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

Grim reminder

A fleeting reappearance of plague exposes India's lack of preparedness

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 …

Karnataka lost Rs 3,000 crore due to illegal mining: CAG

Performance audit report unveils mining irregularities in the state

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

Is India ready?

Effective social schemes need more than cash transfer

BANGLADESH GETS AID

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?

Supreme Court allows reopening of 90 more mines in Karnataka subject to conditions

Leases of 51 mines cancelled; embargo on new leases lifted

Not a cakewalk

Bottlenecks and hassles confront the Indian organic producers

High altitude, high pressure

Ladakh's leadership is alive to many problems. But, challenges are not easy

Panchayati Raj: A good beginning

But will there be a place for traditional institutions in modern local self-governance?

More energy, Less wastage

Solar is Ladakh's way out of the diesel trap

Re-schooling ladakh

Eight years of reforms have turned government schools around in Leh district

An attractive Place to go

Tourism's footprint is too big for Leh's infrastructure

A farewell to farms

Ladakh survives on its farms. But can agriculture survive government policies?

Environment ministry rapped

Parliament committee says serious inadequacies in afforestation, biodiversity programmes