Delhi's walking medicine bank

Omkar Nath Sharma has made it his vocation to collect unused medicines and distribute them to the poor

Fishery degradation in Pakistan: A poverty-environment nexus?

The number of fishing vessels in Pakistani coastal waters has been steadily increasing but the fish catches steadily decreasing. Press reports …

India's gold follies and food security

Why are lawmakers so ready to forego huge tax revenues on gold but baulk at spending on food for the poor?

For a few dollars more

Developing countries immunised 80 per cent of their children by 1990 and saved millions of lives. But 35,000 children, under five years of age, …

The battle for knowledge

What are patents? Why have they become politically contentious and a major source of friction between rich nations and the developing world?

Socio Economic and Caste Census could leave rightful claimants out of BPL list

Activists point out several drawbacks in the inclusion and deprivation criteria

COVID-19 exposes fault lines in peri-urban areas

Lack of sanitation awareness prevails at a greater extent here; it is unclear how COVID-19-centric awareness campaigns will influence behavioral …

Food security bill forgoes nutrition security

The bill will ensure food for millions of hungry Indians. But has the government identified them?

West Africa’s falling fish stocks: Illegal Chinese trawlers, climate change and artisanal fishing fleets to blame

Current west African coastal fishing crisis in the Gulf of Guinea is complex because it has multiple and reinforcing origins

Lack of budget, high demand slow MGNREGS

Deletions keep millions jobless despite the scheme seeing highest demand in a decade

Dying for ration: These Barmer widows and orphans are being turned away from PDS shops

Settlement has lost most of its men to liquor abuse; Women work as waste pickers

UNITED NATIONS

Turncoat 'thieves'

Former teak smugglers become official forest guards

Janadesh 2007: Satyagraha for self-reliance, dignity

"Salwa Judum is peaceful. We support it"

NREGA’s technological sabbatical

Job cards of many to expire in 2011 and renewal would take time

How women seized NREGA

Slums as self-confrontation

The attempt to free cities of slums will only make them invisible  

Remains of the day

Uncelebrated entrepreneurs

Slum today, gone tomorrow

If the Union cabinet endorses a recent decision of the group of ministers, about 35,000 shanties will have to be removed from Mumbai's Santa Cruz …

Health must be fast-tracked for 2030

The world needs more and better skilled health workers to attain the SDG targets and continue to foster global health beyond 2030

MGNREGS: Difficulty in finding work, delayed wages add to women workers’ woes

The employment scheme worked as a lifeline for rural Indian households during the COVID-19 pandemic

Water, Africa’s Gold: How poverty exacerbated Nigeria’s acute water crisis

Lack of clear government funding led to avoidable deaths from water-borne diseases like cholera

How COVID-19 is exposing children to traffickers

School closure due to COVID-19 has not only precluded many from access to education, but also from a source of shelter and nourishment