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When data is used as a weapon against reality: Deviations in the HCES & CES, claims of poverty line
This Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) is qualitatively different in methodology (including sampling) from the earlier Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) last conducted in 2011-12, and therefore the two are not comparable. So the claim that India’s poverty has declined to below 5% doesn’t hold water: Second, the NITI Aayog has made no effort to even determine an official poverty line, last defined in the Census 2001.
TRF exhorts Kashmiri Muslims to take up arms, kill officials and act against informers
In the audio message, now uploaded on YouTube, the speaker claims the message is from Ahmed Khalid, spokesperson of The Resistance Front (TRF)
Major arms haul in Saurashtra
Gujarat ATS nabs 24 people, seizes 54 weapons that were allegedly sourced from MP
CAA to be implemented after Covid-19: Amit Shah
Defying TMC claims that the CAA has lapsed, Shah said the delay was caused by the global pandemic
Delhi: Are the ongoing municipal demolition drives a move to frighten people?
IFTU, Janhastakshep visits SDMC’s encroachment removal zones, find only small vendors were targeted
Yusuf Meherally Centre completes 60 years of rural empowerment!
MoS Tatkare and freedom fighter GG Parikh visited the area on Sunday to honour revolutionary Yusuf Meher Ali’s memory
Fuel hike protests to hit Mumbai!
Mumbai Ola, Uber cab drivers plan to start their own protest, inspired by Delhi transporters’ 3-day protest
Entrance to Veer Kunwar Singh’s family home allegedly blocked on memorial day
The revolutionary figure’s grand-daughter-in-law accused the police for trying to cover up her son’s murder
Sonal R Shah, an alleged Hindutva cheerleader, back in Joe Biden’s good books?
A change.org petition demanding “Remove Sonal Shah From DHS For Hindutva Links” has gathered thousands of signatures
Two terrorists killed in Jammu shoot-out
The incident took place immediately after four LeT terrorists were killed in the Baramulla district
Covid numbers rise again: Don’t panic, wear your masks!
India’s effective reproduction number (R-value) for Covid-19, has increased to over 1 for the first time since mid-January
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When data is used as a weapon against reality: Deviations in the HCES & CES, claims of poverty line
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