COVID-19 update: India education ministry cancels board exams for Class X
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Delhi transport minister Kailash Gehlot test positive for virus
National Medical Commission Bill: Govt ignored key advices
There was no mention of community health providers in the version of the Bill the parliamentary standing committee studied and their opposition …
COVID-19: Inducing child, early and forced marriage
The lockdown has interrupted protective measures that need to be restarted immediately
‘Need to be accompanied biggest reason for girl student drop outs’
New study says 90 per cent of over 3,000 girls in 1,604 households across four states claimed this to be the reason
Caught in the web
Of poverty, life in India has improved little over the past decade, reports the planning commission's National Human Development Report 2001
Truth or dare
By publicly disclosing the environmental status report and commissioning an ngo for its preparation, Pune Municipal Corporation has grabbed …
Reform global financing system, fast-track climate action: UN Chief
Supporting developing world at core of strategies outlined by Antonio Guterres
WHO, Unicef target to avoid 50 million vaccine-preventable infections this decade
UN and other agencies launch new programme that aims to ensure immunisation benefits are shared equitably by humanity
ICFRE-ICIMOD’s REDD+ Himalayan programme extended till 2020
Launched in January 2016 in Mizoram, the project addressed the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in India's Himalayan states
Two years of Modi government: A civil society review
According to a report, government allocation in most social sectors do not address critical concerns in health, education and civic …
Nobel Peace Prize to child rights champions from India and Pakistan
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay selected for their fight against injustice towards children
A tab on wishlist
As firms explore applications for Indian consumers, the country is set to drive budget tablet market
South Asian Union: Dream reality?
A closer-knit South Asian community is not beyond the realms of possibility now. At the 12th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation …
‘Brick kiln workers in India underpaid and exploited’
India employs double the number of labourers than China, yet produces one-fifth of China’s annual brick production of 1 trillion
Population populism: UP draft population bill will impact the vulnerable, especially women
The focus must be on safeguarding women and girls’ reproductive health. Smaller families can be achieved by ensuring gender equality, …
'Disadvantaged groups have little access to public goods'
Most severely and consistently excluded groups are women, Adivasis, Muslims and the disabled, confirms India exclusion report by NGO
All schools must have separate toilets for girls and boys: Supreme Court
Apex court says toilets, drinking water facilities are integral to RTE Act; pulls up Andhra Pradesh government for not ensuring these facilities …
What does Union Budget 2021-22 mean for students, farmers, migrants, health workers? Not much
What was expected in a time of crisis were bold decisions. But finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to play it safe
Children demand inclusion in water and sanitation programmes at UNICEF forum
More than 50 children from across the world participated at the two-day conference in Tajikistan
Silenced to death
The media and the government keep mum on pollution-cancer linkages and the abysmal medical help available in India against the menace
Out of breath
After visiting hospitals and slums VIBHA VARSHNEY has found that asthma makes poor children suffer far more than their rich counterparts. And a …
Degree of commerce
Vedanta gets tracts of thorium-rich land along the Orissa coast for a university. Allegations fly
Gender inequities worsen impact of cancer in women, finds Lancet Commission
Discrimination affects their rights and opportunities to avoid risk factors, ability to get timely diagnosis & quality care
Forest officials have subverted premier research body for personal benefit: CAG
Indian Forest Service officials are occupying top posts meant for scientists in Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education; audit report …
Drying wetlands
Ladakh's high altitude wetlands are under severe stress from the livestock population as well as tourist influx