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24 Mar, 5 tweets, 4 min read
#ParliamentQuestion - Government says accounts of Kisan Ekta Morcha and The Caravan were blocked on the grounds of PUBLIC ORDER.

9,849 URLs were blocked in 2020 (nearly 3 times from the 2019 number of 3,635 URLs)

@Kisanektamorcha @thecaravanindia @VMBJP @GauravGogoiAsm
#ParliamentQuestion - States that have withdrawn General Consent to the CBI. 8 states have withdrawn CBI consent
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3 Countries with the highest number of Indians in Jail

Saudi Arabia - 1,570
UAE - 1,292
Nepal - 886
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Supreme Court - 59,309
High Courts - 27,58,560
Subordinate - 54,46,876

Total - 82.05 Lakh Hearings

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