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Abhishek Jha

Abhishek Jha is a data journalist. He analyses public data for finding news, with a focus on the environment, Indian politics and economy, and Covid-19.

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Mid-March average temperatures closer to mid-April levels

An HT analysis of IMD data indicates that the average maximum temperature in the country has reached levels in March that were historically breached in mid-April.

An HT analysis of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) data shows that so far, this has been India’s driest March since 1901. (ANI)
Updated on Mar 22, 2022 12:17 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

Exploring the limitations of class-based politics

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) achieved a comfortable victory over the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the recent Uttar Pradesh elections

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during the celebration of the BJP’s victory at the party’s state headquarters in Lucknow. (FILE PHOTO)
Updated on Mar 22, 2022 12:11 PM IST
ByRoshan Kishore and Abhishek Jha

Number Theory: Rising mercury sets the stage for Holi in the heat

According to IMD's gridded temperature dataset, the average maximum temperature across India in the March 1 to March 15 period this year is 31 degrees Celsius. This is 0.7 degrees, or 2.3%, above normal, which is the average of temperature in 1981-2010.

The pre-Holi week in 2022 in comparison to the pre-Holi week in previous years is the 5th hottest since 1951 by maximum temperature.(HT Photo/Sanchit Khanna)
Updated on Mar 18, 2022 05:38 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Size of rural families shrinks: Sample registration system report

The Total Fertility Level (TFR) – defined as the number of children a woman is expected to have in her reproductive age (15-49 years) – in rural and urban India in 2019 has been estimated to be 2.3 and 1.7

According to the report, families in India’s villages are increasingly having fewer children, a trend that will bring down the size of rural households to around the same as their urban counterparts (which are smaller) in days to come (HT File/Representative use)
Updated on Mar 15, 2022 06:10 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

Punjab election: AAP tally biggest ever in the state

In terms of vote share, AAP’s victory in the state is not that unprecedented. The Congress won 45% and 44% of total votes in 1980 and 1992.

AAP's Punjab CM candidate Bhagwant Mann waves at supporters during a rally to celebrate the party's win in Assembly polls, at Dhuri, in Sangrur.(PTI)
Published on Mar 11, 2022 01:26 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

The story in numbers: What’s the larger takeaway of the poll verdict

The BJP went to this election cycle as the incumbent in four out of five states, and faced double anti-incumbency: it was in power in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa as well as the centre.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath along with deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh and others celebrating at BJP state headquarter in Lucknow. (Deepak Gupta/HT Photo)
Published on Mar 11, 2022 09:52 AM IST
By, Abhishek Jha

In Manipur, BJP makes history with simple majority for the first time

Most of BJP’s gains have come at the cost of the Congress, which has finished fourth in terms of seat share, below the BJP, the NPEP and the Janata Dal (United)

Manipur CM N Biren Singh and Manipur BJP chief A Sharda Devi dance after the party's victory in Assembly polls, in Imphal, Thursday. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 01:02 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

UP election result: Samajwadi Party vote share goes up but not enough

UP election result: Until exit poll results were announced on the evening of March 7, the Uttar Pradesh elections were described as a closely contested one by not just analysts but also senior political laeaders across parties (including some from the Bharatiya Janata Party).

A deserted Samajwadi Party office after the party’s defeat in the UP assembly election, in Lucknow, on Thursday. (ANI)
Published on Mar 11, 2022 12:54 AM IST
ByRoshan Kishore and Abhishek Jha

Regional concerns continue to play important role in Goa

The continued importance of regional parties in the state can also be gauged from their performance within the alliances led by the Congress and Trinamool Congress.

In the 2017 election, the BJP lost the highest number of seats (7) to spoilers, three of them coming from independents. In 2022, the BJP lost eight seats to spoilers. (Atish Naik)
Published on Mar 11, 2022 12:38 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

How to read assembly election results today from the 5 states

Here are four charts that explain the larger takeaway of the assembly poll results that will be announced on Thursday

Security personnel at a counting centre in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district on Wednesday. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 10, 2022 05:09 AM IST
ByRoshan Kishore and Abhishek Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Charts that capture the persisting problem of patriarchy in India

Indians don't view women as inferior to men. Only 25% of Indians think men are better political leaders than women. But this attitude takes a U-turn when it comes to employment opportunities.

