Children have the right to eat eggs, onions and garlic
The midday meal scheme for schoolchildren is increasingly getting politicised, as the upper class elite wants to impose its own religious/food …
Green energy ministry prods RBI to push for investments
MNRE wants banks to eliminate the Rs 15 crore lending limits set on RE projects and further isolate the sector from its conventional …
India’s non-agrarian rural economy struggles for sustenance
Farmers and farm labourers, who want to quit agriculture, are stuck in the non-remunerative work since other sectors are not generating jobs at …
AES: Bihar Police lodges complaint against villagers protesting child deaths
Complaint has allegedly been lodged against 20 people from the worst affected Harivanshpur village
Ozone pollution in Delhi worse this summer than last: CSE
The national capital recorded 122 microgram per cubic metre of the pollutant, which is 1.22 times higher than the eight-hour average standard
From village pradhans to Pradhan Mantri: Devolve power and invest political will
PM Narendra Modi’s letters to panchayat heads to conserve water revives the inevitability of local government in water management. But the …
Who cares about high drug prices?
Drug manufacturers have started charging high prices at levels unheard of earlier, but nobody is bothered
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: How India is at risk
Twenty-one drought-prone districts in India, have over half of their areas under desertification between 2003-05 and 2011-13, according to …
Arvind Subramanian’s calculation of GDP is flawed too, says economist Arun Kumar
He says neither the government not the former chief economic advisor include the unorganised sector while computing economic growth
How environment became one of the top three global risks after 2010
Environment poses the greatest challenge in today's world. Reason: Governments world over have failed to mitigate and adapt to climate change …
All we know about this year’s monsoon
Researchers and experts have been talking about monsoon, its impact on agriculture and how cities are not prepared to handle the rains much …
Goa’s first white paper on livelihood can help in effective state planning
Prepared by Goa Livelihoods Forum, the paper calls for the state to achieve development in the lines of the United Nation’s sustainable …
Is Nipah back in Kerala because of deforestation?
According to the WHO, fruit bats have faced persistent hunger and stress due to human's developmental activities that have led to massive …
Bt Brinjal: Activists slam regulatory body for inaction against illegal cultivation
India banned the cultivation of Bt brinjal in 2010, but GM crops still finds its way in to the fields through illegal supply of seeds
There is a limit to everything
Researchers at Duke University in the United States have claimed to have found the limits of human physical endurance
Salaried employees in India devoid of paid leaves, social security: PLFS
The Periodic Labour Force Survey also revealed that, during 2017-18, a whopping 71.1 per cent employees received no written job contract
‘Free metro, bus travel may not improve safety, but stress public transport system’
If the proposal gets implemented, it is expected to cost the Delhi government Rs 700 crore on an annual basis
World Environment Day: Climate change gets support from tennis world
All the four Grand Slams — the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open — have joined the Sports for Climate …
Language gap in policy making needs bridging
For active participation of tribal communities in policy dialogues, subaltern language are indispensable
Mining maims the mighty Aravallis
Illegal mining and real estate projects batter the 2.5 billion years old mountain range in just 40 years
10 interventions government must make to protect forest rights
BJP-led NDA has won 38 out of 48 reserved seats for Scheduled Tribes across the country, of which a majority is from forest-rich areas
The new Patanjali of yoga
Did anyone think that Maharishi Patanjali, the giver of those priceless exercises, would become private property one day?
The sweet dealers
Some of India’s top politicians have a deep interest in the sugar industry. Here’s why
Bill in Connecticut aims to stop sale of harmful cosmetics banned in EU
Many of the chemicals banned in the European Union are still used in the US in products ranging from toothpaste to shampoo and fruit juices to cheese
Sugar lobby refutes claims to potential health risks
Studies have linked heart diseases to sugar and metabolic diseases, which can increase risk of death