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Probe agencies ask panel to make changes to privacy bill

The Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha in December last year and seeks to establish a Data Protection Authority

2 min read28 Jul 2020
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The geography of riots in India

Riot-affected districts are not necessarily poorer or younger compared to other districts of the country, a Mint analysis shows

3 min read4 Mar 2020
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The geography of farmer suicides

The overall farmer suicide rate decreases in India but Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala remain suicide hotspots even with doubts about NCRB data

3 min read16 Jan 2020
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Police, students clashed 1,557 times in 3 years

Student violence rose from 488 cases in 2016 to 562 cases in 2017, but dropped marginally to 507 cases in 2018, NCRB data showsCases of ‘riots’ have come down over from 61,974 cases in 2016 to 58,880 in 2017 and 57,828 in 2018

1 min read10 Jan 2020
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Women most unsafe in Hindi heartland states, shows data

UP accounts for 59,445 crimes against women, while MP registers the highest number of rapes at 5,450India reports a marginal increase in rape cases from 32,559 cases in 2017 to 32,632 in 2018

3 min read10 Jan 2020
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Crime in India increased by 1.3% in 2018: NCRB

As per the NCRB data, a total of 50.74 lakh crimes, including 31.32 lakh under the IPC and 19.41 under the Special Local Laws was registered in 2018The report says that there was an overall rise of 1.3% in the registration of cases in 2017, but crime rate per lakh population was down to 383.5 in 2018 from 388.6 in 2017

1 min read9 Jan 2020
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Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan top the chart in economic offences in 2018

Forgery, cheating and fraud accounted for 134,546 cases, followed by criminal breach of trust at 20,456In 2018, 55.2% of cybercrime cases registered were for the motive of fraud, according to the NCRB report

1 min read10 Jan 2020
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Farmer suicide rate sees marginal decline in 2018, concerns remain

10,349 farmers and agricultural labourers killed themselves in 2018 compared with 10,655 in the previous yearIn 2015, the government published elaborate data on farmer suicides, including reasons for suicides

2 min read9 Jan 2020
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SC forms 2-judge committee to expedite disposal of rape cases

The panel, announced by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Monday, comprises Justice Subhash Reddy and Justice MR ShahThe decision came exactly seven years after the brutal gang rape of a physiotherapy intern which shook Delhi

1 min read17 Dec 2019
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Seven years on, women’s safety still a distant dream

Despite massive public outrage, implementation of laws on women’s security remains lax

3 min read17 Dec 2019
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