A fifth of the world's healthy land degraded in 15 years

First land degradation assessment report by UNCCD shows countries in emergency mode to halt land degradation by 2030

Desertification: Planet’s tree-covered areas fell by 35,204 sq km in 15 years

Countries party to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification meet to review the first global land degradation assessment

Half-way, doubling farmers’ income is a distant dream

Farmers’ produces enter deflation zone; in general they don’t get return on their investments

कामगारों को तकनीक से न बांधा जाए : आईएलओ

ग्लोबल कमीशन ऑन द फ्यूचर ऑफ वर्क नए नियमों और डिजिटल कार्यस्थल पर अधिकारों की मांग करता है

पर्यावरण से बेपरवाह

नोटबंदी व जीएसटी जैसे फैसले रातोंरात ले लिए जाते हैं, लेकिन बात जब प्रदूषण या औद्योगिक त्रासदी की होती है तो सख्त फैसले की ...

ऑटोमेशन कौशल खत्म करेगा, इंसानी हस्तक्षेप जरूरी : आईएलओ

ग्लोबल कमीशन ऑन द फ्यूचर ऑफ वर्क का कहना है कि ऑटोमेशन और अन्य तकनीक कम दक्ष लोगों को काम से बेदखल कर देंगी

Drying reservoirs, low winter crop yield, and a simmering water crisis

About 300 districts have already been declared drought-hit by states 

Changing weather will affect living standards of half of India's population

2018 was the sixth-warmest and had the sixth-lowest monsoon in the last 117 years, says IMD

Education, infrastructure saving grace for top districts: NITI Aayog report

Top performing districts still lag behind in development parameters like health and nutrition

Inequality among farmers keeps 85 per cent out of discourse

Like in the formal economy, the farm economy also suffers from concentration of lands within a small group

पग-पग मीटू

यह मुहिम केवल संभ्रांत वर्ग तक सीमित नहीं है। सभी वर्गों की महिलाओं के पास मीटू अनुभव है जो साझा किया जा सकता है

Niti Aayog’s new strategy: A call for growth or acceptance of failure

Celebrating India's 75th year of Independence is a matter of pride, but achieving a "New India" needs more than a textual articulation

Not BJP, not Congress: Women voters are real winners today

The results to the elections to the five state legislative assemblies underscore how women play an increasingly important role in India’s …

संसद में 33 प्रतिशत महिलाओं की उपस्थिति 55 साल में होगी

महिला मतदाताओं की बढ़ती संख्या के बावजूद विधानसभाओं में उनकी उपस्थिति बमुश्किल 7 से 8 प्रतिशत है। जबकि संसद में उनकी मौजूदगी महज 11 ...

It will take 55 years to have one-third women representatives in Parliament

Despite women voting in record numbers, Parliament didn’t enact the Women’s Reservation Bill that promised to keep aside a third of …

You may pay a steep price but does the farmer make any money?

A farming household of five earns Rs 221/day, less than a person’s daily minimum wage

Environment as the enemy

We celebrate disruptive financial decisions as a sign of decisive leadership. So why not in the case of environmental emergencies?

Will this be the fourth consecutive warm winter?

Longer monsoon spell, warm winter lengthen mosquito-borne disease outbreaks across India

To meet global target, countries want formal control over indigenous communities’ lands

As the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting takes stock of Aichi Targets, the suggestion of bringing indigenous communities’ areas …

Have regional parties lived up to people’s aspiration?

Be it Andhra, be it Bihar, regional parties have followed economic policies laid down by national parties

Do public protests decide election results?

Research gives a mixed verdict but given India’s socio-economic reality, protests do impact election results

More than 50% of India’s tribal population has moved out of traditional habitats

Tribals are quitting farming fast; every second household now survives on manual labour in an informal economy

In the next 14 months, 62 countries will go to polls

India’s 130 million first-time voters will play a decisive role in the world’s state of economy

The others too

The MeToo campaign comes at a time when women are being courted for electoral gains. Is it good or bad?

गरीबी का पर्यावरण

विश्व की गरीब आबादी पारिस्थितिक रूप से संवेदनशील क्षेत्रों में सिमट रही है