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At 4%, India’s confirmed cases vs tests (as of Apr 7) is lower than the US & Italy, which have among the highest cases globally. Country Tests Positive % US 1,951,044 364,058 19 Italy 755,445 135,586 18 India 114,015 4,616 4

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#BJP lost more than 70% of assembly constituencies where Prime Minister #NarendraModi campaigned during recent assembly elections in 5 states--MP, #Rajasthan , #Chhattisgarh , #Telangana & #Mizoram : our analysis

BJP Lost More Than 70% Assembly Constituencies Where Narendra Modi Campaigned During Recent 5-State...

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost more than 70% of assembly constituencies where Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned during recent five-state assembly elections--Madhya Pradesh...

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#StatueOfUnity , built at an estimated cost of Rs. 2,989 cr, can fund 2 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 5 #solarpower plants of 75 megawatt each, 3 Chandrayan-2 missions to the moon and various #irrigation schemes/projects in #Gujarat .

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Vaccination is only way out of #COVID19 , not #lockdown . Expediting #vaccination should be govt's core focus; chasing vaccination dates should be every citizen’s core focus. It’s going to be a long battle: @Thyrocare 's A. Velumani

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The Indian state denied humanitarian aid including ambulances & physicians to victims of violence in the 2016 Kashmir conflict, Physicians for Human Rights reported; this is a war crime as per the Geneva Conventions and the International Criminal Court

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Since #AAP govt came to power in Delhi in 2015, Lt. Guv has rejected/delayed 32 proposals. Our analysis reveals how these disputes are slowing govt spending. Read here:

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Delays in infrastructure development continue to plague second-generation #IITs in India. Of the 8 institutes audited, only 2 had completed Phase-I buildings, leaving research facilities, hostels and sports facilities incomplete, per CAG audit. Read:

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We're delighted to tell you that IndiaSpend has been chosen as the 'Media Start-Up That Is Making A Difference' at the #RedInkAwards 2018!

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With India enacting a “humane & participative” land acquisition law, why are Santal #Adivasi #women in Godda, #Jharkhand falling at the feet of Adani personnel to not take their land? We investigate:

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“I am sure that on May 23 the BJP in Karnataka will be able to record a huge success:” @Tejasvi_Surya BJP’s candidate from B’lore South constituency on impact of Balakot strikes and a “huge Modi wave”

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#StatueOfUnity , built at an estimated cost of Rs 2,989 cr, could have instead funded 2 new IITs, 5 IIM campuses, 6 #ISRO missions to Mars & various #irrigation schemes/projects in #Gujarat .

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21 Indian cities, including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai & Hyderabad, may run out of groundwater by 2020, affecting 100 mn people; 40% of country’s population will have no access to drinking water by 2030. #WorldEnvironmentDay

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Himachal’s per capita income = Gujarat’s; better in 6 of 7 social indicators: Our analysis:

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With cases growing rapidly to cross 11,000 today, India is still detecting fewer positives in testing than Italy & the US Tests Positive % US 2,973,208 579,390 20 Italy 1,073,689 162,488 15 India 244,893 10,307 4 (As on Apr 14)

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Trucks loaded with produce in Maharashtra farm market drop by 70% after #NoteBandi .

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Many participants of Bharat Biotech’s #COVID #vaccine trial in Bhopal’s low-income areas say they did not know they were part of a clinical trial. After reports of irregularities in the trial, @AnooBhu visited Bhopal to investigate

India's COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Participants Claim They Were Misled

Our ground report shows that Covaxin trial participants from poor areas were lured with Rs 750 payment and did not understand that they were taking part in a trial. There has been one death and...

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70% of the victims of torture in Kashmir are civilians, a new report, endorsed by former UN Special Rapporteur Juan E Mendez, by @jkccs_ shows, documenting 432 cases btw 1990 & 2017. Torture is a war crime as per @IntlCrimCourt and the Geneva Conventions

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How the Prime Minister's narrative of #DeMonetisation has changed. Our analysis of his speeches.

