Odisha: More than 98 per cent rural households do not have access to safe drinking water
BHUBANESWAR: Even though the State Government has fixed a target to provide safe drinking water to all by 2020, more than 98 percent of rural […]
Month: May 2016
China and India pledge peace in the border area
China and India have reiterated their commitment to maintaining peace in the border area ahead of a final settlement. The commitment came on Thursday during […]
Time to rethink single-sex schools in India?
Vineetha Saikumar went to Balalok Matriculation, a co-ed school in Chennai which practiced strict segregation between boys and girls. Now at 21 years of age, […]
Water woe signals $17 billion opportunity for India recycler
India’s water crisis is set to spur the development of a market for recycling plants India’s water crisis is set to spur the development of […]
The relationship between monsoons and food prices in India isn’t as simple as it seems
It’s a widely-held belief in India that a good monsoon brings with it a drop in food prices. But a study by brokerage Nomura, which […]
India: An agricultural powerhouse of the world
The anatomy of global agriculture has undergone a complete metamorphosis in recent decades and is structurally very different now. According to the World Factbook of […]
High fees drive MBBS aspirants abroad
When K Sasidharan (17), who scored 70% in the Class 12 board exam this year, approached a private medical college on OMR to study medicine, […]
Apple admits iPhone prices are too high in India
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook did something out of character this week in an effort to win more business in India: He admitted the […]
Innovative Healthcare Education for Rural-Urban Centres in India
Leading Australian healthcare education provider Health Careers, and Hello Health Services Pvt. Ltd, a multi-disciplinary healthcare organizations in India, have entered into a partnership to […]
Here’s how India’s water governance has failed its citizens
At present, around 330 million people in India are suffering a severe drought, which has caused an acute drinking water shortage crisis, especially in the states […]