Water access and sanitation shape birth outcomes and earning potential
By Sahana Ghosh Spending more time per day fetching water increased Indian women’s risk of delivering a low birth weight baby, a study has said. Open […]
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How an Indian wind farm is changing the colour of lizards
By Maria Thomas Renewable energy may be greener than fossil fuels, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t affect the environment. In fact, a biodiversity hotspot in […]
Tech infusion is key to food security
By G CHANDRASHEKHAR Despite the rapid strides made in food production, we are still just one bad monsoon away from a farm disaster Indian agriculture is […]
UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2019: Here’s how to effectively utilise India Year Book for exam preparation
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2019 on June 2. Published by the Publication Division, Ministry of Information […]
More than 60% markets sell agricultural produce below MSP
By Jitendra The price of cereal, paddy and oilseed has crashed in more than 1,700 markets, according to government data On a vast farmland in Kalajhar […]
Muslims left out of the India growth story, study shows
By Nikita Kwatra India may have failed to enable its citizens to break free from the social and economic status of their parents One of the […]
Water ATMs may help in bridging safe water gap
By Priscilla Jebaraj ₹44,000 crore needed to set up 2.2 lakh small water enterprises: report For thousands of communities across India, the process of getting drinking water is […]
PMFBY needs urgent repair: government study
A recent assessment of the flagship agriculture scheme says that PMFBY needs to favour farmers, not insurance companies that make super normal profits under the scheme […]
India inks 3 MoUs with Malawi, announces over USD 215 mn loan to 18 water projects
New Delhi: India on Monday extended a new line of credit of USD 215.16 million for 18 water projects in landlocked Malawi and signed three MoUs in areas […]
Data Reveals 24,570 Indian Workers Have Died in Gulf Countries Since 2012
RTI reveals that over the last six years, an average of more than ten Indian workers died every day in Gulf countries. New Delhi: Information collected […]