In Uttar Pradesh, wetlands are carrying the conservation burden so much that some solutions are counter-productive. In the long run, this might be problematic ...

Vector-borne diseases present year round, reproductive and child health services affected by flood or drought. Is the present ...

Compared to the Union government’s social security code, the state gig work legislations go further by not just providing a ...

New Delhi: Jalaluddin Kazi*, 38, lives with bipolar disorder and often has seizures. A resident of North Dumdum near Kolkata, he drove a rented electric rickshaw to support his wife and two children, ...

Various factors have contributed to this crisis in the city. The Urban Water Balance Report for Bengaluru, released by WELL Labs, a city-based research organisation, highlights some of these concerns.

Ranchi: Dadichapar, nestled in the Netarhat hills in Jharkhand’s Latehar district, is a small village housing about 35 families belonging to the Birjia tribe, one of the 75 particularly vulnerable ...

Further, the city produces 4,399 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage. But treatment capacity has not kept pace--in the city and across the country--according to our analysis of government data.

Gupta, 33, and six other transgender activists would go on to form the Transgender Welfare Equity and Empowerment Trust, or TWEET Foundation, in 2017. The organisation has its roots in a circulating ...

Mumbai: India reported the highest suicide rate in its history in 2021, with 12 suicides for every 100,000 people. Experts say this might be a reflection of better reporting of deaths by suicide ...

Surat: Panch Manzila (five-storied building), as locals refer to the building, has a quaint and regal ring to it. But neither its run-down facade nor the dilapidated interiors offer opulence to ...

Ernakulam and Bengaluru: Kartik Naik is in his 40s, and works as a mason’s helper in the Nettoor area, in Kerala’s Ernakulam, where mostly Odia male migrant labourers reside. As polling for his ...

In April 2022, the government informed Parliament that Census 2021 and related field activities have been postponed "until further orders" due to the pandemic. This delay is impacting government ...