-The Indian Express The data in India is flawed, marked by both under- and over-reporting. The question is not whether India’s women are safe, but whether they are free Very rarely does data become a political hot-button issue in India, dominating the shouty nightly news debates and the daily Twitter sniping. Earlier this month, it was about data on the status of women, following an international survey that found India to be...

-The Hindu Auditor’s report says indiscriminate discharge of water from Chembarambakkam lake burdened the Adyar river Chennai: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has been scathing in its criticism of the government’s handling of the Chennai Floods of 2015, going so far as to categorise it as a “man- made disaster”. It has held the government of Tamil Nadu responsible for the scale of the catastrophe, which the latter had...

  The Central Water Commission (CWC) has released the state-wise and national-level annual data on human and economic costs associated with Floods or excessive rainfall for the last 64 years at a time when the North East is devastated by nature's fury. That data indicates that on an average 3.2 crore Indians were affected by Floods or excessive rainfall every year between 1953 and 2016. Floods or downpours took a heavy toll...

-DD News Flood situation continues to be grim in Assam, Centre assures all possible help;  In Jammu & Kashmir, Flood situation improves leading to resumption of  Amarnath Yatra. The Flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim.  Over 63,000 people are still affected by the Floods across five districts, with the MeT department forecasting more rainfall in the state in the coming days. The death toll stood at 32 with no casualty being...

-The Hindu Business Line In view of the distortions arising out of excessive price support, direct income transfers to farmers is a better option The domestic debate has tended to conclude that the rise in MSP announced in the Budget is an essential part of achieving the government’s objective of doubling farm incomes. But MSP stands for minimum support prices and is an instrument designed for reducing income volatility, not for raising...