Women take southern India’s drought into their own hands â one shovel at a time
By Raksha Kumar MANDYA DISTRICT, KARNATAKA : Sowbhagyamma wears her husbandâs checked shirt on top of her sari. Tying a towel to her head so that it […]
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These Start-ups are Coming up with Smart Initiatives to Recycle Waste
By Nidhi Singh Three cardinal rules to save the environment are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Green activists in India and across the world have rolled up […]
Women in Rural India Register Dramatic Gains in Nutrition, Food Security
Jaipur : New research and project results from the Rajasthan Nutrition Project show dramatic improvement in the food security, nutrition, and health practices of women, […]
India Inc favours men over women for jobs, finds survey
MUMBAI : Even as progressive companies have taken up gender equality at the workplace on a war footing, research reveals a rather bleak picture on the ground. […]
Social Progress Index: India Ranks Poor On Environment Quality, Tolerance, Inclusion
By  Anurit Kanti The Social Progress Index is an aggregate index of social and environmental indicators that capture three dimensions of social progress: Basic Human Needs, […]
India generates 1.70 million tonnes e-waste a year: Environment minister
By Vibha Sharma New Delhi : Although the Narendra Modi governmentâs pitch for âSwachch Bharat Abhiyaanâ, âMake in Indiaâ campaign, âSmart Cities Projectâ, âDigital India Campaignâ and […]
A Famine Of Ideas For Farmers
By Sutanu Guru There simply are no easy solutions to the crisis in Indian agriculture, a product of decades of neglect and poor policies It […]
Small farms are eating away farmersâ profits and productivity
By  HARINI CALAMUR Mumbai : Karnataka â preceded by UP, Punjab and Maharashtra â is the fourth state to have waived off loans taken by farmers. […]
Small Farm, Meet Big Data
Researchers are aiming to bring artificial intelligence and big-data technology to small-scale, developing world farms. The goal is to take on one of the 21st […]
Why the gender paygap in corporate India could take 149 years to fill
New Delhi : Corporate India always claims to be sanitised of all social evils. The assumption is that it is an objective place and operates […]