'The crime rate may have declined in 2022 (258.1 per lakh population compared to 268 per lakh population in 2021), but crimes against women rose 4% in 2022 compared to 2021.' The NCRB’s rep Read More...
'The total seasonal rainfall has also trended downwards for more than seven decades, due to the differential heating of the land versus the ocean due to global warming.' India’s monsoon fore Read More...
'38% of students who opted for foreign studies from Kerala had marks below 75%; significant rise in number of girl students pursuing overseas education.' The new wave of migration reveals that a si Read More...
'The Rajya Sabha passed the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, the legislation that will guide the appointment o Read More...
'Physicists use the fractal geometry approach to study quantum systems in dimensions like 1.55 or 1.58, or in fact anything between one and two dimensions.' On the macroscopic scale, fractals can b Read More...
'Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the UN General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris – laying one of the foundation stones of the international ord Read More...
'Natural vegetation on nearly 12,850 sq. km of land in the Cauvery basin was lost in the 50 years between 1965 to 2016.' Areas that suffered adverse changes in the extent of forest cover include th Read More...
'A provisional deal on the world’s first set of comprehensive laws to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) after a marathon 37-hour negotiation between the European Parliament and th Read More...
'After the August 5-6, 2019 amendment of Article 370 and bifurcation of J&K into two Union Territories, the central government redefined “permanent residents” of J&K as “domi Read More...
'Sixty-three countries, including the US, Canada, and Kenya, signed up to the world’s first-ever pledge to drastically cut cooling emissions at the ongoing COP28 climate summit.' The Global Read More...
