PUERTO RICO

Realities unmasked

A look at the prescribed guidelines for PCB appointments reveals glaring loopholes

Tripura roused

Government wakes up to the need for disaster management

Research on thin ice

Lack of coherent research on the melting Gangotri glacier spells disaster

Allocation for family welfare awareness fell 8% last year: PFI on why Budget 2024-25 should focus on adolescents

Investment to bridge digital gender gap & improve health literacy critical to unlock India’s true economic potential, says …

Mid-day meal price hike less than Re 1 as food inflation hits record level

The annual rise of material price came after a pause of 2 years because of the pandemic

Our country, our mess

How's India doing in providing basic social services?

Nightmare festivals

There is growing concern over the pollution caused by festivals like Diwali

Who rules your world?

The Union minister for external affairs says ecology should not be an elitist issue

Experiments with truth

Innovative science teaching scheme relegated to supplementary status

New Snippets

Multidimensional poverty affects 2/3rd of children in rural Nigeria: UNICEF

Larger proportion of children involved in economic labour were multi-dimensionally poor

A political gimmick

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

SUNNY DAYS

Healers in arms

The conflict between allopathy and homeopathy is an old one

Poverty, beyond calories

New method finds India is 9 per cent poorer

Amrit kaal for adivasis? What Union Budget 2023-24 does not say about tribal communities

The vision highlighted in the budget speech does not match ground realities

Global supply chains major user of child labour: UN report

Asian region has highest child labour in global supply chains

The right to develop

A UNDP report links democracy with a better human development scenario

UNITED NATIONS

Wooden feet

Education policy for kids under six

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

Informal workers’ vulnerability risks are passed on to their children: OECD

New report calls on governments to extend social protections to break the cycle of low-paying work

Midday meal may be outsourced

Schools in Maharashtra do not want responsibility, say the scheme hampers teaching

A complement, not a substitute

Cash transfer is effective only if basic services are in place