-The Hindu Due to “non-receipt of data” from Bengal for 2019, 2018 data used to arrive at national and city-wise figures, it says Crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) saw an increase of over 7% and 26% respectively in year 2019 compared to 2018, according to the annual Crime in India 2019 report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Wednesday. Due to “non-receipt of data” from West...
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25 Laws Passed by Parliament in Monsoon Session and What You Should Know About Them
-The Leaflet The rate of passage of Bills per day was. 2.7 Bills, which is the best rate till now. THE Monsoon Session of the Parliament came to an abrupt end on September 23 following the rising number of COVID-19 cases. The session began on September 14 and, after 7 days of functioning, was adjourned sine die. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi said that the productivity of Lok Sabha was approximately...
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-Press release by Working Peoples' Charter dated 21st September, 2020 Amidst the micro and macro-economic crisis of the last 5 years, the union government has aggressively pushed the agenda of labour law reforms -- purportedly to simplify India’s ‘complex’ labour legislations, improve the business environment, and augment growth and employment. These changes, driven primarily by the business fraternity, have been aimed at improving India’s ranking in the ‘Ease of Doing Business’...
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-Livemint.com Despite early steps, India could not stave off the surge because of later mis-steps and legacy issues in health and administrative capacity With more than five million cases, India is now emerging as the epicentre of the covid-19 pandemic. India has already overtaken Brazil in terms of total confirmed cases, and at the current trajectory, will surpass the US within four weeks. Given that the US and Brazil are closest to India...
More »Covid report card: India’s daily death count is now the highest, beating US and Brazil -Annapurani V
-The Hindu Business Line But the nation compares well with the global pandemic hotspots on several other parameters The number of Covid-19 cases in the country has crossed 52 lakh and India’s tally is now the highest in the world after the US. While the number is large, many of the cases are asymptomatic and 77 per cent of the patients have recovered completely. The number of Covid-19 deaths per day is more...
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