Raising marital age of women: Smashing patriarchy or further regression?

The proposed law to raise the marital age of Indian women is not very productive in the attainment of better health and education health status&…

COVID-19: Kenya ensures kids keep learning amid lockdown

A state body under the education ministry has intensified delivery of school programmes through radio and television broadcasts

IIT-Madras to increase intake in data science course

The programme was introduced in 2017 as part of an exercise to provide undergraduate students an opportunity to do courses across disciplines 

Electing India’s health transformation

The new government must convene a meeting of central and state health ministers annually, to build consensus across the political spectrum and …

Fertility in 91 countries insufficient to maintain population: study

The baby bust in 91 countries, including Singapore, Spain, Portugal and South Korea is happening simultaneous to a baby boom in 104 countries, …

What is the Green Credit Programme?

It is a first-of-a-kind market-based instrument designed to incentivise individuals, industries and local bodies for their voluntary …

Simply Put: Our lives matter

Scientists develop non-invasive technique to assess burn wound healing

A mere laser light is enough to check the status of recovery

Obituary: Amit Sengupta (1958 to 2018) was a powerful voice for health equity

His optimism and persistence will inspire generations of activists

Unpopular opinion: Ranajit Guha and Subaltern Studies writers were ‘caste-blind’, says section of experts

They covered tribal and Dalit movements and yet never delved into issues of identity and autonomy, the experts told DTE  

How Radio Dhimsa is helping Odisha's tribal students tide over digital divide

The station broadcasts educational content to over 2,000 students of classes 1-5 in 62 villages 

Gains lost: ILO flags rise in child labour — the first time this millennium

Globally, 9 million more children are at risk of child labour by the end of 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic 

Education for tribals: A student from Odisha shows the way

Lack of internet connectivity, regular electricity supply: Access to quality education has remained abysmal in the remote tribal pockets of …

Note-taking by hand: A powerful tool to support memory

Taking notes by hand involves cognitive engagement in summarising, paraphrasing, organising and concept mapping that leads to deeper understanding

Investing in Africa’s rural youth can work wonders for continent: Report

Africa’s youth bulge and the fact that most of its people live in rural areas, make this especially important

India's Health Crisis

Insufficient allocation for the health sector pushing 7% of Indians below the poverty line and about 23% of the sick can't afford healthcare

Simply Put: Age of inequality

Maths, physics not compulsory to study engineering: Experts differ with AICTE

Some are critical, while others believe the idea is not a bad one

More than 39 billion school meals missed during COVID-19 pandemic: UN report

UN agencies urged governments to prioritise school reopening  

Marginal improvement in rural women’s education, finds NFHS-5

Social, cultural stigmas reasons for lack of improvement 

COVID-19: Teachers report reduced capacity to help vulnerable students, finds UNESCO survey

Students with low socioeconomic status more likely to worry about future education, falling behind 

Bleak future ahead: COVID-19 pushes Karnataka’s first generation Adivasi learners off schools

If children permanently drop out of school, it would be not just a loss of education, but also for the community, say experts

CSIR lab to organise nationwide summer research training programme

The programme’s objective is to ameliorate the stagnancy created in the national academic scenario due to the COVID-19 pandemic 

More than 50% of India’s tribal population has moved out of traditional habitats

Tribals are quitting farming fast; every second household now survives on manual labour in an informal economy

COVID-19: 66% of children unable to get remote learning are from south Asia, Africa, says UNICEF

Voicing concerns over the limited reach of remote learning exacerbated with regional inequalities, UNICEF urges countries to prioritise the safe-…