| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
People do not die falling into open manholes in Mumbai's elite areas like Pali Hill, South Bombay, Altamount Road, and Napean Sea Road, showing India has two classes of citizens.
civic inequality
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governance economy |
not checked |
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
On 13 February this year, the Ministry of Road Transport told Parliament that around 9,100 deaths occurred in the past five years due to potholes, a 53% increase over the previous five years, with Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra as the top three states.
pothole deaths
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infrastructure transport |
misleading |
85.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
Such infrastructure accidents happen only to middle-class ordinary Indians, never to the children of the rich, politicians, or ministers.
middle class victimhood
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governance economy |
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
The two college students were riding a two-wheeler near Bikaner Sweets in Nerul, Navi Mumbai, beneath the LP bridge, when they contacted floodwater electrified by a short circuit from a low-hanging electrical wire and collapsed.
electrocution Nerul flooding
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
There were 14 children on the school bus when the tree fell; 12 were trapped on board, and one died.
school bus tree fall
|
infrastructure transport |
accurate |
65.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
The official response to the schoolboy's death was one lakh rupees (about 1,000 US dollars) in compensation from civic body funds and merely a suspension of the assistant garden superintendent of the West Ward.
inadequate compensation
|
governance economy |
accurate |
75.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
In India there is an accountability gap and ordinary citizens' lives do not matter to those in power.
accountability gap
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governance economy |
not checked |
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
Two days ago, a four-year-old boy who had accompanied his father to the fields died after falling into an uncovered 22-foot borewell, despite a 21-hour rescue operation.
borewell child death
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other |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
A 55-year-old man died after falling into an open manhole in Mumbai's Sakinaka because private contract workers had removed the cover and failed to replace it; only his umbrella and slippers were recovered.
Sakinaka manhole death
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
On the morning of June 24, a civic worker fell into an open manhole at King Circle, Mumbai, right in front of the Mumbai mayor during her inspection.
manhole fall King Circle
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
Also in Junagadh, Gujarat, a woman with children and a motorcyclist fell into a submerged drain.
submerged drain fall
|
infrastructure transport |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
In Azad Chowk, Junagadh, Gujarat, a couple on their way to work fell into an open sewer pit, and the man suffered a serious head injury.
open sewer pit fall
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
This week, two college girls were electrocuted on a waterlogged road, were initially presumed dead, but survived.
electrocution on waterlogged road
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
A 60-year-old tree that municipal authorities were supposed to remove fell on a school bus in Mumbai, killing an 11-year-old boy named Vihan and injuring five others, with surviving children aged four to twelve.
tree fall on school bus
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infrastructure transport |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-07-02 |
Twenty-one years ago, a boy named Prince fell into a borewell in Kurukshetra, Haryana, and was rescued alive by the army after roughly four days following a national media campaign.
Prince borewell rescue
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other |
misleading |
85.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
According to research, India wastes 4900 crore litres of tap water daily — enough to meet the one-day needs of 32.67 crore people — with a tap dripping one drop per second wasting about 19-20 litres a day.
tap water wastage
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environment |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
At a daycare centre run by a well-known tech company in Bengaluru, five employees allegedly tortured toddlers aged two to three — putting them inside a front-loading washing machine, spraying toilet jet-spray water into their mouths, and locking crying children in the bathroom — which came to light through camera recordings.
daycare child abuse
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crime |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
India has 37 lakh NGOs — the most of any country in the world — amounting to one NGO per 600 people, compared with one doctor per 811 citizens.
NGO proliferation
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governance economy |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
India has no international container transshipment terminal, losing about Rs 1894 crore every year as cargo routes through Colombo or Singapore, while the sea depth at the Great Nicobar terminal site is 20 metres, suitable for large ships.
transshipment terminal need
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infrastructure transport |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The Congress claims 7,11,000 trees will be felled for the Great Nicobar project, while the government says it will plant many more trees in Madhya Pradesh and Haryana to compensate.
Nicobar deforestation debate
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environment |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has posted on social media about the Great Nicobar project 39 times since June 2021, and today posted a 162-word criticism calling it a step toward disaster.
Great Nicobar criticism
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opposition attack |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The fight within the TMC is not just over control of the party but also over Rs 1000 crore lying in the party's accounts.
TMC funds battle
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opposition attack |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
After a rebel-faction complaint on 19 June, police froze TMC's three bank accounts holding Rs 440 crore on 20 June, and today (2 July) the High Court refused to unfreeze them while questioning the police's haste.
TMC account freeze
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opposition attack |
not checked |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Under the anti-defection law in the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, a rebel faction of a party gets recognition only if two-thirds of the MLAs or MPs are with the rebels.
anti-defection law
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governance economy |
not checked |
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Of TMC's 28 Lok Sabha MPs, 20 have broken away (above the two-thirds mark of 19), and 4 of its 13 Rajya Sabha MPs have already resigned, leaving Mamata's faction with 8 Lok Sabha and 9 Rajya Sabha MPs.
TMC MP split
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opposition attack |
not checked |
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