Elusive hunt for skills and jobs

Budget outlays will not do much for job creation or readying youth for skilled work

What's going on?

Too little in environment ministry's kitty

Reduction in ministry's budget by almost half expected to hit forestry research the most

BPL's dividing line

Government undecided on criteria to identify families below poverty line

Born again

Bapu's homecoming

Practical Spiritualism

Matter of life and death

Simply Put: COVID-19 and students

New UN report gives recommendations to improve human development in Asia-Pacific

Proposes green growth approach, among others

Poverty high in Ghana, but so is school enrollment

Households claim improvement in living conditions over last 10 years

As told to Parliament (March 15, 2023): Only 16% of India’s researchers are women

The total number of women researchers in the country is 56,747

Bihar slashes spending on education and social welfare

Coal-based power receives a major boost in the state budget presented on March 12

Punjab, cancer capital of India

Government survey shows cancer cases in the state exceed national average

Count the natural debt, too

The beacon

Several social groups are trying to restore the link between Hinduism and the environment

Erosion of values

...and how it leads to environmental degradation

Degree without honours

Parliamentary committee turns down a proposed three-year course in rural health

Innovative administrator

IAS officer R Gopalakrishnan made development work for people

Almost half of doctors in US from lower-income countries

India has spent around $1,850 million on 53,000 medical graduates practicing in the US

Out of control

Parts of India still struggle to stabilise population growth

Holistic approach

Civil society and all government agencies are responsible for sustainable development

Children make up for 80 per cent of deaths attributed to climate change

But they are the most ignored in the climate change discourse

Call for policy to check drug abuse, overuse

Public health experts suggest ways to curb drug resistance

Celebrities could be sued for endorsing products in misleading advertisements

Central Consumer Protection Council panel to consider proposal