A New Combined Community Kitchen-Food Subsidy Framework To Combat Chronic Hunger In India
By Swaptik Chowdhury New Delhi : India is a land of contrast. News headlines such as the successful launching of the largest satellite are making the […]
Month: June 2017
How environment was pushed to the brink of disaster in India
By PRERNA BINDRA New Delhi : Environmental governance — or what passed for it — had become highly political, and the 2014 parliamentary elections had […]
Farming took root in India only 10,000 years ago, study finds
By Snehal Fernandes Mumbai : Farming came to India 10,000 years ago, and it was only much later that grains such as rice, wheat and millet — […]
India’s innovative approach to mental healthcare explored
A new University of Liverpool study has identified innovative mental healthcare models being used in India, which have the potential to create profound positive change […]
J&K fails to meet Central road scheme targets
By Vikas Sharma Jammu : Of the total 2,527 roads/bridges sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) by the Ministry of Rural Development to […]
India’s wells are running dry, fast
By Asit K. Biswas New Delhi : Over the past three years, the monsoon – the rainy season that runs from June through September, depending on the […]
Closing gender gap in jobs by 2025 can add $1 trillion to India’s economy : ILO
New Delhi : India’s economy could gain a whopping $1 trillion if it closes the wide gender gap in employment by 2025, says a new ILO […]
India ranks 75th in environmental impact survey: Report
New Delhi : Mozambique, the southern African country rated as one of the poorest, has topped a survey of nations with the lowest global environmental […]
Instead of farm loan waivers, invest more in agricultural infrastructure
By Himanshu The deaths of five farmers in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district has brought the crisis in agriculture centre stage. While the latest incident may have […]
Is India faced with a 3.1 lakh crore farm-loan waiver? And will it help?
New Delhi : As demands for farm-loan waivers grow across Punjab, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka — after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra […]