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Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa was a data journalist at Hindustan Times.

Articles by Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Number theory: The Covid-19 story across the country’s districts

India is so far the only country among the five countries with the highest number of confirmed cases to not have seen a second wave of the infection.

Updated on Feb 9, 2021 23:04 IST

Key numbers, ideas in the Economic Survey

Office workers work amid a busy day in a startup company in Mumbai.

Updated on Jan 30, 2021 01:33 IST

An overview of justice delivery across all states

The report primarily ranks states for the sense of competitiveness, it also highlights several shortcomings in the justice delivery system at the national level.

Updated on Jan 28, 2021 23:16 IST

Where India stands in global Covid-19 spread

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a swab sample from a Border Security Force (BSF) soldier during a rapid antigen testing campaign for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Gandhinagar.

Updated on Dec 30, 2020 24:40 IST

The Number Theory: Understanding the DDC election results in Jammu and Kashmir

Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah speaks during a meeting with his party workers a day after the District Development Council elections results in Srinagar.

Updated on Dec 24, 2020 03:12 IST

J&K: Counting of votes for DDC polls underway; PAGD leads in Kashmir, BJP in Jammu

Voters stand in queues at polling station for the last (8th) phase of the first-ever DDC elections, in Reasi on Saturday.

Updated on Dec 22, 2020 08:32 IST

The spread of India’s 10 million Covid-19 cases

A health care worker collects swab sample of the passengers at Dadar station in Mumbai on Friday.

Updated on Dec 19, 2020 01:33 IST

Fifth NFHS shows malnutrition and obesity on the rise

Children at an Anganwadi having mid-day meal in a village in Khandwa.

Updated on Dec 13, 2020 20:26 IST

Is the Gupkar alliance driven by political arithmetic or chemistry?

MP and President of National Conference (NC) Farooq Abdullah, PDP chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, former CM Omar Abdullah and other members after a meeting of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, in Srinagar.

Updated on Nov 22, 2020 23:29 IST

Tracking the coronavirus pandemic: First signs of a 2nd wave

India saw an increasing trend of daily new confirmed Covid-19 cases for about six months after the infection first started spreading in the country.

Updated on Nov 21, 2020 01:04 IST

Bihar Assembly Election 2020: NDA’s seat share rose with every phase

The seat share of NDA increased over each phase. It is 29.6% in the first phase, 52.1% in the second phase and 66.7% in the third phase.

Updated on Nov 10, 2020 22:56 IST

Bihar Assembly Election 2020: How women steered NDA towards majority

Women voters hold up inked fingers after casting vote in the third phase of Bihar Assembly election, in Saharsa, Bihar. (HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 11, 2020 24:50 IST

In focus: Bihar’s Covid challenge

Voters stand in queues maintaining social distance at a polling station, during the first phase of state elections at Paliganj, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020.

Updated on Nov 9, 2020 24:26 IST

Bihar Assembly Election 2020 : Final round of Bihar voting today

Security personnel with VVAT and EVM machines headed for polling booths from a distribution centre ahead of the third phase of Bihar Assembly election in Hajipur, Bihar. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 6, 2020 18:07 IST

Phase 2 of Bihar: What’s at stake today?

Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) sealing officers check EVMs and Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) ahead of the second phase of Bihar assembly polls, in Patna.

Updated on Nov 4, 2020 09:13 IST

Bihar votes today: What is at stake in Phase One?

This year’s election will test whether these parties are able to hold on to their strongholds while making the most of the swing seats.

Updated on Oct 27, 2020 19:23 IST

India records 1.6% rise in crimes in 2018-19: NCRB data

A police official on duty seen outside the Red Fort.

Updated on Oct 1, 2020 01:07 IST

What’s your life expectancy? This tool lets you find out

The life expectancy is bound to differ across states as well. (File photo by Aalok Soni/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Sep 28, 2020 15:17 IST

What data tells us about testing in urban and rural India

The number of tests conducted per million people in rural districts was 14,880, compared with 26,115 tests per million in urban districts

Updated on Sep 24, 2020 16:55 IST

Do falling farmer suicides mean less rural distress?

Updated on Sep 17, 2020 23:25 IST

Road accidents in India down by 35% this year

In terms of fatalities in road accidents, 56,288 people died in the first six months of this year compared to 79,678 in the same period last year, a drop of about 30%.

Updated on Sep 17, 2020 21:29 IST

Is Covid-19 less fatal in India’s villages?

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for Covid-19 in New Delhi on Saturday.

Updated on Sep 13, 2020 16:22 IST

Prison overcrowding in 2019 highest in 10 years

Prisons in Delhi were the most overcrowded among all states and union territories – there were about 17,500 prisoners lodged in jails with a collective capacity of about 10,000.

Updated on Sep 7, 2020 01:08 IST

In 2019, a person died by suicide every four minutes: NCRB data

One in every three of the 140,000 people who died of suicide in 2019 took the step due to family problems.

Updated on Sep 1, 2020 01:36 IST

Questions remain over success of LPG scheme

A man pushes a cart filled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders on a street painted with circles in Mumbai.

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 06:55 IST

2,173 killed in air crashes since 1947

Officials inspect the site where a passenger plane crashed when it overshot the runway at the Calicut International Airport in Karipur, in the southern state of Kerala.

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 06:53 IST

Connectivity gets better but parts of India still logged out

Mobile telecom networks have played an important role in increasing internet access in India. 3G internet service was first launched in 2008 and 4G in 2012.

Updated on Aug 13, 2020 22:28 IST

A year after Article 370, Kashmir valley voter turnout a big number to watch

The turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the Kashmir valley dropped to 19%, the lowest in two decades and 12 percentage points less than in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

Updated on Aug 10, 2020 02:04 IST

Outbreak may hit India’s poor enrolment numbers

Findings from a National Statistical Office (NSO) survey on social consumption on education, conducted in 2017-18, show that India’s gross enrolment ratio (GER) was 99.2 between primary and middle school education level.

Updated on Aug 4, 2020 21:23 IST

How will Covid-19 interact with India’s infection season?

A spike in infection-driven fevers means that more symptomatic suspected

Updated on Jul 31, 2020 07:18 IST

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