Odisha report on housing ‘irregularities’ under Centre’s lens

MPs allege that 85% of 1.2 million PMAY-G beneficiaries in state ineligible for scheme

Tax brakes

Poor count

Defining poverty is crucial to make the food security bill effective

Survey highlights gap between climate emergency perception, action in India

73% Indians are optimistic about avoiding climate crisis in their lifetime according to a survey by Epson; 4.1% don’t believe there is a …

The rise of the rurals

The Bharatiya Janata Party's famed "Gujarat Model" gets a rude jolt in the state's recent polls, especially from rural communities in the …

Delhi government bans sale of Maggi in stores

A total of 13 packets were tested and it was found that 10 contained lead more than the prescribed limit of 2.5 parts per million

Norway to curb investments in coal-based firms

Funds from the country’s sovereign wealth fund will not go to companies that draw more than 30 per cent of their revenue or power from coal

2023 in a blink: How did PM Modi’s biggest 4 ‘castes’ — poor, youth, women and farmers — fare this year

PM Modi first made the statement on November 30, 2023 during Opposition calls for nationwide caste census

AIIMS surgeon enters Limca Book of Records

Conducted maximum joint replacements at highest altitude

New draft rules for RTI draws flak

Activists say the rules undermine the spirit of the law

Green light to buffer zones

Centre approves buffer zone around two tiger reserves in Maharashtra

Focus shifts to man-made fibre

Farmers sidelined in draft national fibre policy

Watery grave: How garbage, encroachments contaminated Guwahati’s only river

Natural and artificial drains in the city get clogged during heavy rains and spill on to the roads

Need parking policy to entitle every citizen to dignified life, says Supreme Court

The apex court upholds parking rules as a clean air strategy and asks for its implementation  

For 17 years, govt investment in agriculture dips across the world

In contrast to popular belief, agriculture’s share in global economy has been increasing

Climate change disrupts the goal of doubling farmers’ income

According to the just tabled Economic Survey, the government needs to implement “radical” actions to ensure the Prime Minister’…

Central Government Health Schemes now open to all senior citizens in Delhi

Doctors will now have to prescribe only those medicines and procedures that have been listed under schemes

Social sector spending by UPA regime

The UPA government in its 10 years in power increased spending in social welfare sectors but not on agriculture, the backbone of rural economy

Foodgrains from the Centre to states fell by almost four million tonnes in last three years: Data

Distribution was less than release in at least 15 states

EWS quota: Delhi government to crack whip on private hospitals

All private hospitals should have beds reserved for poor, says an activist

Free from poverty line

Centre delinks access to welfare schemes from poverty line

Ready for guillotining?

Bitter feud

New mineral policy pushes privatization at people's cost

Orissa high court blow for Vedanta

Asks company to return land acquired for university to owners