No smartphones, internet access: Odisha’s rural kids caught in digital divide

More than 70% rural children studying in a government elementary school in the state do not have laptops or smartphones  

शिक्षा पर महामारी के पड़ते प्रभाव को मापने के लिए संयुक्त राष्ट्र ने जारी किया नया ट्रैकर

पिछले एक साल में कोरोना के चलते 160 करोड़ बच्चों की शिक्षा पर असर पड़ा है

From Nalanda to nowhere: Will Bihar’s public libraries survive

State not granting funds, alleges Bihar MLA Sudama Prasad; only 51 of 540 libraries have survived since 1950s

National Medical Commission Bill: IMA defers protest

The association wants to first take public into confidence and wait for 'current political situation' to get better

Vyapam virus

The scam in Madhya Pradesh exposes the criminal nexus which has infected India's medical education system

A political gimmick

When concern for the environment is merely cosmetic, can we hope for a change?

SUNNY DAYS

Terminated abruptly

Toeing the US' line appears to be an essential prerequisite for receiving aid from it. The 'Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium' for aids …

Poverty, beyond calories

New method finds India is 9 per cent poorer

Healers in arms

The conflict between allopathy and homeopathy is an old one

Odisha’s tribal heartland fights COVID injustices with writings on the wall

Locals in remote villages have written on walls of their houses, urging government to address the digital divide highlighted by COVID-19

बुजुर्गों की आंखों की रोशनी छीन रहा है जंक फूड

वैज्ञानिकों के अनुसार आहार में जंक फूड और पश्चिमी भोजन की अधिकता बुजुर्गों में मैक्यूलर डिजनरेशन नामक विकार को जन्म दे रही है, जोकि ...

Global supply chains major user of child labour: UN report

Asian region has highest child labour in global supply chains

Is the world ready to meet the SDG target on sanitation?

A closer look at the report by UNICEF and WHO tells you that this certainly not the case

Sector-based highlights of Union Budget 2017-18

The budget’s thrust has been on stimulating growth, affordable housing, curbing black money and promoting digital economy

Out of rathole

Post a ban on small-scale coal mining, Meghalaya is investing its energy and enterprise in other sectors

An unconventional study of the food-cycle

FOOD, HEALTH AND SURVIVAL IN INDIA AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Stuart Gillespie and Geraldine McNeill Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price:

The right to develop

A UNDP report links democracy with a better human development scenario

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Wooden feet

Reviving nature

A professor heralds hope and greenery into a remote Orissa village to set it free from a web of untouchability, superstition, illiteracy and poverty

Reining it in

Chennai shores up its laws to curb groundwater depletion, with renewed emphasis on rainwater harvesting

Education policy for kids under six

Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs

The struggle to get inclusive education to south Odisha’s tribal children

Already marginalised, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on tribal groups, especially children in Koraput; but civil society is trying its best to …

Combating AMR: How Delhi’s campaign design for school kids helped

Schools, as institutions for people in their formative years, are strategic settings for advancing health promotion skills, practices and …