9 accused individuals have held white-collar job positions since 2017.
Indian students represented 31 per cent of the total in the academic year 2024-2025, while Chinese students accounted for 23 per cent.
Custodial deaths are a serious and long-lasting problem in India, with over 28,000 people dying in custody since 2009.
57,766 cases of atrocities against the SCs were reported in 2023, the highest in the last three decades.
As of September 2025, the expected time of interview appointments for visitor visa (B-1/B-2) at New Delhi was 12 months, far more than the time at other US consulates in the capital cities of top economies of the world.
A string of welfare schemes and promises tests the state's budget, which is already heavily dependent on central support and spends little as capital outlay.
The share of Indian students pursuing OPT has nearly doubled from 22.12 per cent in 2006-07 to over 40 per cent in 2023-24.
Between FY18 and FY25, India's annual corn imports from the US averaged just about $2 million.
The 2027 Census may cost a bit more due to the proposed use of apps and smartphones by the 3.4 million enumerators who will collect comprehensive data much more efficiently than in earlier times.
India has nearly 490 million online gamers, and an estimated Rs 10,000 crore is spent every month on online gaming transactions.
India received FDI equity flows from China worth $2.67 million in FY25, which was 0.01 per cent of the total FDI equity receipts by India in FY25.
The ED probed 30 cases between August 2024 and March 2025, during which it recovered 15,261 crore, mostly from cases related to bank frauds.
While FY25 attrition rates remained below pre-Covid levels, most companies experienced a 1 to 3 percentage point increase compared to FY24.
Between FY09 and FY25, 101 IAF fighter jets have crashed, costing the lives of 28 pilots.
IndiGo, which operates the largest fleet among Indian carriers, has reported the highest number of serious engine-related incidents.
His term saw the lowest average of 57 hours.
Australia increased its student visa application fee from 1,600 to 2,000 Australian dollars. This is now the highest such visa fee in the world.
Overspeeding remains the leading cause of road accidents in India.
Among India's 150,746 railway bridges, 25.8 per cent are over a century old.
Between 2015 and 2023, around 543 train accidents occurred, resulting in 805 deaths.
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