Dowry deaths 25 times more frequent than rape murders|Number Theory

India, Aug. 25 -- The outrage over the death of 28-year-oldNikki Bhati in Greater Noida and the demands for swift justiceare borne outby data on such crimes available in India, with reported dowry dea... Read More

Malayalam and Tamil speakers' international diaspora bigger than domestic one

India, Aug. 14 -- There are more people who speak Tamil or Malayalam as their mother tongue outside India than outside the states of Tamil Nadu or Kerala within India. Counterintuitive as it may sound... Read More

Putting the leash in front of the dog | Number Theory

India, Aug. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Monday passed an order that all stray dogs in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) be rounded up within eight weeks and put in dog shelters without any pr... Read More

Vanguard to rearguard: Nitish Kumar's populism in Bihar | Number Theory

India, July 18 -- Nitish Kumar is the longest serving chief minister of Bihar. He will seek re-election once again later this year. On Thursday, Kumar announced free power up to 125 units of electrici... Read More

Young men most likely to move out of farm sector | Number Theory

India, June 2 -- Shifting workers out of agriculture is India's biggest structural transformation challenge. Headline numbers suggest that it has made some progress on this front. Official employment ... Read More