Articles by HT Data Team
India on a 'high' with 7 drug addiction related suicides every day
Stark statistics reveal that around 25,426 people committed suicide due to drug and addiction related problems in the last ten years across India. Suicides due to drug related problems exceed dowry, poverty and money related suicides.
Updated on Nov 05, 2014 07:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Data Team, New Delhi
Birth of Jonas Salk and death of polio in India
Google celebrated the 100th birthday of American researcher and virologist Jonas Salk, who invented the Polio vaccine, by featuring a doodle of the scientist on its home page on Tuesday.
Updated on Oct 28, 2014 04:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Data Team, New Delhi
India's black money stats: Over 1 lakh crore undisclosed income
The Income Tax Department detected undisclosed incomes totalling Rs 90,390 crore in IT surveys and Rs 10,791 crore in search operations across the country in 2013-14, according to a recent report.
Updated on Oct 31, 2014 11:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Data Team, New Delhi
Haryana polls: 7% candidates have criminal background
In Haryana, which is going to polls next Wednesday that will decide the fate of a total of 1,351 candidates, the number of candidates contesting with criminal charges has decreased from the previous assembly elections of 2009.
Updated on Oct 14, 2014 11:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sourjya Bhowmick and HT Data Team, New Delhi
Maharashtra polls: Every second candidate of major parties has criminal background
HT looked at the data and found that Shiv Sena and MNS lead in fielding candidates with criminal charges. A whopping 61% and 54% of candidates respectively from these two parties have criminal charges. Will Congress maintain its seat share in rural areas?
Updated on Oct 13, 2014 06:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Data Team, New Delhi
#Dayofthegirl: State of India's girl child
UN observes 11 October as the international day of the girl child. HT analyses the state of Indian girls under four broad categories - child sex ratio, crime against girl child, child brides and infant mortality rate.
Updated on Oct 12, 2014 01:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Data Team, New Delhi
Why Kailash Satyarthi deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
With more than 4.3 million children out there to be rescued and with the conviction rates of those who employ children dwindling at less than 1% in some states, Kailash Satyarthi's fight against child labour is a tough one. India's Nobel journey
Updated on Oct 11, 2014 02:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Data Team, New Delhi
The highest honour: India’s Nobel Prize connection
Kailash Satyarthi of India was awarded the Nobel Prize on Friday for his work on children's rights. Here is a list of other Indians who have won the highest honour.
Updated on Oct 10, 2014 06:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Data Team, New Delhi
Nobel Prize through the ages: Five maps and charts that explain the award
Here are five maps and graphs that explore the Nobel Prize in terms of money, location, age, gender and category. The Nobel Prize week is on and already awards were announced under three categories.
Updated on Oct 08, 2014 03:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Data Team, New Delhi
Jharkhand will pose biggest challenge for Modi’s Swachh Bharat
In 2011, Jharkhand had the highest percentage of households - 77% - without latrines. In 2001, this number was 80%. This drop of 3 percentage points is one of the lowest changes among all the states in the last decade.
Updated on Oct 02, 2014 01:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Data Team, New Delhi
BJP's loss in UP worse than it seems, party lost most ground in Lucknow
Have the people of Uttar Pradesh denounced the Modi wave? Samajwadi Party has won 8 out of the 11 assembly seats contested on Friday in the state. Interestingly, all these assembly constituencies in UP were won by the BJP during the legislative elections of 2012.
Updated on Sep 17, 2014 08:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Data Team, New Delhi
After 9/11, US taxpayers shell out $10.5mn every hour to fund war against terror
A war definitely takes a huge toll on both economy and society. How the US engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq have affected the country's economy since 2001? Read on to know. 9/11 cost of war interactive
Updated on Sep 12, 2014 01:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sourjya Bhowmick and HT Data Team, New Delhi