 | India expected to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2021 but could decelerate next year: UN reportThe UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2021, released here on Wednesday, sounded a cautiously optimistic note to say that the global economy is set for a strong recovery in 2021. |
 | Atrocities against SCs and STs increased in 2020: NCRB reportUP reported highest number of atrocities (12,714) against SCs and Madhya Pradesh reported the most number of crimes (2,401) against STs. |
 | Telangana trial courts finally dispose of 122 cases pending for over 10 yearsThe District and Sessions Courts, dealing with grave offences such as murder and rape, disposed of 531 cases. |
 | Karnataka borrowed heavily, used funds for capital expenditure: CAG reportGender budget allocation up, but not based on data; govt firms fail to remit interest earned |
 | Submit 2020 flood report, KCR’s letter, HC tells Telangana govtUnless, the State government pays the premium towards crop insurance to the insurance companies, why will the insurance companies pay the farmers, the Bench asked. |
 | Average household in urban India had debt of Rs 1.2 lakh in 2018: NSS reportIn rural areas, cultivator households owed on an average Rs 74,460 compared to Rs 40,432 owed by non-cultivator households. |
 | Employers keen on hiring apprentices to offset workforce scarcityThe report also highlights that close to 64 per cent employers are keen to further increase their current apprentice intake, a 6 per cent increase from H1 2021. |
 | Odisha government surrendered Rs 1,201 crore budget provision in 2019-20The surrenders were mainly attributed to non-release of Central share, dropping and non-sanction of projects, delay in the approval of Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) and Covid-19 lockdown. |
 | Submit 'factual report' over illegal construction in Corbett Tiger Reserve: NTCA to Uttarakhand forest deptThe alleged construction of four bridges and 'high wall' is within Kalagarh and Pakhro area of the reserve near Kalagarh Forest Rest House. |
 | 71% Hyderabad women faced bias at work over health issuesAbout 71 per cent women in Hyderabad said they faced a hostile workplace in terms of reactions to their health issues, and this was likely leading to many of their female colleagues to quit work. |
 | With press freedom on the line, Afghan media brace for what's next under Taliban ruleStill, independent Afghan news stations are keeping female presenters on the air and testing the limits of media freedom under the group, whose militants have killed journalists in the past. |
 | Telangana’s GSDP rose by 94% from 2014-15: Niti Aayog reportThe growth in Telangana now is faster compared to the growth in Telangana region when it was a part of combined Andhra Pradesh, a Niti Aayog report has revealed. |
 | Hyderabad’s warehousing market faces Covid heatHyderabad’s industrial and warehousing market transaction activity has reportedly slowed down in FY 2021 in comparison to its performance last year. |
 | US report on origins of COVID-19 'mendacious', made for political purposes: ChinaChina firmly objected to the allegation by Washington that Beijing stalled international probe and resisted in sharing information about the coronavirus. |
 | Odisha Police's heinous crime monitoring goes digital with special appThe SPs tag the special category cases and direct officers of the rank of Additional SP/DSP to supervise their investigation. |
