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Number Theory: Record fires in Uttarakhand, Himachal and J&K as winter turns dry

An HT analysis of satellite data suggests that fires in the two hill states and Jammu & Kashmir are unprecedented this January

Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir have reported 1102, 925, and 486 fires from January 1 to January 15(ANI)

India News

Published on Jan 16, 2024 05:07 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

Number Theory: Will the BSP play a role in this year's elections?

With the BJP becoming a dominant party, a lot of the non-SC support, and perhaps even non-Jatav SC support the BSP enjoyed, has gone back to the BJP

BSP chief Mayawati at a press conference on her birthday in Lucknow on Monday.(ANI Photo)

India News

Updated on Jan 16, 2024 08:34 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore, Nishant Ranjan, Abhishek Jha

Number Theory: How sea surface temperatures broke records in 2023

Sea surface temperatures are important because sea temperature is among the big drivers of global climate

Warmer oceans lead to more water vapour in the atmosphere, which feeds weather events like rainfall, snowfall, and cyclones.(FILE AFP)

India News

Updated on Jan 11, 2024 08:41 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: What does 1.48°C warming in 2023 mean?

While there is still some distance to go before the 1.5°C target is breached, 2023 is the biggest step towards that target in the 10-year and 30-year averages

In all datasets, 2023 is likely to be the warmest year and by a big margin.(Representational Photo/ Creative Commons)

World News

Updated on Jan 10, 2024 04:46 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: Cold days, warm nights characterise this winter

Data shows that temperatures have dropped suddenly in the last week, which might have created a perception of it suddenly being cold in some parts of India.

A man sits around a bonfire on a cold winter morning. (HT Photo)

India News

Updated on Jan 04, 2024 09:07 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

What does data tell us about road accidents in India?

Here is what data on road accidents and their treatment within the criminal justice system tells us.

At least six people were killed after the car they were travelling in hit a road divider in Jamshedpur on January 1. (PTI)

India News

Updated on Jan 03, 2024 04:46 AM IST

ByAshokamithran T, Abhishek Jha

Number Theory: 2023 will be the warmest year, but will it also breach 1.5°C?

The 1.5-degree threshold is among the key objectives of the Paris Agreement, and considered crucial to prevent irreversible damages because of global warming

People suffer from heat stress when their bodies are unable to compensate for the heat and properly cool themselves.(Bidesh Manna/HT Photo)

India News

Published on Dec 29, 2023 09:29 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: How is India’s rural job market changing?

This is the final part of a four-part data journalism series on the key trends seen in the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).

Unpaid family work has replaced some casual work in rural areas.

India News

Updated on Dec 28, 2023 09:09 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: Understanding the rise of unpaid workers in India

This is the 3rd part of a four-part data journalism series on key trends in Periodic Labour Force Survey. The 4th will show changes in India’s rural job market.

As expected, 82% of the growth in unpaid work since 2017-18 is from women(AP FILE)

India News

Published on Dec 26, 2023 09:05 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: The jobs that have been created in the past 5 years

This is the second part of a four-part data journalism series on the key trends seen in the Periodic Labour Force Survey.

Unpaid family workers (also known as self-employed helpers in household enterprises) account for 37% of the 112-million growth in the workforce since 2017-18(FIle Photo)

India News

Updated on Dec 25, 2023 12:04 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: Who is being added to India’s labour force?

This is the first of a four-part data journalism series on the key trends seen in the Periodic Labour Force Survey

Data released from the survey in October shows that key trends in India’s labour market remain the same as during the pandemic(PTI)

India News

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 01:05 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

Number Theory: Tamil Nadu is in its most extreme rain spell ever

The extreme rain has only helped bridge its deficit in Tamil Nadu just before the season’s official end

People shift from a flooded road after heavy rainfall, in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu on Dec. 19(PTI)

India News

Updated on Dec 20, 2023 02:29 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

Number Theory: Decoding BJP’s improved showing in state elections

The BJP’s record in the last two Lok Sabha elections continues to be better than its performance in state elections in most cases

A long-term analysis of BJP’s state election performance suggests that it has improved its performance in them after 2014.(PTI)

