Rwanda to phase out live animal export; boost trade in processed meat

In 2015, the total value of meat exports stood at US$9.3 million as against $7.7 million in 2014

50 debt-ridden weavers in Varanasi committed suicide since Modi became PM

Conditions of weavers community got worse during Modi regime, reveal experts’ findings

FAO Food Price Index sees biggest monthly jump in four years

The FAO Cereal Price Index rose 2.9 per cent and is now 3.9 per cent below its level of June 2015

Growth in sub-Saharan Africa to slow down in 2016

The fall in commodity prices caused a significant shock for a region for which commodities make up a large share of exports, the report said

The lingering scent of Kannauj

The world's oldest hub for producing itr, the traditional Indian perfume, is fighting to retain its fragrance

How economic inequality is widening in today’s India

The 21st century has witnessed development with a yawning gap where wealth is concentrated in a few hands

High on jargon, low on justice!

A new, just and transformative world order, calls for new rules, new structures, new solidarities, new leadership. World leaders negotiating the …

Blame it on the foreign hand

Centre's motive behind the unseen "foreign hand" theory is to polarise the development discourse

Whose home is it, anyway?

The Maldharis of the Gir national park face eviction because their "unsustainable" economy if threatening the Asiatic lion

Holiday mood gets the better of delegates

Confusion and lack of interest were the highlights of the annual gathering of scientists this year in Goa.

Liberalisation viewed through worker's eyes

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Tree travails

The Union government asks the Supreme Court to lift the interim ban on tree felling amid growing pressure from the northeastern states

Costly populism

SUBSIDIZING UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UNDERMINING THE EARTH WITH PUBLIC FUNDS· Andre de Moor & Peter Calamai·Commissioned by …

Profit from the poor

Fifty-four suicides in Andhra Pradesh have blown the lid off the social posturing by microfinance companies. Before the news of the deaths sank …

COVID-19: New assessment pegs 25% GDP slide for April-June

Expects industrial output to halve; inflation may shoot up

The Industrial Revolution began in Stuart Britain in the 1600s, a century before the traditional date: University of Cambridge

Britain’s service sector has been growing almost continuously for three hundred years, according to research  

As told to Parliament (September 14, 2020): Some 10.4 million jobless migrant workers returned home post-lockdown

All that was discussed in the House through the day

COVID-19 takes a toll on Chilika’s boatmen

As many as 10,000 boatmen have been looking for alternate sources of income

DTE Coverage: What happened at the MC12 WTO Meet in Geneva

COVID-19 lockdown hits crab farming in coastal Odisha

Prices have crashed and farmers cannot find exporters to sell their produce to

Simply Put: Budget

India's data blockade: Certainly uncertain terrain

No recent NSSO survey release passed without controversy

The gender pay gap for the FIFA World Cup is $370 million. It’s time for equity

The lack of gender parity is evident in all stages of the popular game

Vulnerable employment will continue to affect 72% of workers in South Asia: ILO

India is faced with the dual problem of informal and vulnerable employment

Poverty@25, India@70

Poverty remains conditional to one's social status