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A World Bank report that documents, road accidents have claimed 1.3 million Indians and injured more than five million in the last decade. By Akash V Basu & Sarika Panda Bhatt

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“If you can learn to drive in India, you can drive pretty much anywhere in the world.” That statement is commonly used to describe just how skilled a person needs to be to drive in this country & reflects just how dangerous Indian roads are perceived to be
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With the high number of accidents, drunk-driving and wrong side driving incidents, motorists risk their lives unless they drive with complete focus. scroll.in/a/1021173

Now, imagine being a pedestrian on such roads.

By Akash V Basu & Sarika Panda Bhatt
The tragedy of the commons is one of the reasons there is a global climate crisis. It is also why Indian roads remain so unsafe. scroll.in/a/1021173

India possesses only 1% of the world’s vehicles, it accounts for 11% of global road accident deaths. Image
The World Bank report found that the severity of an accident is higher for low-income households than high-income households. scroll.in/a/1021173

44% of the households in rural areas reported at least one death due to a road crash, compared to 11.6% in urban areas.
It is not that urban areas or higher-income homes have a less serious problem, but that the severity of the impact that road crashes have on poorer households requires more attention. By Akash V Basu & Sarika Panda Bhatt

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The average cost of an accident for a lower-income household is Rs 1.5 lakh.

This is a huge amount for poorer households, and since it is often the primary breadwinner who suffers an injury or disability, the debt burden is more severe.

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The lack of safety on Indian streets is adding to the burden of those living in precarious financial, social and economic conditions.

Further most earnings have to be dedicated to the care of the family member who suffered the accident.

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May 12
Plea to open #TajMahal’s rooms to check for Hindu idols dismissed by Allahabad High Court

The judges asked the petitioner, a BJP leader, not to make a mockery of the public interest litigation system.

#TajMahalControversy

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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today dismissed a plea seeking directions to open 20 rooms of the #TajMahal in Agra to check for the possible presence of Hindu idols or scriptures, Bar and Bench reported. scroll.in/a/1023775
“Tomorrow you will come & ask us to go to chambers of honourable judges,” the two-judge bench of Justices DK Upadhyay & Subhash Vidyarthi rebuked the petitioner. “Please, do not make a mockery of the PIL system.” scroll.in/a/1023775

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May 12
#DemolitionDrive starts in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar amid protests

Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan, who rushed to the site to oppose the razing, has been detained by the Delhi police. scroll.in/a/1023760
#Delhi #DemolitionDrive | Bulldozers were seen trying to demolish a six-storey building in the area.

Labourers were seen breaking the building’s walls from the inside. scroll.in/a/1023760 Image
#DemolitionDrive | The police warned protestors of strict action to stop demonstrations, NDTV reported. They were seen baton-charging the protestors as well. scroll.in/a/1023760 Image
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May 12
#Rupee tumbles to a record low of 77.63 against US dollar

The currency hit an all-time low for the second time this week. scroll.in/a/1023752

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#RupeeVsDollar | On Wednesday, rupee had settled at 77.24.

After today's development, the rupee fell to a record low for the second time this week. scroll.in/a/1023752
“For Indian markets, inflation and Reserve Bank of India’s unexpected rate increase have created some kind of nervousness,” said Kranthi Bathini, director of equities strategy at WealthMills Securities, Reuters reported. scroll.in/a/1023752
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May 12
#CommonGround: Tracking the [#PMKisan] scam in Assam reveals that it began with a rush to add beneficiaries at a breakneck speed ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

But once initiated, the scam spiralled out of control
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#CommonGround: A data entry operator in Assam's Darrang district recounted that a banking correspondent made around 1,000 accounts in villagers' names, which he used to siphon off money from the [#PMKisan] scheme. scroll.in/a/1023605 Image
“They took money and added names"

Since identify proof documents were not being scrutinised carefully, and bank accounts served as unique IDs for each beneficiary, many took the opportunity to draw up their own lists.

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May 12
#Opinion: India’s #bulldozer raj is as far as we can get from nation building

Nations forged in devastation resemble petty mafias of muscle and flex. Neither a new politics, nor a vibrant economy can flourish in this morass.
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#Opinion: Emboldened by the ricocheting Bulldozer Raj, BJP leaders are on record, urging state authorities to identify and demolish the illegal properties of “rioters” and “Bangladeshis and Rohingyas”. scroll.in/a/1023626

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While there is palpable confusion and a lack of direction in the economic sphere, there is more clarity in politics. India is being moulded into a Hindu majoritarian state, writes @professor_sud scroll.in/a/1023626
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May 12
Plotting a Hindu Rashtra: Inside the hate-filled world of India’s Trads

Even the BJP and the RSS are held in contempt for not pursuing the goal of Hindu supremacy seriously enough. scroll.in/a/1023250

By @iyersaishwarya
Trads were also believed to be behind a similar “auction” held last year on another app called “Sulli Deals”.

Days after the first arrest, the audio discussion on Twitter offered a glimpse of the Trad worldview. scroll.in/a/1023250

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It [Trads] isn’t just fascist Italy from which they seek inspiration. They also draw upon the world of the American Alt-Right to give expression to their violent fantasies of subjugating Muslims, Dalits, women and sexual minorities. scroll.in/a/1023250

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