India News

Updated on Dec 19, 2023 01:11 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Nishant Ranjan

Number Theory: An unusually warm start to winter in several states

A strong El Niño prevailing currently means that this warming is likely to continue

A Delhi Metro Rail runs amid cold and smoggy weather at MG road metro station near Plaza Mall, in Gurugram(HT File Photo/Parveen Kumar)

India News

Published on Dec 18, 2023 10:51 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: Caste composition of CMs after elections in 5 states

Even a cursory reading of the castes of its new chief ministers shows that the BJP has taken care to assemble a diverse caste coalition – with an eye on 2024

Analysis

Updated on Dec 14, 2023 09:01 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: Second warmest start to winter since 1951

State-wise averages of minimum temperatures show that of the 30 states and UTs, only J&K and Ladakh have experienced a cooler than normal start to winter

People are going to their work amid cold and smoggy weather at South-West Delhi near Samalkha Chowk(HT File Photo/Parveen Kumar)

Analysis

Updated on Dec 13, 2023 12:59 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

BJP displays Gujarat-like infallibility in MP win

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 163 of 230 assembly constituencies (AC) in Madhya Pradesh with a vote share of 48

Barring the 2018 election, the BJP has consistently won the state since 2003.

India News

Updated on Dec 08, 2023 06:38 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, New Delhi

Number Theory: Congress right to be shocked, but can it still fight back?

The fact that Congress’s vote share was by and large intact between 2018 and 2023 means that at least at the macro level, its voters did not desert it for BJP.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge. (ANI)

India News

Updated on Dec 08, 2023 10:01 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore, Abhishek Jha

Fewer births, more deaths in Delhi during pandemic: Data

Delhi recorded 10.5% more births and 25.3% fewer deaths last year compared to 2021, as per data from the Union territory’s Civil Registration System (CRS).

Delhi

Updated on Dec 08, 2023 04:16 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Alok KN Mishra, New Delhi

Mizoram elections: ZPM breaks long-standing trends on its way to victory

ZPM wins 27 out of 40 seats in Mizoram election, with 37.9% vote share

Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM's) president and party's CM candidate Lalduhoma being greeted by party members after party's victory in the Mizoram Assembly elections on Monday. (ANI)

India News

Updated on Dec 05, 2023 05:00 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Number Theory: Why is 2023 different from 2018? And what of 2024?

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has won elections in three out of the four states for which results were declared on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated by top BJP leaders after the assembly election results on Sunday.

India News

Published on Dec 04, 2023 07:44 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore, Abhishek Jha, Nishant Ranjan

In Rajasthan, local anti-incumbency against MLAs reason for Congress loss: Data

There does seem to be merit in the argument that local anti-incumbency against MLAs played a bigger role in this year’s Rajasthan results

BJP workers celebrating the party’s victory in three states. (HT Photo)

India News

Updated on Dec 04, 2023 12:09 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Roshan Kishore

Breaking down the math of an unprecedented result in Chhattisgarh

BJP's victory in Chhattisgarh elections can be attributed to its high vote share, strong performance in reserved constituencies, retention of strongholds.

BJP party workers celebrate party's victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh at Shivaji Maharaj Chowk Vashi in Navi Mumbai, India, on Sunday, December 3, 2023. (Photo by Bachchan Kumar/ HT PHOTO) (HT PHOTO)

India News

Updated on Dec 04, 2023 05:48 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Why is the Telugu Desam Party not contesting the election today?

For the first time since 1985, the party is not contesting the state elections in Telangana. Its ally, Jana Sena Party is contesting in alliance with the BJP

Why has the TDP given up on contesting Telangana? (AFP)

India News

Published on Nov 30, 2023 08:00 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

‘Almost severe’ days in Delhi this November highest ever

Numbers suggest that without a natural clean-up from favourable meteorological factors, Delhi does not have any plan to control pollution.

