Insurance schemes beyond the reach of poor
What is the net neutrality debate in India?
A short take on the net neutrality debate in India though animation
Look the other way
One year of NDA government: Development Modi-fied
A factual appraisal of how the Narendra Modi government performed in its first year
Food security Act: Centre to share half the burden of states in food transportation and handling
Fair price shop dealers to get incentive for use of point of sale (PoS) devices
“For tribals, panchayatiraj has not helped”
As told to Parliament (February 8, 2024): 605 people killed in human-elephant conflict in 2022-23
All that was discussed in the House through the day
No money to fix leaky roofs, MGNREGS workers in West Bengal fear upcoming monsoon
The Centre has blocked the state’s funds for the rural employment scheme for over a year, jeopardising the economic conditions of …
Why is transgender community unhappy with Trans Persons Bill?
They call August 5, 2019, the day Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, as ‘Gender Justice Murder Day’
Israel elections: Who women vote for and how it's shifting
Will having a woman, who is also secular and leading a right-wing religious alliance for the first time, affect Israeli voting patterns?
Warnings on encephalitis and floods unheeded
If more children die in August in Gorakhpur and floods occur every year during monsoon, then why are we not prepared?
The Behaviour Puzzle
Stigmatising the powerless is not the way to a cleaner India, but only a more ashamed India
Over 50 million job cards of MGNREGA workers deleted in 2022-23; 7.4 million this financial year
Names are deleted without the knowledge of workers or following proper procedure, claim activists
What will its first far-right leader since WWII mean for Italy?
Right-wing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni looks on course to secure at least 230 of the 400 seats in the Lower House, giving it a clear majority
Liz Truss: who is the UK’s new prime minister and why has she replaced Boris Johnson?
Truss’s brand of economic libertarianism, political optimism and hawkishness proved decisive in the 2022 leadership contest
Pitfalls in a promise: Rajasthan’s urban income security efforts throw up new challenges
The state’s attempt to provide income security to urban poor shows challenges of designing a wage guarantee scheme for towns and cities
Will Biden dare to use march-in rights?
Health advocates are asking Washington to use laws that allow patent override on drugs developed with public funds
International Women’s Day: 4 Black women who have advanced human rights
Their work has improved the health and welfare of women and girls, protected the environment and elevated the voices of the oppressed
Kalahandi’s Kutia Kondhs: Subsistence a struggle for this tribe of nature worshippers
Despite living in abject poverty and depending on natural resources for survival, the Kondhs do not use wood from the forests for fuel and also …
Poverty eradication, a top priority or not?
On World Poverty eradication Day, here’s a lowdown on the recent developments in poverty eradication in the world
How Chandni and her friends scripted the saga to success
On this Independence Day, let’s recount the story of a girl from Samastipur whose idea of a free India was much different from reality
Mt Everest: Overcrowding at the top of the world must be regulated
Nepal needs to be proactive in safeguarding the tourism industry centred around Mount Everest
One person is killed every month in India defending the environment
There were 164 such killing across the world in 2018, according to a report by non-profit Global Witness
State apathy caused a differently abled teen to starve to death in Odisha
A member of a fact-finding team writes about how the 17-year-old and his sister struggled to make ends meet before they couldn’t
Concern for increasing population in India just a political rhetoric
India’s population will soon stabilise, but the government is just not noticing the facts
