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11% jump in cyber crime in 2020, NCRB data in Home Panel report

A total of 50,035 cases in 2020 were registered under cyber crimes, showing an increase of 11.8 per cent in registration over 2019 (44,735 cases).

Over 400 death row prisoners in Indian jails till 2020, shows data

The death sentence of 29 convicts was commuted to life imprisonment in 2020, according to the NCRB

Only a third of economic offences end in convictions: govt crime data

Majority of trials end in acquittals, 10% end with a discharge for those falsely accused and for whom there isn't sufficient evidence of the crime

Communal, religious rioting cases nearly doubled in 2020: NCRB

Cases of communal or religious rioting in 2020 nearly doubled from 2019 even as the country witnessed "very limited" outdoor activities due to COVID-19 pandemic during the past year

Story in numbers: Crime rate falls, but women still at risk, shows data

As per NCRB data, UP saw a steady decline in robbery, dacoity and murder cases between 2017 and 2019

Suicide or prolonged illness, death in police custody is India's shame

More deaths by suicide in police custody have been reported over the past decade

Delhi accounted for most crimes against foreigners in India in 2019: NCRB

The highest number of crimes against foreigners in India in 2019 were recorded in Delhi (30.1 per cent), followed by Maharashtra (11.7 per cent)

Indian prisons in dire straits: 7 in 10 undertrials, 1 in 3 Dalit or tribal

Seven in 10 of the 478,600 people in prison in Indian jails are under trial, according to the 2019 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on prisons

Two-fold spike in suicides by financially stressed daily wagers since 2014

Self-killing has grown among self-employed, jobless, salaried and even students. While farmer suicides haven't really reduced, farm workers are less inclined to take the extreme step, data suggests

BS READS: Are corporate-run prisons an answer to India's rotting jails?

By allowing corporate entities to manage separate jails for undertrials, state governments could free up to 70 per cent capacity in India's notoriously overcrowded prisons

Less than 1% trafficking victims receive compensation: NGO report

Some outfits in West Bengal take up cudgels to find out the lacunae through RTI pleas and creating awareness among survivors, writes Swarnami Mondal

As many as 2200 CAPF personnel died in accidents, suicides during 2014-2018

Overall, 1,34,516 suicides were reported in the country during 2018

More suicides among unemployed, self-employed than farmers in 2018: Report

Unemployed persons (12,936) were slightly behind those self-employed (13,149) who took their own lives

Top Headlines: Amazon to invest $1 bn in Indian SMBs, Airtel $3-bn QIP plan

Bharti Airtel has announced allotment of 323.5 mn equity shares to eligible institutional buyers at an issue price of Rs 445 per share as part of $2 billion QIP

Avg of 80 murders, 289 kidnappings, 91 rapes reported daily in 2018: NCRB

A total of 29,017 cases of murder were registered during 2018, showing an increase of 1.3 per cent over 2017 (28,653 cases).

Mass surveillance

Face recognition technology and its use in surveillance by sundry governments is deeply contentious

Farmers suicides not part of NCRB as data from states were untenable: Govt

Many states and Union territories reported "Nil" data on suicides by farmers or cultivators and agricultural labourers, the Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said in Rajya Sabha

All-India suicide rate saw a marginal decline in 2016, shows NCRB report

A total of 4, 09,537 persons died in accidental deaths due to 'other causes' (not attributable to nature) during 2016

BJP to raise NRC pitch after data reveals W Bengal has Bangladeshi convicts

According to the NCRB data of 2017, West Bengal has the highest number of foreign prisoners among all the states.

Child trafficking widespread across India, West Bengal worst affected

Three in five - or 9,034 of 15,379 - persons trafficked in 2016 were children (below 18 years), the data from the NCRB show. Of these, 4,911 (54%) were girls and the rest were boys