India to stand steady against global financial volatility: World Bank

Weak farm output and halted bills may hamper growth trajectory for the country

'Australia must sign a treaty with its First People'

Aboriginal activist Lidia Thorpe says a treaty is the only way to bring closure to Australia, which is after all, a settler-colonial project

World Bank pulls out of Amaravati construction project

The Bank, which was to lend $300 million to the project has said it will no longer be involved, given the project’s non-compliance of its …

Protest against dengue at Delhi Secretariat

Protesters demanded that the Delhi government should declare dengue an epidemic and ensure that no hospital refuses to admit a dengue patient  

`The Australian government is amending laws to push Adani's coal mine project'

The Adani Group's US$ 16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine project in Queensland is mired in a controversy as it not only threatens the Great …

India 117th among 190 countries in empowering women

Even least developed countries like Rwanda, Lesotho fared better than India

Food prices increase in Afghanistan amid conflict

A recent report said that 27.5 per cent of Afghanis are food insecure

Interim Budget 2019: Pensioners let down, say activists

Piyush Goyal’s budget speech ignored the vulnerable as it had nothing about the state-assured social pension for the elderly, widows and …

Chhattisgarh urges Centre to roll back Hasdeo mining nod; activists want more

Letter written to Centre by the state government cites protests and disruption of law and order in the state as the only reason for …

‘Govt is cheating us, destroying traditional agriculture’

Farmers living in tribal areas in Jharkhand alleged that industrialists and the government are conspiring to ruin diverse traditional seeds and crops

What do animal rights have to do with human wellbeing? Everything

Animal rights are important because all animals have inherent worth and because human rights and a healthy planet matter

India’s megacities face soaring temperatures brought on by urbanisation

ACs and automobiles are major contributors to what is known as the urban heat trap

Support system: This Chhattisgarh SHG began to fight leprosy stigma; it has now made women self-sufficient

Sahara has got a liquor distillery closed down; enabled women to participate in local governance and improved livelihoods

Veganism: Why we should see it as a political movement rather than a dietary choice

The change aimed at is a world without industrial animal agriculture, which needlessly & harmfully exploit animals  

BASIC nations concerned over gaps in pre-2020 climate actions, urge developed world to take lead

Ministers from BASIC nations urge developed countries to honour their commitments and increase climate finance to at least $100 billion per annum …

Private firms made windfall gain of Rs 1.86 lakh crore from coal blocks: CAG

Report names Essar, Tata and Jindal Steel and Power among beneficiaries

Wake Up World Bank

Absolute immunity leads to impunity, and that foments lack of transparency and the reluctance to be held accountable

MENA economies face stagnant growth & rising debt amidst regional conflict, World Bank warns

Report highlights growing burden of debt, particularly among oil-importing countries

PM Modi: Climate action ambitions must match with action on climate finance

Calls for democratising climate action in a blog article

Invasive species flourish in non-native regions due to soil microbes and fungi: Study

A three-year study of the Canadian horseweed species revealed the changing behaviour of plant species in non-native regions, helping them to …

The Island of Turtles

BJP leader Tarun Vijay recently tweeted that Havelock Island in the Andaman Archipelago should be renamed as “Rani Lakshmibai Island”.…

Subsidies don’t help fight climate change, World Bank report finds

In 2021, countries shelled out $577 billion to actively lower the price of polluting fuels such as oil, gas, and coal  

Scarred: The COVID-19 pandemic destroyed human capital. Its impact will haunt our future

The economic impact caused by a collapse of human capital could affect the world for upto a decade, according to a new World Bank report

Doha outcome adopted. US reserves its right to walk out later

US does a Kyoto again. It rejects the idea of equity by refusing to associate itself to any new agreement that is under the Convention.

Vantangiyas: Forests builders but not considered forest dwellers

The community that has been turning barren land into dense forests is struggling for education, subsidised food and healthcare