Injustice gets nastier

राजकोषीय संकट : जानिए क्यों आकंठ कर्ज में डूब गया एफसीआई

बढ़ती हुई एमएसपी और 81 करोड़ लोगों को मुफ्त पांच किलो अनाज प्रति महीने देने की योजना ने बजट के विपरीत एफसीआई पर कर्ज ...

क्या राजनीतिक छत्रछाया में पल रहा चीनी उद्योग पर्यावरण, खाद्य सुरक्षा और स्वास्थ्य के लिए भी है फायदेमंद?

स्टैनफोर्ड यूनिवर्सिटी ने भारत के चीनी उद्योग का व्यापक विश्लेषण किया है, जो बेहद रोचक है

COVID-19 and the big pharma mess

The pandemic has exposed a serious fault line in the global pharmaceutical supply chain, created by an industry that flourished by putting profit …

THROWBACK: How China’s ‘sponge cities’ aim to re-use 70% of rainwater

Even as Indian cities become increasingly water-scarce, they get flooded — as Mumbai is getting now — by a few days' intense rainfall.…

2.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water at home; rural-urban gap persists

The WHO and UNICEF report finds significant inequalities in basic water, sanitation and hygiene services

Bastar beyond Maoists: tale of a rich region and its poor people

The obsession with insurgents is so deep that no one is paying attention to health and education in this ancient and beautiful land

Report promotes win-win situations in food habits

Dietary habits across the world having low environmental impacts can also ensure good health, experts say

Why we cannot ignore the poor

One thing is clear—the solutions must work for the poor, for them to work for the rich

'Inclusive urbanisation is the answer'

S Janakarajan, professor at Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), conducts research on urban and peri-urban issues, disaster management …

Towards a better yield

Stories of success and failure

South Asia

To store and to have not

Poor planning creates shortage amid plenty

An open letter to Devendra Fadnavis

As the new chief minister of Maharashtra wins the trust vote in the state Assembly, these are a few things that need his urgent attention

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?

People in Argentina in favour of nationalisation of water company

New Age Approach

We need to go back to the drawing board to reinvent a green toilet. If necessary, to go back to our past and find technological innovations that …

Drowning In Human Excreta

Sanitation for urban India means building flush toilets and linking them to sewer systems. But the price of chasing this dream is leading to an …

India-Pakistan nuclear war can starve humanity: Study

Food supplies may drop over 20% in 70 poor countries with 1.3 bln people, the study estimated  

Expect budget to be rural-centric, focus on delivery to beneficiaries

PM Modi has already launched a major water conservation campaign, put the focus of his second tenure on revival of the agrarian economy

Bastar beyond Maoists: tale of a rich region and its poor people

The obsession with insurgents is so deep that no one is paying attention to health and education in this ancient and beautiful land

How much is the crop loss in flood-hit states?

In Uttar Pradesh, over 30,000 hectares of sown crops have been affected by the floods in 12 districts

Burundi's sustainability lies in embracing integration in agriculture

Farmer Field Schools help communities manage land better and improve food production

Supreme Court raps Centre over non-implementation of Food Security Act

Till now, the Centre has issued three notifications for the extension of the deadline