India's education system is under fresh scrutiny after the Central Government revealed that more than 1 lakh schools across the country are functioning with just one teacher. Responding to a question in Parliament, the Ministry of Education disclosed that 1,08,043 schools currently operate with only a single teacher, highlighting the scale of teacher shortages in several states.

According to the official data, Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of single-teacher schools, followed by Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh. At the other end of the spectrum, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Ladakh, Sikkim, Nagaland, and Kerala reported the fewest such schools.

Teacher Shortage Exposed: Over 1 Lakh Schools Run by a Single Teacher

Summer 2022 was especially hard for Indians. Temperature records were getting shattered. Fans, air conditioners, coolers seemed to be less effective this year. The Government has released some data that the heatwave days in India have been nearly 6 times more than last year.

WION Climate Tracker | India suffered 6x heatwave days in 2022 | Mercury broke previous records

Less than three million foreign tourists visited India in 2020, a dip of around 75 per cent as compared to the previous year, due to travel restrictions imposed to control the coronavirus pandemic, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday.

COVID-19 travel restrictions: Less than 3 million foreign tourists visited India in 2020, says the government

COVID-19 has so far claimed the lives of 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers in the country, Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday. The figures are based on the intimations received from the states till January 22.

Covid-19: Over 160 doctors killed due to virus in the country, says government data

Confirming unemployment rate projected in a pre-election leaked report, the government Friday said joblessness in the country was 6.1 per cent of the total labour force during 2017-18, the highest in 45 years.

Unemployment rate hits a 45-year high, up 6.1 per cent in 2017-18: Government data

India and China share a nearly 4,000 km-long border

Chinese incursions into India rose in 2017: Government study

Eight core sectors' growth slowed to 4 per cent in December 2017 from 5.6 per cent in the corresponding month of 2016, according to the government data.

India's 2016-17 GDP growth unchanged at 7.1 per cent: Government data

Inflation in protein rich eggs, meat and fish cooled to 1.67 per cent in December, while that in fruits spiked to 11.99 per cent

WPI inflation eases to 3.58% in December as veggies price decline

Analysts had expected October's retail inflation at 3.46 percent, up from 3.28 percent in September.

India's core consumer price inflation seen at around 4.5 percent in October

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