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Internet shut down 60 times in 2024, fewer than last year

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Internet shut down 60 times in 2024, fewer than last year

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India saw the fewest number of mobile internet shutdowns in eight years in 2024, rounding out a period where the country became the most frequent deployer in the world of the measure, according to data from the Internet Shutdowns Tracker maintained by the Software Freedom … Read more

MGU advances in Times Higher Education rankings

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MGU advances in Times Higher Education rankings

Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kottayam, has made significant progress in the latest World University Rankings by the London-based Times Higher Education, advancing to the 401-500 band from its previous position in the 501-600 range. Alongside MGU, only three other Indian universities have been included in the 401-500 band: Anna University in Tamil Nadu, SIMATS Deemed … Read more

MPs 27 times wealthier than an average urban household

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MPs 27 times wealthier than an average urban household

The 2024 general elections might have substantially changed the composition of the Lok Sabha in terms of party strengths, leading to a coalition government. However, candidates who thrived – even in the 2019 elections – were inevitably rich across most parties with assets equivalent to that of the top 10% of the urban households of … Read more

Long A&E wait times lead to more than 250 needless deaths a week – analysis

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Long A&E wait times lead to more than 250 needless deaths a week – analysis

Sir David Spiegelhalter, emeritus professor of statistics in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It sort of seems intuitive that if you wait a long time in a corridor or somewhere else waiting to be admitted, an average of six hours now, that that’s going to harm … Read more