Pew Research Center conducted a survey of 29,999 Indian adults between November 2019 and March 2020 which culminated in the report, 'How Indians View Gender Roles in Families and Society'.(HT File)
Updated on Mar 03, 2022 04:47 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi, Hindustan Times

Excess rain led to coldest winter days since 1951-52: IMD data

On no day this winter was the average maximum temperature above normal, although it was closest to this benchmark in December, says IMD.

Srinagar: A shikara-walla removes snow from the snow-covered banks of Dal Lake, after sudden heavy snowfall, in Srinagar, Thursday, Feb 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)(PTI02_24_2022_000130B) (PTI)
Updated on Mar 02, 2022 04:47 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

Relevance of farmers’ stir in remaining election cycle

Two developments in Punjab - the Congress visibly aligning itself with the BJP to corner AAP and the conglomeration of farmers’ organisations fielding candidates - suggest that no matter what the Punjab results are, they will not be seen as some sort of unanimous assertion against the farm laws.

The movement for repeal of the three farm laws is one of the most successful mass struggles in post-reform India.(AP)
Updated on Feb 23, 2022 05:48 AM IST
By, Abhishek Jha, New Delhi

Number Theory: Going up, but Delhi Feb temp still below normal

The seven-day forecast issued on February 21 by the Regional Meteorological Centre of the India Meteorological Department in Delhi says that skies are going to be partly cloudy in Delhi from February 22 to February 24, with strong winds on the first two of those three days.

People throng India Gate to witness pleasant weather in New Delhi. (ANI file photo)
Updated on Feb 22, 2022 04:57 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

A close look at Sunday’s polls in Punjab and UP

With voting taking place in 176 assembly constituencies on Sunday, the third phase was the biggest among the seven stages of the ongoing state elections

Polling officials collecting the Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) and other necessary inputs required for the Punjab Assembly Election, at a distribution centre, in Amritsar.(ANI)
Updated on Feb 21, 2022 05:57 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: Is Congress pursuing a high risk-high reward tactic in Punjab?

Punjab election: The Congress is hoping to beat anti-incumbency in Punjab by putting all its bets on its newly appointed chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi

Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi during a road show in Amritsar ahead of Punjab assembly election on February 20(HT Photo/ Sameer Sehgal)
Updated on Feb 18, 2022 05:57 AM IST
By, Abhishek Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

A data-driven view of the ongoing Hijab controversy

On February 11, the Supreme Court refused to hear a petition on the ongoing hijab controversy, even as the case is being heard before the Karnataka high court

Women holding placards stage a protest in Thane against the hijab ban imposed in the few colleges in Karnataka, at Mumbra, in Thane(ANI)
Updated on Feb 15, 2022 11:34 PM IST
ByRoshan Kishore and Abhishek Jha

A close look at today’s polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa

A total of 165 assembly constituencies (ACs) across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Goa will vote in the second and second-largest phase on February 14 in what is now a nine-phase election after polling dates for Manipur were revised.

Polling officials carrying the Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) and other necessary inputs required for the Uttarakhand Assembly Election, at a distribution centre, in Dehradun on Sunday. February 13, 2022. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Feb 14, 2022 04:38 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Amid slugfest over Yogi Adityanath’s ‘Kerala’ remark, data offers reality check

Has the work done by the Yogi Adityanath government catapulted UP into a better state than Kerala, West Bengal, and the UT of J&K? Is Kerala the best state in human development outcomes? HT analyses 21 indicators from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted in 2019-21.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s claim in a video message prompted a sharp response from Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan (AP)
Updated on Feb 11, 2022 05:19 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Factors at play in turbulent west UP

The seven phases of polling in Uttar Pradesh move from west to east. The first round of polling will see voting in nine of the 71 districts in the state. Agra, Aligarh and Mathura are some of the districts that will vote today.