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21 Indian cities,including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, will run out of groundwater by 2020, affecting 100 mn people; 40% of country’s population will have no access to drinking water by 2030: @NITIAayog report

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Subsidising rainwater harvesting units & better utilisation of urban transformation mission funds for cleaning water bodies should be top priority: @Tejasvi_Surya BJP’s parl candidate from Bangalore South constituency on solving city’s water stress

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India is able to offer #jobs only to around 400 million people. About 35 million don't find #employment . The labour force participation rate has also fallen, from 45% to 39%: Mahesh Vyas, @_CMIE . Read the full interview here:

'Absence Of Enough Jobs Means India Is Losing Its Demographic Dividend'

The government has to not only provide its own jobs, it also has to create an enabling environment to ensure that the private sector finds it profitable to invest and hire people in good quality...

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We have a strong support base among the lower economic class who are beneficiaries of improvements in the Delhi government schools and mohalla [neighbourhood] clinics: @AtishiAAP on the support in East Delhi parliamentary constituency

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Kerala has reported 1 new case, while 10 of its patients have recovered. Since April 7, there has been a steady decline in active cases in Kerala from 267 to 138 today

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With no cure for the highly infectious COVID-19 and a #vaccination 12-19 months away, we ask doctors in India how they are treating #COVID19 patients.

No Cure Or Vaccine, Doctors Rely On Each Other, & Guidelines

Mumbai & Jaipur: “We were all really scared,” said Jeenam Shah, a pulmonologist, of the time his first COVID-19 patient arrived at South Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital, on March 24, 2020. “This was...

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Sewer deaths in India increased 66% to 83 between 2016 and 2019 (till Nov 6, 2019), accounting for a total of 282 deaths in 4 years, noted a Nov 20, 2019, govt reply in parliament. 2017 & 2019 reported the most deaths (83). Follow this thread for insights: #SwachhBharat

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In the 9th reported incident of bovine-related #mobviolence this year, 28-year-old Akbar Khan was #lynched to death in Ramgarh in Rajasthan's Alwar district last night on suspicion of cow smuggling:

Man beaten to death on suspicion of cow smuggling in Alwar village; 2 held

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje assured strict action against those who attacked the man, who was transporting cattle to Haryana.

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As PM Modi gets set to appear on @DiscoveryIN on Aug 12 to “create environmental awareness”, in May 2019 his govt exempted 13 railway projects from forest clearances, risking at least 5 national parks & sanctuaries. Follow this thread: #PMModionDiscovery

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People across 180 countries will get to see the unknown side of PM @narendramodi as he ventures into Indian wilderness to create awareness about animal conservation & environmental change. Catch Man Vs Wild with PM Modi @DiscoveryIN on August 12 @ 9 pm. #PMModionDiscovery

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Azmal Haque joined the Indian army at 18, and served for 30 years. Last year, Haque received a notice to prove he was Indian. #AssamNRC

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Nationwide, as of 8 p.m. on Mar 24, India detected 536 cases of #COVID19 --more than double the cases 5 days ago (223 on Mar 20): @ICMRDELHI data. Explore our live tracker here:

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In Indore, at least 20% of garments, snacks & savories, basic hardware units collapsed; 15,000 rendered jobless; fewer jobs left for construction workers. 1st of series of reports from 11 job hubs reveals long-term effects of #demonetisation , #GST

‘Sahab, Kuch Kaam Milega Kya?’ Demonetisation, GST Effects Continue, Deepen Indore’s Jobs Crisis

Indore: It was a regular day here in India’s cleanest city, the largest in Madhya Pradesh and the state’s commercial capital: While the middle-class rushed to work, a crowd of daily-wage workers,...

