Only plans, no integration

Abandon paddy, build IT hubs: Montek

Planning Commission deputy chairperson gets flak for his advice to Kerala at investors' meet

Subansiri dam unsafe: experts committee

Report kept under wraps shows project plan ignores flood control and compromises on design, safety

Jobless growth comes to haunt beleaguered UPA government

Any job creation policy will have to refocus on ecology that has been giving employment to a large section of the population

Fresh drive to close gaps on health issues facing women and girls

Local capacities critical to making a difference must be strengthened

More clean energy

Union Budget 2022-23: Just 70 weeks left for India@75 targets, will Modi deliver the ‘New India’

From the promised $4 trillion economy to employment for women to doubling of farmers’ income to poverty eradication this year, most of the …

What does NFHS-5 tell us about unmet needs in contraception, family planning

Unmet needs of family planning declined in most states and Union territories except Meghalaya

Book Digest: Calls to action against climate change, air pollution and more

Role of technology to fight off COVID-19 pandemic to inevitability of climate crisis, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and …

When Indian women negotiate with local authorities to improve their lives in a slum

Women in a settlement in the north-eastern peri-urban part of Indore learnt that gentle, perseverant negotiation was the best way forward

Delhi government budget: are we losing public transport agenda of aam aadmi?

The new budget is a step back and a gross deviation from some of the early budgetary promises we got in June 2015

Chennai apart

From ignoring warnings to delays in taking actions, Tamil Nadu administration played its part in making the December floods more devastating

Justice delayed, denied

Five months after 14 women died in sterilisation camps in Chhattisgarh, there is no sign of justice being delivered to those who lost their kin. …

Terminated abruptly

Toeing the US' line appears to be an essential prerequisite for receiving aid from it. The 'Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium' for aids …

CAG finds irregularities in Odisha port projects

Audit reveals loss of Rs 160 crore for minor ports in PPP mode

Planning Commission push to health care privatisation

Draft 12th Five Year Plan proposes contracting-in and PPP in public health services

Left demands right to food for every Indian

Begins five-day sit in protest at Jantar Mantar

Skill development: China shows the way

Vocational education in India seems to be caught in a time warp. In contrast, China has a well-designed system in place

Is the government going to scrap the 12th Five Year Plan?

Experts feel this move will erode the gains and lessons learnt from the most inclusive plan so far

Redesigning cities: Intersection of geometry, perception and urban well-being in India

Adding nature-inspired geometric elements to public spaces can help locals reclaim self-actualisation

Whither freedom

Post independence, governments expanded squeezing village republics out of existence

Fruits of doing nothing

Two young farmers of Karnataka prosper by overcoming tiller instinct  

Taking big business to the trash cans

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