Of the nine Uttar Pradesh districts going to polls in the first phase today, six have a share of Muslim population which is higher than the state average. (HT File Photo)
Updated on Feb 10, 2022 12:49 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha,

Number theory: Why this round of state elections is crucial for the BJP?

When election results are declared on the March 10, the interpretations of the BJP’s success or lack of in these elections, will not just be confined to these state-specific results.

Ten states and two Union territories (UTs) have gone to polls after the results of 2019 Lok Sabha elections were announced in May. (File photo)
Updated on Feb 08, 2022 07:10 AM IST
By, Abhishek Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Has the third wave’s economic disruption bottomed out?

There is a broad consensus that the health costs of the third wave – the large number of cases notwithstanding – have been significantly lower than the second wave, which peaked on May 9, 2021 in terms of seven-day average of daily new cases.

As the number of cases increased, many state and local governments rushed to impose mobility restrictions to contain the situation.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Feb 04, 2022 04:57 AM IST
ByRoshan Kishore and Abhishek Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Covid-19 forced cuts in household expenditure on health, education

The Covid-19 pandemic forced Indian households to slash all kinds of spending except on food and essentials such as electricity bills, showed data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Monday

The pandemic’s spending squeeze includes health and education, bearing out anecdotal evidence.(AP file photo)
Updated on Feb 01, 2022 07:18 AM IST
ByRoshan Kishore and Abhishek Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Protests over railway jobs are a grim reminder of state of India’s job market

The protests over problems with recruitment for railway jobs in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, may well be India’s first large-scale unemployment riots

Smoke comes out from a train's carriage after angry mobs set it on fire in protests over RRB results, in Bihar's Gaya on Wednesday.(AFP Photo)
Updated on Jan 28, 2022 08:03 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha and Roshan Kishore

Chill is on for Delhi: Jan days coldest in 19 years

The average maximum temperature in Delhi from the start of the year up to January 24 is 16.9 degrees Celsius, according to the IMD data.

Delhi has already recorded 12 days this month where the maximum temperature was below the 17-degree mark.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Jan 26, 2022 02:00 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, , Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Number Theory: How did lockdown affect jobs in election states?

India’s average unemployment rate saw a big jump during the quarter ended April-June 2020. At 14.7%, it increased 1.7 times compared to April-June 2019.

The latest quarterly and annual figures from PLFS are available until March 2021 and June 2020.(HT File Photo | Representational Image)
Updated on Jan 25, 2022 05:58 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha

Third Covid wave now spreading faster in rural districts

Although urban districts continue to report a higher volume of cases than rural areas, daily cases there are now decreasing, while they continue to rise in rural districts.

At a Covid-19 testing centre at a government hospital in Hyderabad on Monday. (PTI)
Updated on Jan 25, 2022 05:59 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Over 50% eligible kids get jabs in two weeks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the milestone as encouraging news and Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said it marked a big day for India’s fight against Covid-19.

Data analysed by HT showed that while the pace has been impressive, especially in the first four days after the vaccination was opened for this age group, there has been a significant slowdown recently.(PTI)
Updated on Jan 20, 2022 06:04 AM IST
By, Abhishek Jha, New Delhi

How cold and long is this cold spell in Delhi

What explains this year’s chill? HT looked at long-term weather data to make sense.

People huddle around a bonfire on a cold winter evening at Nizamuddin, on Tuesday. (Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jan 19, 2022 03:05 AM IST
ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

Why lockdowns won’t work in the current wave

The seven-day rolling average of cases in India has been rising every day since December 27 or for 18 days

The seven-day average of deaths at the national-level does not seem to be increasing consistently despite the average for cases increasing every day since December 27.(ANI)
Updated on Jan 14, 2022 11:53 PM IST
ByAbhishek Jha
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