Society
- Potholes claimed six lives a day on Indian roads in 2016. Uttar Pradesh recorded a maximum of 714 such fatalities followed by Maharashtra (329) out of a total 2,424 deaths across states.
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- India has been ranked 100th among the 119 developing countries of the Global Hunger Index, behind North Korea, Bangladesh and even Iraq, but ahead of Pakistan.
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Crime
- There are 23 million child brides in the country. One out of every five marriages, violates laws prohibiting child marriage. Three per cent girls in the age group of 10 and 14 years enter the wedlock and about 20 per cent girls are married off before attaining the age of 19 years.
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Sports
- In the recent World Skills Olympics, India Ah, India! Oh, India! FACTS | MAHESH TRIVEDI | stood 19th under Thailand with not a single gold, and just one silver and bronze apiece. Like PISA for schooling, World....
