Africa fights hunger with football, Vietnam aims at ‘zero hunger’ by 2025
Millions of people in Asia and Africa are undernourished and malnourished
Price of food inflation
In near future the impact of high food price will show in terms of more malnourished
One up
Monsanto wins a landmark victory in Britain
An uphill task
Sustainability still a long way off, says Worldwatch
Stupid growth
In short
Bail us out: consume
Long COVID, mental disorders among diseases to watch in 2023: IHME
Independent global research organisation brought out a list of 11 health issues that should be monitored closely in 2023
COVID-19 calls for renewed focus on eating right and natural
Post-COVID-19 scenario offers a unique opportunity to seize the moment and repurpose policies towards a food system that is resilient and …
Story from a divided land
The memoir celebrates Chhattisgarh but laments the lost opportunity for its inclusive and violence-free development
DRDA faces axe
District Rural Development Agency in conflict with Constitution; committee suggests its abolition
Born at 44
Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart
Urban India's deprived lot
India is becoming dominantly urban, and the urban poor, who are increasing in numbers, face exclusion from basic amenities like safe drinking …
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. …
Former militant Bijoy Hrankhal on Tripura's tribal needs
Bijoy Kumar Hrankhal was the founder member and vice-president of the Tripura National Volunteer, the first militant group in Tripura. He laid …
No toilet at home? Can’t contest local body polls in Bihar, says Nitish
State government to make amendments to the existing Bihar Panchayati Raj Act
Water strikes the poor, says report
Access to drinking water, power has improved in slum areas, says slum census report
63.5 per cent slum dwellers in Indian cities have mobile phone connections, but only 19 per cent have toilets
Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021: Addressing the bigger problem
The draft proposes increasing thickness of carry bags made of virgin plastic to 120 microns from 50 microns; ban single-use plastic from 2022
Sure cure: how to tackle India's undernutrition crisis in 10 steps
The finance ministry and the planning department can play an overarching role by ensuring health programmes get sufficient resources
Lobbying begins
Just before mining bill is tabled in Parliament, industry calls profit-sharing a burden. Government is unsure
Rooster calls no more
The tasty meat of a breed of poultry unique to Jhabua is turning out to be the its greatest enemy in the fight for survival
COVID-19 pandemic may drive 40-60 mln to extreme poverty: UNCTAD report
Families will be pushed deeper into poverty as the current employment decline is biggest since World War II, according to the report
Forests for people
Newly democratic Bhutan pushes community forestry to tackle rural poverty
Reason to cheer
Meet two pioneering grassroots leaders nominated for the Equator Initiative Awards