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 ...

Local communities may be the state’s most vital allies--and its overlooked defenders--in the fight to conserve wetlands. But are they empowered enough to protect what legislation merely maps?

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 ...

Mumbai: For India to meet its target of 20% ethanol blended in petrol by the year 2025 (commonly known as the E20 target), it will have to bring in more land under cultivation of ...

Ten days of closed-door informal negotiations and five plenary sessions of formal, open debates proved as inconclusive as the previous five sessions of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC ...

Malappuram, Palakkad and Bengaluru: It was late afternoon. Sajid* stood at the foot of the airbed set up near the open hospital-room window. A gentle breeze brought in a fine mist of the monsoon ...

Pune: The gap in learning levels of government and private school students in primary grades is narrowing, an IndiaSpend analysis of publicly available data shows. This is a trend showing up both in ...

Unny’s father had taken ill at 6 a.m. on July 29. He held private insurance and also had an AB-PMJAY card. She first tried the AB-PMJAY route, calling eight hospitals on a list of establishments ...

Uttar Pradesh: Sanjaya Singh knew that most bureaucratic decisions last only until a transfer order is issued, or a new official takes charge. So, when it came to the conservation of Uttar Pradesh’s 1 ...