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19 Indians die every day in drunk-driving accidents. How can that change?
A new study suggests a solution.
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Police firing in India has killed two civilians per week over the past seven years
Rajasthan reported the maximum occasions (35) where police resorted to firing in 2015, followed by Maharashtra (33) and Uttar Pradesh (29).
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Childbirth expenses are pushing 47% of Indian women into poverty
Households with illiterate mothers and Scheduled Tribes are among the most vulnerable.
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Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Laws approved by Indian Parliament take close to nine months to be enforced
A report by a legal advisory body finds that some laws even take upward of 300 days to be implemented.
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In the months after the liquor ban, murders and other major crimes actually rose in Bihar
A drop in crime was a primary reason for the new Prohibition law.
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Three killed every 10 minutes: Road accident deaths in India up 9% in 4 years
At 8%, Delhi had the highest number of road accident fatalities among 53 cities in 2015.
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Video
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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Only one in 100 sexual assault cases in Karnataka end in conviction
Karnataka’s record is 10 times worse than the national figure.
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Delhi accounts for two of five crimes against foreigners in India
Out of 365 such crimes in 2015, 147 were in the national capital.
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Over a decade, a 14-fold rise in proportion of Indians with health insurance
No more than 1% of India’s population had access to any form of insurance in 2004, compared to 15% in 2014.
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The Reel
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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Why do most Indians migrate? Not for work but for marriage
Four of every 10 Indians (about 453 million) are migrants, according to the Census data.
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In charts: Women are coming back to government hospitals in rural India
While more than 78% of them sought private care in 2004, only about 70.4 did so in 2014, according to a new report.
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Just how many fake notes were actually detected in India last year?
The value of fake currency in circulation at any given time is Rs 400 crore, according to a study.
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The Field
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement