Manufacturing plants generate about two per cent less revenue for every one degree Celsius rise in annual temperature, the study found
Similipal forest fire a jolt to livelihood of lac collectors
COVID-19:The world is not on the track to green recovery, finds UN report
US Senate okays Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus plan
International Women’s Day: 10 million more girls at risk of child marriage due to COVID-19, warns UNICEF
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, as many as 100 million girls were at the risk of child marriage in ...
Women's Day: UNDP bats for temporary basic income to combat COVID-19
Monthly investment of 0.07-0.31% of a developing countries’ GDP can provide financial security to 613 million working-age women living ...
Larger share of senior citizens in India’s villages work compared to urban counterparts
Around 50% of male senior citizens were working compared to 22% women, according to the LASI report
What does Union Budget 2021-22 mean for students, farmers, migrants, health workers? Not much
What was expected in a time of crisis were bold decisions. But finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to play it safe
Union Budget 2021-22: Do states have much to cheer for?
The recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission are unlikely to make much of a difference to cash-strapped states
FAO calls for sustainable aquaculture, end to illegal fishing
Declaration at the 34th session of FAO’s Committee on Fisheries emphasised on undoing damage caused by COVID-19 pandemic
Union Budget 2021-22 cuts funds for autonomous bodies under environment ministry
The allocations are also lower than the actual expenditure for 2019-20
How Union Budget 2021-22 can support the women workforce
Only 16% employed women were able to keep their jobs during and after the lockdown as opposed to 60% ...
Economic Survey 2021 backs setting up of Social Stock Exchange in India
It will be set up under the regulatory ambit of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
Can a winter festival revive Ladakh's tourism amid Indo-China standoff?
The tourism sector accounts for 50% of Ladakh's GDP
Public spending to rescue Indian economy: Economic Survey 2020-21
The Survey hints Union Budget 2021-22 will be a 'maximum government' affair
COVID-19 led to coal production and import decline: Economic Survey
This is a very worrying trend, says Delhi-based non-profit CSE
Post COVID-19, ILO calls for national-level policy on those working from home
There is an urgency to adopt global labour standards and improve national-level labour registries for home-based workers, organisation says ...
COVID-19 pushed 119-124 million into poverty: World Bank updates estimates
The number of pandemic-induced new poor is forecast to rise to 143-163 million in 2021
Leg up for green bonds amid record sustainable debt in 2020
Sustainable debt worth $732 billion issued globally; $305 billion of that in green bonds
Less than a third BPL senior citizens benefit from old age pension scheme: Health ministry survey
Awareness and enrolment for widow pension and Annapurna schemes were even lower, the study said
Winter tourists buoy up Kashmir’s battered tourism sector
Tourist operators say next three months crucial as the government tries to resurrect the sector
COVID-19: Worst economic performance by very poor countries in 30 years
43 least developed countries are experiencing a fall in their average income levels, says UNCTAD report
Low-paid workers, women hit most by COVID-19 wage gaps: ILO report
The average wage in two-third countries — for which official data was available — fell or grew more slowly ...
COVID-19: Viable vaccine will not halt spread of economic damage, warns UNCTAD
The economic setback would be felt long into the future, especially by the poorest and most vulnerable countries, the ...
12 yrs on, yet to recover from the ordeal: Woman kept captive at Bengaluru brick kiln
12 people were trafficked to Bengaluru in 2005 and held captive at a brick kiln till 2008. The owner ...