India is the 12th worst country for gender disparity in labour force
By NIKHIL RAMPAL India is the only non-Islamic country in the top 20, but among its South Asian neighbours, everyone except Pakistan performs better. New Delhi: India […]
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India prescribes punishments in bid to stamp out instant Muslim divorce
By Aditya Kalra and Nigam Prusty New Delhi: India on Wednesday prescribed arrests and jail terms for offenders in a campaign to stamp out instant Muslim […]
Following Sikkim’s environment trail
By Navneet Anand At a time when India has the dubious distinction of being a laggard in nurturing the environment, we should emulate the tiny State […]
Sustainable farming, ‘key’ to world free of hunger, malnutrition, says UN agriculture chief
There will be “no sustainable future without eradicating poverty and hunger,” the United Nations agriculture agency chief spelled out on Monday, launching the Food and […]
Four-fold decline in gender gap in survival of girl child in 5 years in India: UN
The number of infant deaths has come down from 8.67 lakh in 2016 to 8.02 lakh in 2017. About 8,02,000 infant deaths were reported in […]
India Cooling Action Plan: Harsh Vardhan releases draft plan which lists out actions to reduce cooling demand
Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan Monday released a draft India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) which lists out actions which can help reduce the cooling demand, […]
India to launch agriculture project worth $33.5 million with UN’s FAO in five states; initiative aimed at promoting conservation
New Delhi: The government along with United Nations body FAO has launched an agriculture project with $33.5 million grant from Global Environment Facility (GEF) that seeks […]
Bayer Crop Science brings high-tech digital tools to India’s farms
By Rajesh Bhayani To launch such tools for advance farming, a pilot project giving farmers agronomic information has already been launched; pest-protected seed varieties on cards […]
As India’s Ganges runs out of water, a potential food shortage looms
By Sahana Ghosh In the last three decades, the groundwater input to the Ganges River in India has declined by 50 percent during the summer, a […]
In managing water, Surat takes lead
Municipality to supply 115 MLD treated water to meet industrial requirement by March 2019 India’s ‘Diamond City’ offers a lesson for the country’s ever-expanding cities […]