Asian rubbish

Natural bad debt

Beyond The Billion

If post-Independence leaders of India had ensured full literacy, a solution would have been in sight for a lot of problems. Population, for one. …

Much of today's environmental impacts originate in cities

Out of control

Parts of India still struggle to stabilise population growth

Public Deprived System

The country’s 76 million poor have been denied the right to claim subsidised foodgrain under public distribution system

Give native knowledge its due place

Cities are good

Angel argues slowing down urbanisation will hurt the poor the most

India’s population to surpass China’s this year: UN report calls for focus on reproductive rights

State of World Population 2023: Impact on economy, environment main concerns of citizens, finds perception survey   

Elderly & lonely

India has more elderly people than ever before. Most of them have little social security and cannot afford healthcare. While the government seems …

City on trial

Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan

Tribals' trauma

United Nations

A look at world urban population

South Asia

Operation cover-up

Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…

Letters

Desperately seeking skills & jobs

India has a youth bulge in its population, accounting for the largest number of young working age people in the world. This demographic …

Living on the edge

Coastal South Asia is fragile and vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, governments are setting up industries, ports and promoting tourism …