Why Is India Still A Developing Nation?
By Subhasish Das The journey of the Indian subcontinent and its tremendous metamorphosis over the last 5000 years is a great example of how civilizations […]
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Thrust on water savings
Patna: Bihar has taken up water conservation work using the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds in a promising way after Prime Minister […]
Tackling India’s water woes: Active citizenry, govt checks on unsustainable use and river pollution needed to address crisis
By Vidya Venkat Editor’s note: Water levels in India’s 91 major reservoirs, according to a Ministry of Water Resources statement, stood at 20 percent capacity at the beginning […]
‘Need to bridge gender disparity among Indian students in US’
Indians constitute more than 17 per cent of the international students currently studying in the US, said US Consul General Katherine Hadda. HYDERABAD: Indians constitute more […]
Chuck that plastic for a bamboo sipper
By Shiv Sahay Singh The campaign for reusable straws can look at this innovation from the Andamans If things go according to plan, you could be […]
Govt sets noise standards for airports across India
By Badri Chatterjee An environment ministry notification said the noise limits would replace and supersede the ambient air quality. Mumbai : The Union environment ministry has issued […]
India’s perfume tree agarwood a step away from extinction
By Malavika Vyawahare The Aquilaria malaccensis tree, which produces one of the world’s most valued woods, moved from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘critically endangered’ as logging and deforestation […]
Resolving the farmer-consumer binary
By Ashok Gulati and Carmel Cahill Reforms to domestic market regulations and direct benefit transfers for vulnerable sections of the population could be the win-win solution. New […]
Fertile idea
By Ajeet Kumar Agriculture must be integral to reform and planning in order to make a significant dent in poverty and malnutrition as well as to […]
From plate to plough: India must get its agri-markets right
Input subsidies should be phased out and the savings should be channelled towards agri-R&D, extension services, and building rural infrastructure. New Delhi: With the overarching concern […]