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Why Dalits are wary of a diluted Atrocities Act

The growing crimes against the community, low conviction rates, and a sense of disenchantment with NDA may all be contributing to Dalit anger

4 min read31 Jul 2018
Politics

The rising trend of child abductions in India

Child abductions, which accounted for a small share of abductions earlier, now account for the bulk of all abductions in the country

3 min read11 Jul 2018
Politics

Aadhaar data can’t be used for criminal probes: UIDAI

The clarification by UIDAI comes after the chief of the NCRB, Ish Kumar, suggested that limited access to Aadhaar data for police will help to identify first-time offenders

1 min read22 Jun 2018
Politics

99% cases of sexual assaults go unreported, govt data shows

Instances of sexual violence in India seem to be on a decline even though only a fraction of them is actually reported to the police

3 min read24 Apr 2018
Politics

Crime against SCs/STs: 47,338 cases registered in 2016, says Govt

Govt says 47,338 cases of crime against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were registered in 2016. Of these, charge-sheets were filed in 78.3% cases, and the conviction rate was 25.8%

1 min read3 Apr 2018
Politics

33,531 cyberattacks in India in 2014-16

As many as 33,531 cases of cyber attacks were registered in the country in last three years, the Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday

1 min read7 Mar 2018
Politics

Why the wheels of justice turn ever slower in India

The lack of adequate policemen and judges seems to have slowed down India's criminal justice system

4 min read25 Dec 2019
Politics

Have riots in India declined over the past three years?

The reported rate of riots and civil disturbances has declined marginally over the past few years but so has the rate of convictions

4 min read8 Dec 2017
Politics

News in Numbers: 740 people die due to floods in Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh

In other news, 86,265 case of crime against public order recorded in 2015, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data

3 min read28 Aug 2017
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Not in data’s name: How not to be misled by biased statistics

The next time data is introduced into an argument, stop and question where the data came from, and how it was collected

5 min read1 Jul 2017
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