Lost keys of livelihood: Locksmiths a vanishing tribe in Lucknow’s Aminabad
A shift in lifestyles, COVID-19 pandemic has changed the game for Aminabad’s locksmiths. Most say they do not want their children …
Kendu leaf trade: Stringent laws needed to keep children out
The news of children working at kendu leaf collection centres often trickle in during April-May every year. Children are mostly engaged in …
COVID-19 hurts farms: No buyers amid bumper mango season in Malda
Full-house at orchards despite pandemic keeping away workers, but hardly any transport now
Nike and Adidas are using kangaroo skin to make sneakers. Is that necessary?
How popular shoe manufacturers are contributing to the world’s largest commercial slaughter of land-based wild animals
COVID-19 lockdown: Why some workers lost patience
The rich now trusts the government most, while the less privileged experience an absence of the same
Don’t drive Indian farmers to suicide through RCEP
India's political leadership seems to be favouring narrow corporate interests over those of the people
Goats, sheep drive India’s livestock numbers
The number of camels, pigs, donkeys, horses, mules, ponies and indigenous cattle breeds has drastically declined
Why the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me
The puzzle of who receives the novel prize is in itself a bit like an equation
As Amazon burns BlackRock emerges as world’s largest investor in deforestation
The world’s largest institutional investor with US $6.5 trillion in assets is a global leader in financing forest destruction, new report says
Odisha’s climate refugees: Satabhaya’s cattle farmers suffer in new homes
The once-prosperous community has been left to fend for itself after losing its rich economy to the ravages of the sea
Incremental child budget won’t bring transformational change
If tomorrow’s budget sticks to being just about an incremental change of numbers, nothing much will change. Transformation always needs …
World Bank: Kim and beyond
Here’s a lowdown on what good and bad came out of Kim’s reign as the bank’s president and what seems to be the future of the …
Measuring sustainability through inclusive wealth
United Nations Environment’s latest report suggests that the Inclusive Wealth Index (IWI), rather than GDP is better suited to capture a …
Balancing trade wars
Livelihood opportunities should take precedence in global trade talks as it is more about employment than anything else right now
War of words: why journalists need to understand grammar to write accurately about violence
An important but contested roles of journalism is the act of putting political violence into words. If they sound neutral, it’s likely …
The road to the great regression
In the 21st century, counter reactions to globalisation have been taking radically different forms
Anger of the jobless youth
Their frustrations in an unjust world can take various expressions—a fidayeen in Iraq, a stone pelter in Kashmir, a mercenary in Saudi …
India second most unequal region in wealth distribution: report
India’s 10 per cent rich share 55 per cent of the national income, making it the second most unequal region after the Middle East
"Big data can be used to counter corporate or state propaganda"
Jean Dreze on why he prefers a solidarity society, rather than a welfare state
Rs 11,607 crore, the cost of feeding unproductive cattle in India
An unproductive cow can incur a loss of Rs 60 per day, and stray cows are millions in number
Trawlers push small fisherfolk out of business
Bottom trawling has spelt doom for small-scale fishermen in Bengal's East Midnapore district. Faced with a bleak future due to reduced fish catch,…
A peek into Amma's welfare schemes
Tamil Nadu chief minister for six times, Jayalalitha Jayaram died in Chennai on December 5. We bring together a brief summary of her welfare …
Go Gokul gone
For all the noise around cow protection, NDA's cow mission, the very first it announced on assuming power, has nearly died
'Focus on data collection practices that capture income volatilities, little data'
Experts exchange ideas and research findings at a conference on development economics organised by the World Bank
Fisheries: an answer to food security and nutrition
For several countries fish exports are essential to national economies, FAO experts say