promoted bus...
07 Aug, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
- Wildlife biologists issue statement of concern, express doubts about claims of tiger numbers rising16 Apr, 2016, 01.15 PM IST
Confronting Amartya Sen's view: Why WHO's methodology on malnutrition is hopelessly flawed for IndiaArvind Panagariya says well-nourished Indian children from within India also fail to achieve the WHO norms.
29 Jul, 2013, 10.32 AM IST
- Weather forecast to turn a lot smarter
The government has proposed to hire scientists, including overseas experts, to modernise India’s weather and climate forecast services.
17 Aug, 2006, 03.10 AM IST