CSR in India: 'Long-term vision is a must'
Dinesh Agarwal, ex-GM & CSR head, NTPC was drafting member of Ministry of Corporate Affairs' national guidelines on responsible business …
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
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
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?
UN says disruption of internet access human rights violation; India opposes
India wanted the UN to delete a passage in the resolution that condemned measures to prevent or disrupt access to internet
एक पांव रखता हूं, हजारों राहें फूट पड़ती हैं
व्यक्तिगत करदाताओं को सालाना 5 लाख रुपए तक की आमदनी पर टैक्स में छूट। पहले 2.5 लाख की छूट थी
कैसे तैयार होता है केंद्रीय बजट?
बजट प्रभाग प्रति वर्ष अगस्त-सितंबर के महीनों में आगामी वित्त वर्ष का केंद्रीय बजट तैयार करने की प्रक्रिया शुरू करता है
India's population: Boom to bust
Population stabilises at total fertility rate ogf 2.1. In India, 20 states and Union territories are below that
Integrate disability in disaster management: Experts
A two-day national workshop aimed to offer safety lessons to differently-abled persons in the event of a disaster
The glitch in India's technical education
Less than half of the students pursuing technical education manage to get a job
Trump may deny global warming but US has been paying for long
President Donald Trump is unreal in a real world as far as climate change is concerned, and it doesn’t suit his America First policy
Tajikistan launches new methodology to measure poverty
The World Bank and the Tajikistan government have been jointly collecting, analysing and reporting high-quality poverty data
Government releases new socio-economic census data
The findings of the new report will place pressure on the government to redefine BPL households and the poverty line
How draft guidelines dilute economic, environmental responsibilities of businesses
Draft guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economical Responsibilities of Business water down specific recommendations on accountability of …
Coronavirus update: Finance minister Sitharaman falls back on 'act of god'
Sitharaman says there may an economic contraction ahead due to ‘extraordinary situation’
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Politics is a party
बजट लाइव : आधार कार्ड से भी भरा जा सकेगा आयकर
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U20 leaders call on G20 to accelerate SDG goals progress
Mayors and governors of 30 major cities signed a Communiqué at the 2019 Urban 20 Mayors Summit
Bhima-Koregaon violence: Police raids homes of human rights activists, arrests at least five
In a multi-state raid, Pune Police seized laptops, pen drives and documents of human rights activists
In the Parliament on March 1, 2016
Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 2, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Structural, governance reforms key to achieve 2030 Agenda: Report
Three years after adoption of SDGs, most countries have failed to implement them into real policies
Centre sets up committee to improve management of water resources in Northeast
The high-level committee will identify gaps in the existing mechanism and submit a plan of action by June 2018
Killings of land rights defenders increased in 2016: report
The number of farmers, indigenous people and advocates of people’s right to land killed this year is three times the average in 2015