Our key mandate in India is to reduce rural poverty
Rasha Omar, Country Programme Manager for India, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in an interview to OneWorld South Asia, said that the UN agricultural […]
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Google Fiber wants to beam wireless Internet to your home
If Craig Barratt can make it work, it’s going to be big news for Internet users. Over the past five years, Google Fiber has laid […]
Citizens are responsible for poor quality of India’s democracy
The quality of a democracy depends on the awareness level of citizens. Only if citizens are able to frame the right questions will they be […]
Four in five women experience harassment and violence in their cities
Nearly four of five women (79%) in India have experienced some form of harassment or violence in public, according to latest research by ActionAid UKreleased […]
Who owns how much land in India?
Land is a critical economic and social asset as it is a key input to agricultural production, a source of income, and collateral for credit. […]
Smaller proportion of India’s youth employed
An increasing proportion of India’s youth are unemployed. A look at the World Development Indicators data of the World Bank shows that only one in […]
Mamata announces focus on youth, sick tea gardens
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who took charge of the state for a second term on Friday, declared the young generation would be […]
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 […]
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, […]