Institutional deliveries on the rise across most states, shows NFHS-5 report

Kerala tops the charts, north-eastern states need to buck up, says survey 

Indian states, power plants with poor ash utilisation must act now

Pro-activeness of states and power plants towards handling and utilising its generated fly ash can play a major role in clearing huge ash back logs and enhancing its utilisation

How to outsmart your COVID-19 fears and boost your mood in 2021

Brain science has led to some drug-free techniques that you can put to use right now

A year of blursdays: how coronavirus distorted our sense of time in 2020

By keeping busy, minimising stress, engaging in as much face-to-face or online social interaction as we can and by reducing our stress levels, we can help the journey back to normality pass more quickly than normal

Here’s the first Africa-wide survey of the economic impact of COVID-19 on cultural industries

There are factors explaining the harsh impact of the pandemic on cultural industries in Africa. These range from levels of informality and the size of companies to the types of contract

Anaemia in women, children aggravated in 2019: NFHS-5

As many as 68.4% children and 66.4% women surveyed suffered from anaemia in 2019

Cheers, agriculture is finally a political agenda in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Santa Claus on Christmas Day, releases funds and discusses farmers’ problems as protests continue on Delhi’s borders

Why vehicle subscriptions are a win-win approach

Flexible ownership can bridge the gap between consumer demand and sustainability

Sugathakumari: A poet who pioneered environmentalism in a state that never prioritised conservation

Despite vilification by politicians and bureaucrats, with the active involvement of religious leaders and obscurantist forces, the poet-turned-activist strongly defended the environmental cause in Kerala

The Caspian Sea is set to fall by 9 metres or more this century – an ecocide is imminent

Climate change is causing the sea to recede, leaving barren land in its wake

Here’s where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

HIV remains a major global public health challenge and the COVID-19 pandemic has added to it

Why indoor pollution is as deadly as its outdoor counterpart

With the continual improvement in our quality of life, indoor air quality has become an important area of concern in the 21st century

The ghost of Christmas yet to come: how an AI ‘SantaNet’ might end up destroying the world

Scientists identified a series of behaviours by the AI general intelligence system which, though well-intentioned, could have adverse impacts on human health and well-being

Food in good times and bad: What did 2020 teach us about the way we eat?

With the pandemic as our backdrop, several cooking and eating practices changed for us this year

Relying on forests to achieve net zero targets not a good idea, and scientists agree

Rapid decarbonisation of energy and transport systems and reduction in emissions are the ultimate ways to limit warming

More women opting for safe menstrual practices, NFHS-5 data shows

The percentage of women using safe menstrual products highest in Andaman and Nicobar Islands (98.9%); least in Bihar at 58.8%

CERN: Discovery sheds light on the great mystery of why the universe has less ‘antimatter’ than matter

Studying the world on the smallest scale is our best chance to be able to understand what we see on the largest scale

Education for tribals: Bottlenecks and the way forward

Recognising tribal culture, language, cognitive strength, curriculum and inherent learning ability of children can revamp tribal education system

How Adivasis of one Jharkhand village are trying to preserve ethnomedicine

With ‘civilisation’ and ‘modernity’ having made inroads into India’s tribal areas, its heritage of traditional tribal systems of medicine is increasingly under threat

Dabur’s advertisements are attempts to confuse consumers

Inconsistent messaging to consumers by honey brands does not change the fact about their adulteration with sugar syrups; it only confuses them

Thousands of ocean fishing boats could be using forced labour. We used AI, satellite data to find them

Up to 100,000 individuals may have been victims of forced labour between 2012 and 2018 on fishing ships