Simply put: Indian democracy
Simply Put: Bihar mid-day meal crisis
Government mulls new law to confiscate assets of tax evaders
Insurance schemes beyond the reach of poor
More government, less governance
Environment versus development: 2014 sets the stage for bitter polarisation
Panchayat members in Bihar to get protection from frivolous court cases
Minister’s nod will be needed for initiating legal action against mukhiyas
Nod to Dibang project shows why present forest clearance process needs to be scrapped
Persisting with the current institutional arrangement will do more harm than good
“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
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
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
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 …
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 …
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
One year of Modi government: no more achhe din, claims citizen report
According to the authors, the document was prepared after consultations with stakeholders in 100 districts across India
Aranmula airport project: No permission granted for fresh EIA study
Expert Appraisal Committee has only given time to promoter for explanation, reveal documents
Raje resorts to MGNREGA to rescue farmers affected by unseasonal rains
Around 5 per cent of households in the affected regions will get benefit under the scheme till March 31
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
Ceasing to be a citizen?
Excluson of four million people from Assam's draft National Citizen Registry has created panic among the inhabitants
Philately and wild India
Through the years, Indian stamps have featured local flora and fauna in varying degrees. Here is an overview
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
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’