Out of favour

Focus on Alphonso has resulted in neglect of native mango varieties grown in the Western Ghats, some of which are on the brink of extinction

A mixed bag

The Bangladesh government sends thin plastic bags packing, but has Dhaka seen the last of them? Pinaki Roy on the ban's efficacy

Why Bihar serves poor quality meals to school kids

There are no guidelines for hygienic preparation and handling of mid-day meals for children; monitoring at local level virtually non-existent

COVID-19, war and hunger: Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is becoming worse

Over 10 million are on the brink of famine; as many as 400,000 children are at the risk of dying, according to UN  

How effective are environmental PILs

Judiciary's pro-development tilt is making activists seek recourse at the societal level

Defiling the sacred

How the environment --- sacred to Hindus --- is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion

50 years of international aid: World’s richest countries owe $5.7 trillion debt to poor, says OXFAM

Substantial debt owed to world’s poorest people 9 times more than sub-Saharan Africa’s stock of external debt at 2019-end

Kind to Cash

A short stop motion that shows all the schemes that a human being (woman) can avil of in her lifetime.    

Non-monetary indicator of poverty

Our policy makers should move away from the income criterion for estimating poverty and take cognisance of other indicators

Day after mid-day meal deaths, vitamin A dose kills child in Bihar

Another incident of poisoning caused by mid-day meal reported from Bihar's Madhubani district

UN calls for protection of rights of women, indigenous peoples

The 69th session of the UN General Assembly will see the participation of world leaders on crucial global issues

Two incidents that made me ask: Whither forestry extension?

Extension programmes in forest institutions are meant to benefit stakeholders, mainly farmers, villagers and rural communities

The secret garden

Want to know about a lost variety of rice or a cure to asthma? Answers lie in the notebooks of schoolchildren and women of the Sundarbans and …

COVID-19, poverty may have spurred child marriages in India: Activists

Numbers show one in every four in India is a child marriage, but ground situation may be even worse

On wrong wavelength

Twenty years after the Supreme Court asserted that people have a right over radio waves, community radio continues to struggle. Instead of …

Africa loses more money than it gets in aid

While annual global aid is less than $30 billion, the continent incurs loss of $58 billion every year

Gujarat's Chirajeevi Yojana fails to deliver

US$ 32 million given to private healthcare sector under the scheme to improve maternal and child health, but childbirth-related complications …

Skill development: China shows the way

Vocational education in India seems to be caught in a time warp. In contrast, China has a well-designed system in place

Book launch becomes platform to debunk studies on health risks of cell phone towers

IIT professor and international expert say fear around mobile technology is unscientific

Gujarat's power consumers paying for losses caused by Coal India Limited

Supply of inferior quality coal to power plants has increased power production cost, points out NGO

Salvage science

Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister seeks more funds and education reforms in science sector

Bihar midday meals: 75 students take ill, five critical

Two separate incidents of food poisoning from consuming midday meal reported from Arwal and Jhajha districts

Mobile technology to be used to improve maternal and child health in Africa

Smartphones will help health workers track the health of expecting mothers and their unborn children

Rules and renegades

Pesticide regulations in India are lax. The industry has exploited the loopholes to corrupt the system. And the government has turned a blind eye …

Industry's Nemesis

A report by the National Institute of Occupational Health nails endosulfan. Is that why the pesticide establishment wants to keep it under wraps?