UP Assembly polls 2022: Why state’s ‘jobless growth’ decade will be a headache for new government

Trends over the decade indicate that the pace of economic growth is slow and not sufficient if UP wants to achieve the goal of becoming a trillion-…

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: Is dung procurement a solution to UP’s stray cattle problem

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured the people of Uttar Pradesh that there will be no problem of stray cattle in the state after March 10

New votebank on the block: Beneficiaries over rights-holders

Narendra Modi’s stress on governing via welfare schemes is antithetical to a  rights-based approach

Decision 2022: How beneficiaries as votebank won 2 of India’s poorest districts for BJP

Shravasti and Bahraich, both have large numbers of beneficiaries of a dozen small and big schemes; this could also be a factor in the BJP winning UP

Maternal mortality in India: What do the recent figures tell us

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan have seen the biggest drop in maternal mortality 

Large share of India’s threatened endemic species in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka: Study

Tackling threats from agro industry, small-holder farming, grazing plantations most effective in reducing extinction risk  

Fabulous Faba: Ancient super food set to stage a comeback

Food scientists are now trying to give this neglected ancient crop a makeover, given its high nutrition content

UP’s SEIAA not working to its full potential, report by NGT-appointed joint committee says

There is a lack of clarity in SEIAA regarding methodology to be followed for building projects and imposition of environmental compensation for …

Replenishment study of riverbed sand must for sand mining in Uttar Pradesh: NGT

Replenishment studies must be done by credible institutions, says court  

Wheat prices going strong in Madhya Pradesh, courtesy Ukraine, loss of yield in north India

Private traders are offering much higher prices than government MSP of Rs 2,015 per quintal

Ground report: Climate disasters in Bihar, UP make children more vulnerable to trafficking

Trafficking rackets use climate disasters as opportunities, say experts

Chilbil: A seed sprouts wings

The seeds of the Indian elm are nutritious and have multiple uses in traditional medicine

Air pollution eats into your life. This chart tells you how much

Forty-three of the most pollution-affected districts in India are in the Indo-Gangetic Plain; Leh is the least-affected of the 687 districts …