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Corruption rate in India is double of global average Kounteya Sinha, TNN - Jul 9, 2013, 05.22 PM IST LONDON: Corruption in India has reached an all-time high with rates being exactly double of the global prevalence. Globally, 27% people say they paid bribe when accessing public...

SALDEF Reports High Rate of Bullying of Sikh Children in Southern California http://www.saldef.org/news/secretary-of-education-meets-with-saldef-and-community-advocates/ See also American Turban...

Murder rate spikes to 240% in 2010 Latest crime statistics released by the Home Ministry show 22,172 rapes committed last year Iftikhar Gilani New Delhi - October 27, 2011 The number of murders has shot up from 9,802 in 1953 to 33,335 in 2010 The latest crime statistics...

Apr. 01, 2011 Rate of aborted female fetuses increases in India STEPHANIE NOLEN NEW DELHI— From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published Friday, Apr. 01, 2011 Female fetuses are being aborted at higher rates in India than ever before, new data from the national census have revealed...

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) It was difficult to translate an 18th century text addressed by Sikh Guru Gobind Singh to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, says diplomat-writer Navtej Sarna who tried not to deviate from the original for the sake of the verse. 'The most important thing in translating...

http://www.merinews.com/article/global-muslim-population-to-grow-at-double-rate-of-non-muslims-in-next-20-yrs/15841095.shtml Global Muslim population to grow at 'double rate' of non-Muslims in next 20-yrs The world's Muslim population is expected to grow at about twice the rate of the...

Honor" Killings Culture of Discrimination: A Fact Sheet on "Honor" Killings Honor Killings fact sheet (PDF) Ankara, Turkey -Ignoring the pleas of his 14-year old daughter to spare her life, Mehmet Halitogullari pulled on a wire wrapped around her neck and strangled her - supposedly to restore...

While skewed sex ration has been a reason for concern in Punjab for a long time, a village here is suggesting a new trend, that of near negligible birth rate. More...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: While skewed sex ration has been a reason for concern in Punjab for a long time, a village here is suggesting a new trend, that of near negligible birth rate. As per official records, there have been only two births in Jalalpur village of Amloh sub-division in the last two...

Agriculture, the mainstay of Punjab's economy since the Green Revolution, has become the main cause for the slow growth of the state's economy. For, enquiries reveal that the growth rate in the primary sector, which comprises agriculture and allied sectors, was just 2.17% in 2004-05. It went...