India among worst performers in maternal and child health

Report also mentions that one-third of child deaths occur in South Asia

Tribal population of Andaman and Nicobar Islands has declined: census report

Government and academic differ on reasons for decline

Education policy for kids under six

Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs

Tribals' trauma

United Nations

Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate — 5 questions answered

These are first locally transmitted malaria cases in the US since 2003

Two more vulture species under threat

Is it diclofenac?

Farmers have decreased, farm labourers increased: census report

Only 54.6 per cent of total workers in India are now part of the agriculture sector

Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

Dictated by land

Khap panchayats oppose marriage in same gotra to control landholdings

Letters

Letters

Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan discusses ageing and death in new book

A restricted diet and proper sleep may play a key role in a long and healthy life

Cashing in on India’s demographic dividend

India will have the demographic dividend for another decade. It takes massive skill update to translate this advantage into a development bonanza