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NREGA activists who paid with their lives Lalit Mehta (Jharkhand)

Machines, not men, employed

Bread and games in India

Dudhna dam was built in 31 years

No canal; Rs 615 crore spent

Dudhna dam was built in 31 years

No canal; Rs 615 crore spent

Forest fires singe Nagzira sanctuary

Tendu leaf contractors are prime suspects

Nigeria’s post-COVID-19 recovery plan has some merit. But it misses the mark

The Nigerian government ignored fundamental problems that have plagued previous economic plans, power and education

Maharashtra orders corruption probe into construction of check dams

Newspaper and TV reports, in last few months, have made allegations that quality of construction is poor

Sector-based highlights of Union Budget 2017-18

The budget’s thrust has been on stimulating growth, affordable housing, curbing black money and promoting digital economy

Politics over world’s largest hydropower project

The hydropower project on the Congo is unraveling into a political ploy with disregard to the affected people and the environment

The deprived lot

Andhra Pradesh fails to allocate funds stipulated for Scheduled Castes and Tribes, says Cabinet panel

Who needs the greens?

Certainly not Russian President Vladimir Putin, who recently abolished the country's only environmental agency

Large-scale child deaths in tribal Maharashtra

from April to August this year, almost 300 children fell prey to malnutrition in just two blocks (Akkalkua and Taloda) of Maharashtra's Nandurbar …

CAPART up for overhaul

Funding agency for rural NGOs may be on its last legs

MP government to net in fisherfolk's body

US fines Dow Chemicals for bribery by Indian subsidiary

Shaking trade

Cannot cut trees on one's own land

South Asia

Structural collapse

The rot has set in the construction sector. A dysfunctional clearance system has led to a series of building collapses in the recent past. …

Doctors pen a book to expose medical malpractices in India

Nearly 80 whistleblowers who have come together against unethical practices will now encourage more doctors to join the movement

Polavaram in tender turmoil

Court questions awarding of tender for mega dam to a disqualified consortium  

No way out

Officials are now promoting a new paradigm for flood control. They are pushing for a huge dam in Nepal. Does it provide scope for further …

State of despair

Criminals followed corrupt politicians into grabbing contracts related to earthworks. Today, they fund political parties and virtually run the …