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Women voters outnumber men in 2024 LS polls

As many as 64.64 crore voters exercised their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls held earlier this year with women voters outnumbering men, according to statistical data released by the Election......

'Vague Allegations Against Election Commission Unfair'

'To attribute motives to the individual election commissioner or the Election Commission as a group is very unfair.' IMAGE: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar with Election Commissioners......

Where did we lose? NDA was there yesterday, is there today: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the opposition of seeking to erode people's trust in democracy and casting a shadow of defeat over the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic......

91% drop in Indian visas granted to Canadians this year

Data reveals that India issued only 5,709 tourist visas during this year's January 1 to November 2 period, reflecting a staggering 91 per cent decrease compared to the entire year of 2022. IMAGE:......

140 private varsities set up in India in past 5 years; maximum in Guj: Govt

A total of 140 private universities have been established across the country during the last five years with a maximum of them being set up in Gujarat followed by Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh,......

Raghuram Rajan's recipe for generating jobs

With 7 per cent economic growth, India is not creating enough jobs as reflected by the number of applicants for vacant posts in some states, Reserve Bank's former governor Raghuram Rajan said and......

'The real GDP was captured better'

'Revision of the base year for both CPI and GDP are long overdue.''The basic data that went into the 2011-2012 series were mainly from surveys done in 2011 or earlier.''We have since seen the......

How India can improve quality of data collection

As a well-wisher of the Indian Statistical System and part of the system for more than 37 years, Sunil K Sinha, former DG and CEO, NSSO, offers suggestions to improve data quality. Illustration:......

100% Railways Electrification By 2024

India is now much ahead of other large railway networks in the world in terms of electrification -- with the US at just 1 per cent, China at 72 per cent and Europe at 60 per cent. IMAGE: The South......

Economists see organised retail share below 30%

Economists at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) here expect that the share of organised retail in India will not exceed 30 per cent of the total retail trade in the country even......

'I'm not blaming fathers, but...'

'I'm talking about that predator in your house, and how one should protect one's children from him.' IMAGE: Geetika Tyagi in Yes Papa. Sexual abuse of children by family members is rarely......

How 8 month delay of Olympic qualifiers hits Indian athletes

IMAGE: India's Deputy chief national coach Radhakrishnan Nair the decision would disappoint many Indian athletes. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI World Athletics' decision to suspend the Olympic......

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