Grains of doubt

Rural affairs ministry rejects wage payment in kind under rural job scheme

Anaemia rampant in women in Bageshwar

Question on employment guarantee scheme's success

A rose or a ladder?

Labour Day: 10 worrying signs from the world at its youngest

A few points on the state of works in the world

50 million a step away from starvation: Civil society seeks urgent funds

Non-governmental organisations wrote a letter to global leaders urging support

Acute hunger more than doubled in 10 countries most affected by climate change

Countries among those that emit least; 7 in Africa

India’s SDG preparedness ranking continues to decline: Report

Country faces major challenges in achieving 11 of 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Famine in Ethiopia: the roots lie in Eritrea’s long-running feud with Tigrayans

Entire region is classified “hard to reach” for aid convoys

Feeble Rights

Rights-based governance has not been accompanied by effective delivery mechanism

Islamic banking with a twist

A cooperative in Bihar offers interest-free loans, but only to its poor members

Unhealthy policy

A new policy fails to address key problems of healthcare

Devolution suffers setback

India's decentralisation process receives yet another blow

In short

What is the Indian Social Forum all about?

Drop in unemployment not necessarily good news

88,000 fake ration cards

Orissa government to save Rs 40 crore by cancelling them

Perhaps yes, minister

As told to Parliament (December 6, 2023): Activation of Almora fault led to increase in earthquakes in 2023, says Rijiju

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Hurun India Rich List: Malnourished and the multi-billionaires

The rich will only get richer, irrespective of the poor getting richer or not

Venezuela food crisis, fallout of a mismanaged economy

A whopping 87 per cent of Venezuelans say they don't have money to buy enough food

'Paris Agreement signing would mark critical global efforts to address climate change'

In a couple of days, the Paris Agreement document will be open for signatures by states

A year later, the government’s promises on mental health still unfulfilled

No update on Mental Health Care Bill, other promises

Life after hail

Of mountains & ozone holes

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