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Over 10 yrs, 2005-14, conviction rate in crimes against SCs in Gujarat: 5%, against STs: 4.3%. Indian avg: 30%, 26%:

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Pramila Bishoyi, 69, studied only until class 2, speaks no Hindi or English, has never stepped outside Odisha and has two sons, one of whom runs a tea-stall. She will be entering parliament for the first time #ElectionResults2019

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The Centre has allowed max projects in & around protected areas (PAs) in Maharashtra (98), our analysis of 2,053 clearances since July 2014 showed. Building within PAs could up risk of #COVID19 -like disease, we reported in the first part of the series:

Environment Vs Economy: An Approach That Exposes India To COVID-19-Like Infections

Editor's note: This series was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. The story contains footnotes marked with asterisks*<-- click here Mumbai and Bengaluru: The...

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Concerns are rising about #monkeypox cases detected in many countries recently, which like #Covid19 was transmitted from animals to humans. Monkeypox is similar to smallpox and can be treated with the smallpox vaccine, said @drgilada in an interview:

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“I thought about it for a few days & decided that I wanted to do this. I wanted to have a good future:” Ridhima Pandey of Haridwar first sued Indian govt for not providing clean water when she was 9. At 11, she’s part of a team fighting a case at the UN

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64% of India's unelectrified villages electrified between April 2015 to date, <5000 left to be electrified by May 2017.

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Indore has learned to finance trash collection: It spent Rs 155 crore on operations, earned Rs 27 crore in user fees & funded the rest through property tax. @shreyashah26 explains how Indore’s streets are kept clean & what other Indian cities can learn.

How Indore Became India’s Cleanest City (And How Others Can Follow)

Indore, Madhya Pradesh: Every morning, garbage vans across Indore play the celebratory song, “Indore hua hai number one (Indore has become number one),” sung by Bollywood singer Shaan in 2017,

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The ICMR has released an advisory on testing pooled samples, which is expected to enable more widespread #COVID19 testing with limited resources, key to the lifting of the #lockdown and easing of #socialdistancing

India may begin pooled testing of COVID19 samples

To significantly ramp up testing with limited resources, India may begin pooled testing of up to five COVID-19 samples, as per an April 13 advisory from the Indian Council of Medical Research...

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IndiaSpend announces the launch of #PrisonWatch , a new portal that brings together data on undertrial prisoners over the last 25 years. Explore the data here:

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On #WorldEnvironmentDay , we’re looking back at our #EnvironmentUndone series. For part 3, @TishSanghera examined a coal-fired power plant coming up <100km from Delhi, set to worsen air quality in Delhi NCR, home to 6 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities

This Coal Plant Endangers Forests, Wildlife, People. And India Doesn't Even Need It, Experts Say

Editor's note: This series was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. The story contains footnotes marked with asterisks*<-- click here Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh:...

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We’re delighted to tell you that IndiaSpend was chosen as the ‘Best E-Magazine’ for data journalism focusing on women at the South Asia #Laadli Media & Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity

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Any person who tests positive for #COVID19 has to be tested at least thrice before they are declared recovered. Yet, the difference between the no. of samples & people tested in India stayed constant at 890. Why is this happening? Read our report:

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Today, PM @narendramodi said that India has the world’s largest #COVID19 #vaccination drive. In three months, India has vaccinated 120 mn but that is 1.3% of its popn vs 23.7% vaccinated in the US, 15.3% in the UK and 4.3% in Brazil. We put India’s vaccine numbers in context:

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“Electoral bonds are the worst form of political corruption and institutionalises what we have always suspected when it comes to quid pro quo and lack of transparency:” @AtishiAAP on the use of electoral bonds

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An acid attack on a woman is reported every ~3 days in India. Follow this thread for insights on acid attacks and other crimes against women #Chhapaak #AcidAttack

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TN has more factories (37,378), employs more people in industrial jobs than any Indian state: #Jayalalithaa 's legacy

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Indore, Madhya Pradesh Daily wages before #demonetisation in Nov 2016: Rs 350-400 Daily wages in 2019: Rs 150-200 Drop in daily wages: 50% 1st in 11-part series on informal-sector job losses after #demonetisation , #GST

‘Sahab, Kuch Kaam Milega Kya?’ Demonetisation, GST Effects Continue, Deepen Indore’s Jobs Crisis

Indore: It was a regular day here in India’s cleanest city, the largest in Madhya Pradesh and the state’s commercial capital: While the middle-class rushed to work, a crowd of daily-wage workers,...

