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Rise in knife crime and drop in Sanction Detections in the top 10 UK Boroughs

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Rise in knife crime and drop in Sanction Detections in the top 10 UK Boroughs By Sergio M. and Subeer S. Ten boroughs in London were identified as those with the biggest gap between knife crimes risen and sanctions detentions, comparing the last two years (2017–18 and 2018–19), these kind of crimes have increased considerably in these boroughs, but at the same time, the detention rates have dropped substantially, according to an analysis of the Metropolitan Police Records. Some of the boroughs on the list are Westminster, where knife crime rates increased in 51.5% but its sanction detection rates decreased 18.3%. Another Borough with concerning figures is Kingston upon Thames, where the crimes rose in 70.6%, while the sanction detection dropped in 36.4%. You can find the data about the other eights boroughs in the following chart. However, these 10 boroughs with the biggest gap between offences and resolved crimes are not the most dangerous, except for Westminster, that a

Covid 19 Testing in India

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Covid 19 Testing in India With a population of 1.353 billion (2018) and the second-most populous country after China in the world, it does have a major challenge on how it will manage the testing of all its citizens for the Coronavirus (Covid-19). India comprises 28 states and 8 union territories. Based on the information from Indian Council of Medical Research , there are at present 154 operational government labs and 68 private labs for performing Covid19 tests on the public. The Supreme Court on Wednesday 8th April, in an interim order, has directed to ensure that all approved diagnostic laboratories, including private, offer free Covid-19 testing. Based on the Census 2011  , there are certain states which are highly populous as compared to others. In order, cover the testing the population of these states will depend on quickly operational labs are setup and the capacity of testing they can handle on a day to day basis. Overall, the country reported to have tested a total