Shaky foundations

Truth or dare

By publicly disclosing the environmental status report and commissioning an ngo for its preparation, Pune Municipal Corporation has grabbed …

As told to Parliament (March 28, 2023): India recorded three H3N2 deaths, 1,317 cases 

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

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 …

Dash for cash

Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer

Nobel Peace Prize to child rights champions from India and Pakistan

Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay selected for their fight against injustice towards children

World risks spending $250 billion on simply monitoring UN development goals: report

The number should be reduced from the current 169 targets

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 …

A tab on wishlist

As firms explore applications for Indian consumers, the country is set to drive budget tablet market

‘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, …

Are compulsory rural postings for medical students needed to revamp health centres?

Umbilical Discord

An estimated 8,000 babies are born with neural defects every year in Rajasthan. Most of them die within a few months of birth. They are lucky. …

Children of a lesser State

A rare killer disease, Japanese encephalitis, has been annually and invariably breaking out in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. This year, so far, 3,…

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

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 …

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

'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

Nine in 10 schools in Bihar offer mid-day meals without kitchen infrastructure

Drinking water and toilets also missing in most state-run schools

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

Colouring plants

Mythila painting is an innovative media that contain powerful messages of conservation

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 …