A smoggy NH -24, near the Akshardham Temple, on Wednesday. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Delhi

Updated on Nov 30, 2023 05:12 AM IST

ByJasjeev Gandhiok, Abhishek Jha

Number Theory: The importance of Scheduled Tribe vote for the BJP

Here are the some charts that explain the importance of the ST outreach by the Prime Minister

India News

Published on Nov 29, 2023 07:55 AM IST

ByNishant Ranjan, Abhishek Jha

Accounting for colonial rule reduces India’s climate role by 15%

Previous analysis had put India’s share of cumulative historical emissions at 3.4% of the global total

India News

Published on Nov 27, 2023 10:01 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha, Jayashree Nandi

Number Theory: Telangana’s shifting political grounds

HT analysis of past results in Telangana suggests that the state’s political ground has been continuously shifting

India News

Updated on Nov 27, 2023 09:35 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Rajasthan’s electoral contest explained

A look at some charts that explain the nature of the electoral battle taking place on November 25

Polling for the assembly elections in Rajasthan will take place on November 25.

India News

Published on Nov 24, 2023 09:14 PM IST

ByNishant Ranjan, Abhishek Jha

Number Theory: Economic diversity and its role in Rajasthan polls

Campaigning for the Rajasthan elections scheduled for November 25 has ended

Analysis

Updated on Nov 24, 2023 12:29 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

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An HT analysis of satellite data suggests that fires in the two hill states and Jammu & Kashmir are unprecedented this January

With the BJP becoming a dominant party, a lot of the non-SC support, and perhaps even non-Jatav SC support the BSP enjoyed, has gone back to the BJP

Sea surface temperatures are important because sea temperature is among the big drivers of global climate

While there is still some distance to go before the 1.5°C target is breached, 2023 is the biggest step towards that target in the 10-year and 30-year averages

Data shows that temperatures have dropped suddenly in the last week, which might have created a perception of it suddenly being cold in some parts of India.

Here is what data on road accidents and their treatment within the criminal justice system tells us.

The 1.5-degree threshold is among the key objectives of the Paris Agreement, and considered crucial to prevent irreversible damages because of global warming

This is the final part of a four-part data journalism series on the key trends seen in the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).

This is the 3rd part of a four-part data journalism series on key trends in Periodic Labour Force Survey. The 4th will show changes in India’s rural job market.

This is the second part of a four-part data journalism series on the key trends seen in the Periodic Labour Force Survey.

This is the first of a four-part data journalism series on the key trends seen in the Periodic Labour Force Survey

The extreme rain has only helped bridge its deficit in Tamil Nadu just before the season’s official end

The BJP’s record in the last two Lok Sabha elections continues to be better than its performance in state elections in most cases

A strong El Niño prevailing currently means that this warming is likely to continue

Even a cursory reading of the castes of its new chief ministers shows that the BJP has taken care to assemble a diverse caste coalition – with an eye on 2024

State-wise averages of minimum temperatures show that of the 30 states and UTs, only J&K and Ladakh have experienced a cooler than normal start to winter

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 163 of 230 assembly constituencies (AC) in Madhya Pradesh with a vote share of 48

The fact that Congress’s vote share was by and large intact between 2018 and 2023 means that at least at the macro level, its voters did not desert it for BJP.

Delhi recorded 10.5% more births and 25.3% fewer deaths last year compared to 2021, as per data from the Union territory’s Civil Registration System (CRS).

ZPM wins 27 out of 40 seats in Mizoram election, with 37.9% vote share

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has won elections in three out of the four states for which results were declared on Sunday.

There does seem to be merit in the argument that local anti-incumbency against MLAs played a bigger role in this year’s Rajasthan results

BJP's victory in Chhattisgarh elections can be attributed to its high vote share, strong performance in reserved constituencies, retention of strongholds.

For the first time since 1985, the party is not contesting the state elections in Telangana. Its ally, Jana Sena Party is contesting in alliance with the BJP

Numbers suggest that without a natural clean-up from favourable meteorological factors, Delhi does not have any plan to control pollution.

Here are the some charts that explain the importance of the ST outreach by the Prime Minister

Previous analysis had put India’s share of cumulative historical emissions at 3.4% of the global total

HT analysis of past results in Telangana suggests that the state’s political ground has been continuously shifting

A look at some charts that explain the nature of the electoral battle taking place on November 25

Campaigning for the Rajasthan elections scheduled for November 25 has ended

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