Khunti’s silent emergency: Jharkhand district confronts surge in tribal teen parenthood
In Jharkhand’s tribal heartland, an unspoken crisis is quietly taking root—teenagers, many of them still in school and unmarried, are becoming parents.
In Jharkhand’s tribal heartland, an unspoken crisis is quietly taking root—teenagers, many of them still in school and unmarried, are becoming parents.
In just over a week, five Baloch civilians were unlawfully killed in separate incidents across Kech and Awaran districts, continuing what rights activists describe as a pattern of impunity and systemic violence.
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection for the month of March surged by 9.9% YoY to Rs 1.96 lakh crore, data from the government said.
The Uttar Pradesh government’s consistent efforts to strengthen regular immunisation in urban areas have yielded remarkable results.
Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, ITC, Hindustan Unilever, and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) were the gainers, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, and Infosys faced erosion from their market valuation.
A recent report by the real estate data analytics firm PropEquity said the average price of new launch projects in India’s top 10 cities have surged 88 per cent in the past five years.
In 2024 alone, 16 people have succumbed to the disease, with the worst-hit regions being West Khasi Hills and West Jaintia Hills, reporting six deaths each.
A concerning surge in suicides among security personnel stationed in Chhattisgarh to fight Maoist insurgency has raised urgent alarms about the mental health crisis within India's security forces.
Notably, this marks the seventh month so far this year with collections exceeding Rs 1.60 lakh crore.
This surge, surpassing the an- ticipated 10 per cent, is a beacon of optimism, primar- ily fuelled by robust festive demand for durable goods.
