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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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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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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 Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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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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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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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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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate