Will this ‘pro-agriculture’ budget connect with farmers?
Whether this budget will really bring any immediate change on the ground is a big question
Arun Jaitley launches 'world's largest health scheme'; is there a catch?
The National Health Protection Scheme, a flagship public health insurance programme, was announced by the Finance Minister in his 2015-16 budget …
Will Modi keep his power promise?
The NDA government is more than 2,000 days behind schedule for providing electricity to all households in India
How Aadhaar evolved into an invisible tool to monitor almost all our transactions
Sold as a concept to plug leakages in welfare schemes, Aadhaar is now creating more problems than what it had set out to resolve
Rajya Sabha passes Mental Health Bill
Under the legislation, every individual will have the right to get affordable and good quality treatment with easy access to services
Panna tribals denied forest entry in the name of animal conservation
Women are now overburdened with the responsibility of fetching food for the family. Earlier, tribals would collect food and firewood from …
Just what is heavy water?
Down To Earth explains the importance of the culprit behind the leak at Kakrapar on Friday
Centre approves national policy on offshore wind energy
Government hopes to repeat the success of onshore wind power development that happened in 1990s
Long wait in the valley
Months after the devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir, thousands of victims are still waiting to be rehabilitated. Meanwhile, this year's …
India’s coal power fleets under-utilised, says report, amid auctions
Performance of coal power fleets declined by 21 per cent from 78 per cent in 2010 — a historical low
Less than 500 days left, can India meet its MDG targets?
Going by current trends, the target for reducing infant mortality and improving other human development indices seem near impossible to achieve
Ayushman Bharat lucrative for insurance companies, burden for beneficiaries
In poor health part 4:Since most Indians are still not covered under any health insurance, Ayushman Bharat, world’s biggest health …
Economics of population
The 15th Finance Commission has recommended the use of Census 2011 instead of the norm of considering Census 1971, and this change has led to …
Unaware people, unavailable options help carbon emitting light bulbs sell
Sale of incandescent bulbs, which consume four times more power than a CFL, accounted for half the total sale of bulbs and tubelights in India …
दुनिया में मांस का बढ़ता उपभोग, जमीनों पर डाल रहा दबाव : यूएनसीसीडी
यदि प्रति दिन प्रति व्यक्ति मांस के 100 ग्राम उपभोग में महज 10 ग्राम की कटौती कर दे तो मानव स्वास्थ्य और जलवायु परिवर्तन ...
No new vision in BJP manifesto
The document makes the same old promises of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, housing for all and bridging the doctor-patient ratio
NYAY a positive step: UBI pilot study lead researcher
Calling it a good intiative, Sarath Davala questions how the Congress will implement such a scheme
आजादी का संघर्ष
एक तरफ गांव स्वशासन की घोषणा करते जा रहे हैं, दूसरी तरफ सरकार इसे गैरकानूनी और सख्ती से कुचलने की बात कह रही है।
Are we losing the war on dengue, chikungunya and mystery fever?
Be it heavy breeding, unplanned construction or possible virus mutation, the dengue and chikungunya cases have spiraled out of control this year. …
Victims of rehabilitation
To swindle money from the Narmada dam rehabilitation scheme, lands of thousands of tribal families have been given to the dam-displaced people …
Parliamentary panel recommends reduction of pictorial warnings on tobacco products
The committee has taken the decision in view of the possible loss of livelihood of bidi workers and the increase in illicit trade of tobacco products
Civil society opposes legalising sex determination
Union minister Maneka Gandhi had said that sex determination should be made mandatory as a solution to female foeticide
Vyapam virus
The scam in Madhya Pradesh exposes the criminal nexus which has infected India's medical education system
After India, China rejects patent claim for hepatitis C drug Sovaldi
Activists claim that the drug was developed using previously published information and an existing compound
Will India manage to survive international pressure to save its pro-people patent law?
US continues to question India’s patent regime in its latest report. The country was kept in the category where unfavorable conditions …