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Testing data show that India is detecting 3% positive #COVID19 cases among the samples tested, the same as South Korea but lower than the US's 58%, China's 25% and Italy's 23%

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Overjoyed by these kind words from Dr Abhijit Banerjee, as we complete 10 years in data-led, public interest journalism this month. This is a true testament to our work on important policy issues, data-led discussions and analysis. Thank you, Dr Banerjee! #IndiaSpendAt10

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#Kerala is the only state where over half the women read a newspaper or magazine at least once a week in 2019-21. In 8 out of 28 states, fewer than 1 of 10 women read a #newspaper or magazine, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal

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1,344 #COVID19 patients in India have recovered till today. This is 73% of total confirmed cases 14 days ago (1,834 on April 1)

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Thiruvananthapuram constituency of Congress’ @ShashiTharoor & Hyderabad of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s @asadowaisi have least proportion of stunted children, among 18 high-profile constituencies measured by child stunting: new @Harvard study

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Maps have been used to assess & tackle diseases since the 1850 cholera outbreak in London. Countries incl India are deploying mapping & location tracking for #COVID19 containment & mitigation. We explain how GIS can help disease surveillance

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India’s electricity production grew 34% over 7 yrs to 2017; country now produces more energy than Japan and Russia, which had 27% & 8.77% more electricity generation capacity installed than India seven years ago: New report

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About 43% of newly elected MPs face criminal charges, a 26% increase from the previous (16th) Lok Sabha. “These are terrifying statistics:” @DrSYQuraishi , India’s former election chief, who says Supreme Court spurned a chance in 2018 to stem the rot.

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As PM Modi is set to appear on @DiscoveryIN tonight to “create environmental awareness”, in May 2019 his govt exempted 13 railway projects from forest clearances, risking at least 5 national parks & sanctuaries. Follow this thread:

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People across 180 countries will get to see the unknown side of PM @narendramodi as he ventures into Indian wilderness to create awareness about animal conservation & environmental change. Catch Man Vs Wild with PM Modi @DiscoveryIN on August 12 @ 9 pm. #PMModionDiscovery

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PM Modi said business would return to normal within 50 days of #demonetisation . On days 54-55, we'd visited 24 corner shops near Mumbai--80% reported losses. 10 months later, we revisit 17: Most say they're in worse straits, customers refuse to go cashless

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India has tested 21,804 people by 8 p.m. on March 24, @ICMRDELHI said. This is 16 tests per million people in India. In comparison, Austria tested 3,226 people per million, Italy tested 4,917 and UK tested 1,362 by March 23. #COVID19

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Though new #Covid19 cases are currently declining in India, the share of the elderly in total deaths has risen slightly in Mumbai, TN & Kerala. @Rukmini asks health experts if this indicates that India needs a vaccine #boostershot programme

Covid-19 Vaccination: Is India Beginning To See The Effects Of Waning Immunity?

Though new #Covid19 cases are currently declining, the share of the elderly in total deaths has risen slightly in Mumbai, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Immunity among the elderly, who were vaccinated...

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. @INCIndia gen secy @priyankagandhi announced today that her party would give 40% of the party tickets to #women in #UPElections2022 . Thread on representation of women in Indian politics:

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30th attack this year, the most in 8 yrs: 7 Muslims thrashed in Bihar on Thursday over beef. Our database: (1/3)

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We’re delighted to tell you that IndiaSpend reporter Tanvi Deshpande @worthwords01 won the 2023 #RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism in the ‘Saving the Environment’ category

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India also felled about 10.76 million trees between April 2015 and March 2020, according to a govt response to the #Parliament . Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra felled the most trees.

