Can MGNREGA cushion the COVID-19 lockdown blow for Moradabad’s returning villagers

There is a sharp rise in demand for work under MGNREGA in Moradabad and other districts of the state

India in a microcosm: Will COVID-19 reverse migrants pick up the plough again? Palanpur throws up a question

Palanpur has been closely monitored and studied since the early 50s to help economists, policy makers understand the changing rural landscape of …

E-toxic trail

Moradabad's e-waste dismantling and recycling industry has severely polluted the Ramganga river, finds a new CSE study

On the trail of a man-eater

Ankur Paliwal visits Moradabad district where a tigress is on the prowl to find out why she took to killing humans

Tigers on the prowl

Tigers have killed 16 people across the country in the past two months

Animal bones found in biscuit factory in Moradabad

Factory was employing children below 14 years of age

Another person killed by tiger near Corbett

Forest officials term tiger attack accidental; tigress declared man-eater yet to be captured

Adopt manual scavengers act, human rights commission tells states

Polio spreads in Indian states

Enforcing e-waste rules a challenge

Loopholes in the rules make it difficult to regulate informal sector dealing in e-waste and bulk consumers of electronic goods

Microcredit scheme for solar lighting system

Rural families pay less than what they spent on kerosene lamps for off-grid lighting

E-waste recycling hub: Moradabad

Rudimentary and risky ways of recycling cut costs, offer the formal sector tough competition  

Mockery or mock drill?

Sonal Matharu wonders when nature strikes unannounced what is the point of pre-announced mock drills

Resurgent polio

Eradicating polio in India is proving to be a tough ask. The disease, which seemed to have been contained a few years ago, is rearing its head …

Unrealistic approach killing rural sanitation programme