Explainer: What is antigen testing? And why are Indians states using it more and more?

The Indian government has cleared the use of antigen testing, but with the proviso that if the result comes negative, a RT-PCR test must be done.

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· Aug 10, 2020 · 01:30 pm

In 2018, floods cost India 1,808 lives and farmland the size of Mizoram

On average, floods and extreme rainfall led to 14 deaths per day during the 2019 monsoons.

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· Mar 14, 2020 · 08:30 pm

Five charts show how India fared on climate change, unemployment and women’s safety in 2019

Data released this year showed joblessness at a 45-year high and a record number of extreme weather events.

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· Dec 27, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Four North Eastern states lost out on 20% funds under India’s largest public health programme

The performance-based component does not take into account existing inequalities between states, experts said.

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· Dec 23, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Because of Aadhaar, over one million children in India were denied admission to schools

The refusal to enrol students is a violation of the Supreme Court order on the unique identification programme.

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· Dec 10, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Every third Indian policeman finds mob lynchings a ‘natural’ response to cow slaughter

A new survey reveals the biases among India’s police forces.

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· Aug 31, 2019 · 08:30 pm

499 Mumbai buildings are at risk of collapse, but its civic body is pouring funds into coastal road

The city slashed its fire- and disaster-management budget for two consecutive years, before raising it again.

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· Jul 17, 2019 · 08:30 pm

New formula for minimum wage in India could double incomes – but only if implemented right

A panel has suggested increasing minimum wage for informal workers from Rs 176 per day to Rs 375.

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· Mar 06, 2019 · 08:30 pm

37 returns in a year instead of 13, and the other challenges threatening GST rollout on July 1

Seven states are yet to pass their GST Acts.

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· Jun 13, 2017 · 09:30 pm

These charts show that the Congress is not doing as badly as it seems

Congress doubled its win rate between the 2014 general election and the subsequent state elections.

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· Mar 29, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Five things that should worry India in 2017

What does the new year hold for the nation?

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· Dec 31, 2016 · 10:30 pm

All that Maharashtra could have done with the money being spent on Shivaji's statue

The budget for the monument, coming up off Mumbai's coast, soared from around Rs 100 crore in 2004 to Rs 3,600 crore in 2016.

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· Nov 09, 2016 · 09:30 pm