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40% Indians, who don't have a bank account, can only exchange Rs 2000 once. Join us at 7am as we find out how #notebandi impacts rural India

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Today, 600,000 of India’s 1 million accredited social health activists ( #ASHA workers) have gone on strike for 2 days to demand better and timely pay, and a legal status that ensures minimum wages. Follow this thread to know more:

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As #NDTV is raided for alleged Rs 43 cr default, 5,275 Wilful Defaulters (+ Mallya) Owe Banks Rs 56,621 Crore.

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Hundreds flock to #Lucknow recruitment drive for jobs in Israel's construction industry. Low wages, unemployment are key reasons behind large turnout. Many are hoping to earn more money abroad. @mithileshdhar @saurabhsherry report

Low Wages, Rising Unemployment Push Indians To Construction Work In Israel

Skilled Indian workers in the construction sector are lining up in recruitment drives for work in war-affected Israel

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Mumbai began the third phase of vaccination at 5 hospitals in the city on #May1 . No walk-ins allowed. Only those who registered via the #CoWIN app are allowed to take the vaccine.

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21% Delhi govt health and education budget unspent due to disputes between #AAP govt and Lt Guv. Budget has increased 29% since 2013, but feud makes spending hard. Our analysis

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As many as 120 people died by #suicide for every million people, show new data from the #NCRB . Our map gives the state-wise numbers

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Without naming PM Narendra Modi, 11-yr-old Indian school girl petitioning UN on #climatechange says Indian leaders make “tall claims” but there is “no action on the ground”. Ridhima Pandey, who lives near Ganga, says it is dirty despite billions spent.

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Lalaram Chowdhury had a gemstone factory, earned Rs 40,000/month, employed 25, built a 3-bedroom house. After #demonetisation , #GST , his factory shut, income fell 3/4ths; he survives on manual labour. 2nd of 11 stories from labour hubs nationwide

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India had the largest number of migrants living abroad (17.5 mn), followed by Mexico (11.8 mn) & China (10.7 mn), noted the World Migration Report 2020 released in Nov 2019. Follow this thread for insights:

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Nearly 60 children of every 1,000 born in Uttar Pradesh die before their 5th birthday, a rate similar to that of Afghanistan (60.3 deaths/1,000 children). Our #dataviz compares the child mortality rate of India’s states with the world:

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#PMCARES fund, set up for #COVID19 relief & other such emergencies, doesn’t publish the details of donations it receives. At least Rs 9,677.9 crore ($1.27 bn) has been donated to the fund; an additional Rs 2,098.2 cr has been pledged: our analysis

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PM Modi had claimed that no major bomb blasts had taken place during the tenure of his government, but South Asia Terrorism Portal data showed 942 explosions in India from Jan 1, 2014 to April 11, 2019; 451 dead & 1,589 injured

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Read our extensive #COVID19 coverage, including ground reports, interviews and analyses, here:

Corona Coverage

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“A truck came and announced that anyone who wanted the #COVID #vaccine and Rs 750 for taking it could go to People’s University Hospital and take it. I needed the money:” Man Singh Parihar, 74. @AnooBhu reports from Bhopal after a trial participant’s death

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Among the 15 states that have more than 100 cases each, Kerala has reported the highest recovery rate (33.8%), per @MoHFW_India ’s latest (8 a.m., Apr 11) update. It had reported the 1st #COVID19 case in India, and for weeks was among the states with the most cases

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Terrorism accounted for 0.007% of all deaths in India in 2017, compared to 63.4% by non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease & hypertension the same year. India’s defence budget is double its health budget

Terror Accounts For 0.007% Of Indian Deaths, Ill-Health 90%

New Delhi: “One has to be alive to be a patriot,” former Indian health secretary K Sujatha Rao wrote on Twitter on May 13, 2019, referring to election debates that focussed on issues of...

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Goa now has no active cases after its seventh and last #COVID19 patient’s recovery. It had reported its first case on March 27 and first recovery on April 10. Nagaland also has no active cases after its single case was transferred to Assam

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Kerala, which reported India’s 1st case of #COVID19 on Jan 30, has reported 2 cases since yesterday. In the 10 days to April 12, Kerala has reported an average daily increase of 13, compared to Maharashtra’s 146.

