What does Union Budget 2021-22 mean for students, farmers, migrants, health workers? Not much

What was expected in a time of crisis were bold decisions. But finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to play it safe

Children demand inclusion in water and sanitation programmes at UNICEF forum

More than 50 children from across the world participated at the two-day conference in Tajikistan

'Disadvantaged groups have little access to public goods'

Most severely and consistently excluded groups are women, Adivasis, Muslims and the disabled, confirms India exclusion report by NGO

All schools must have separate toilets for girls and boys: Supreme Court

Apex court says toilets, drinking water facilities are integral to RTE Act; pulls up Andhra Pradesh government for not ensuring these facilities …

Silenced to death

The media and the government keep mum on pollution-cancer linkages and the abysmal medical help available in India against the menace

Out of breath

After visiting hospitals and slums VIBHA VARSHNEY has found that asthma makes poor children suffer far more than their rich counterparts. And a …

Degree of commerce

Vedanta gets tracts of thorium-rich land along the Orissa coast for a university. Allegations fly

Exams key anxiety source for Indian students: NCERT survey

Nearly half the students surveyed suffer from body image issues

Elusive hunt for skills and jobs

Budget outlays will not do much for job creation or readying youth for skilled work

What's going on?

Budget 2005-2006: the missing audit

Union Budget 2024-25: Allocations for health, education fail to meet targets under government policies

Health budget target was 2.5% of GDP by 2025, education target at 6%  

Gender inequities worsen impact of cancer in women, finds Lancet Commission

Discrimination affects their rights and opportunities to avoid risk factors, ability to get timely diagnosis & quality care

Forest officials have subverted premier research body for personal benefit: CAG

Indian Forest Service officials are occupying top posts meant for scientists in Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education; audit report …

Drying wetlands

Ladakh's high altitude wetlands are under severe stress from the livestock population as well as tourist influx

Call of the wild

A unique festival epitomises efforts for conservation of Assam rainforests which have been lying in a state of neglect for decades

How South Africa can address digital inequalities in e-learning

In the wake of South Africa’s first COVID-19 cases, several educational sites are now zero-rated or free to use

Too little in environment ministry's kitty

Reduction in ministry's budget by almost half expected to hit forestry research the most

BPL's dividing line

Government undecided on criteria to identify families below poverty line

Born again

Bapu's homecoming

Practical Spiritualism

Urban areas can support biodiversity

Finding space in our city for nature

Water business

Can COVID-19 pandemic help India foster rural livelihoods and build resilient villages?

The shift of balance created by COVID-19 has revealed that urban centres, while important, need not be the sole creator of jobs or economic …