-The Hindu New Delhi: In a first, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has started collating data on online child sexual abuse in the country. Till now no repository of such crimes was available at the national level. The move comes after a parliamentary standing committee on home affairs pulled up officials for not reporting the cases. The panel, headed by senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, said in its report that they...
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Maharashtra Government takes steps to curb crime by juveniles
-The Indian Express While stating that percentage of juvenile crime was much less compared to other crimes, the Chief Minister said, “Even a marginal increase is a cause of serious concern. And it is our government’s endeavour to make it negligible.” Mumbai: The state government has initiated steps to curb crimes across Maharashtra committed by juveniles. The government is taking even a marginal increase in juvenile crime as a cause for...
More »Public sector banks lost Rs 2,450 crore to frauds involving staff: RBI data -Chethan Kumar
-The Times of India BENGALURU: Among other things that emerged in the aftermath of the massive Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam is the active role of employees of the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) in multiple frauds over the years. TOI has accessed Reserve Bank of India data that reveals the number of cases involving staff across various states and the amount of loss reported. Overall, data from April 2013 to June 2016...
More »Pranab Bardhan, professor of graduate school in the department of economics at the University of California (Berkeley), interviewed by Devadeep Purohit (The Telegraph)
-The Telegraph The Left in Bengal had often criticised him whenever he red-flagged excessive local tyranny, and spoke about the industrial decline in Bengal. The incumbent ruling party may make tall claims about changes in Bengal since the Trinamul government came to power but he has been candid enough to suggest that he hasn't seen much change either in industrial expansion or in investment in infrastructure. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has...
More »Wealth Of The Nation -Nisha Agrawal
-The Indian Express At Davos, India needs to outline its vision to make growth inclusive Earlier this month, the external affairs ministry announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would lead the “largest ever” Indian contingent to Switzerland during the four-day World Economic Forum 2018 in the Swiss Alps town of Davos on January 23. This made headlines since he is the first Indian PM to be attending Davos in over two...
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