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BJP is as ‘dynastic’ as Congress, shows new dataset. Since 1999, 8% Congress MPs have been descended from/married to MPs; in BJP, 6%. Lok Sabha 2009 had highest density of #dynastic politicians: BJP had 12%, Congress, 11%

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In India, 929 girls are born for every 1,000 boys, lower than the natural sex ratio at birth of 950, according to WHO. Our map shows that 10 of 36 states & UTs have #sexratio at birth lower than 900:

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In the 37th cow-related hate crime this yr, cow vigilantes allegedly shot dead a Muslim man, transporting cows near the Rajasthan-Haryana border, and thrashed his 2 aides (1/5)

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“We are proposing 7 missions, each of which will contribute to not just employment but the economy in general:” @_YogendraYadav of @_SwarajIndia on fixing unemployment in Haryana, which had the highest unemployment rate (28.7%) in India in Aug 2019

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Saurabh Sharma & Mithilesh Dhar discuss the essential aspects of climate reporting, particularly in Hindi: managing translations, avoiding jargon and blind spots. @azimpremjiuniv @saurabhsherry @Mithileshdhar #Bhopal #ClimateDataJournalismWorkshop

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The Indian #government under the leadership of #NarendraModi spent Rs 4,880 cr on advertisements, more than the budget to establish 20 new AIIMS hospitals.

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The Indian #government ’s expenditure on advertisements rose 34% from Rs 980 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 1,314 crore in 2017-18. The amount spent on advertisements could have provided #middaymeals for 46 mn children for a year.

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"I owe farmers as much as Rs 14-15 lakh. They don't want old notes & because of withdrawal limit I can't repay them yet." (1/2) @muktavpatil

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As candidates, Muslim women face a double bind, discriminated against both as women and as Muslims. The usual barriers to entry that apply to all #women , apply even more strongly to Muslim women #LokSabhaElections2019

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We are happy to report @FactCheckIndia has been certified as a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's Code of Principles. This makes us part of a group of less than 40 global organisations, incl PolitiFact, Snopes, Washington Post Fact Checker, Africa Check.

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Bihar has the 2nd-highest no. of crimes reported against scheduled castes in India—6,721. See: http://t.co/TcqBdwnWGx http://t.co/FWuxn6znFR

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As of 2016, Madhya Pradesh (43.4), Goa (43.2), and Rajasthan (42) held the highest rate of crime against dalits in the country. Their conviction rates were 31%, 8% and 45% respectively. #Dalitsprotest

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Patients are being charged upto Rs 10,000 per day for PPE for healthcare workers, our analysis of private hospital bills shows. Patients have no way of knowing how much PPE was used on them and what each unit of PPE costs.

PPE Priced High In Private Hospitals, While Public Hospitals Face Shortage

New Delhi: Saima Furqan’s 60-year-old uncle was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi with COVID-19 in April 2020. After 30 days in the private hospital, the family was given a 122-page bill...

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26 years after Sunitha Krishnan faced social ostracisation following her own gang-rape by eight men when she was 15, victim shaming continues. The anti-trafficking activist explains why children don’t seem to be a priority in India

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Haryana’s unemployment is due to job losses in agri, auto & manufacturing sectors, & increased job aspirations: @_YogendraYadav of @_SwarajIndia , which is contesting its 1st state election. > 2 mn are unemployed in the state

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#Section377 of the IPC was introduced in 1861 during British rule and is modelled on Britain’s ‘Buggery Act’ of 1533. It criminalises sexual activities “against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal” which includes homosexual sexual activities

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With a record high of 18,552 new infections reported in 24 hours, India has crossed half a million #COVID19 cases. 69% of the total cases have been reported over the last month

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India has crossed 7,000 confirmed cases today, after crossing 6,000 yesterday. Yet, it also reported its highest ever number of daily #COVID19 recoveries in the last 24 hours, at 127. This is the first time India has reported more than 100 recoveries in a day

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