India still highly dependent on edible oil imports: ICRA
By Sutanuka Ghosal Despite steady improvement in oilseeds production, India has to go long way as import dependence for edible oils remain high, feels ICRABSE […]
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India must regulate tubewells as water becomes scarce with urbanization
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI: India must better regulate the use of water-sucking tubewells as access to water becomes increasingly fraught amid rising temperatures and dwindling resources, […]
Most pollution-linked deaths occur in India
By R. Prasad CHENNAI: With 2.51 million deaths in 2015, India has been ranked No. 1 in pollution related deaths, according to a report by The Lancet Commission […]
Indian agrarian crisis and impact on banking
By Riyaz A Bhat This crisis has been attributed to growing burden of credit on farming community and their inability of making repayment as a result […]
Youth largest victim of road accidents in India
By Bisheshwar Mishra 1.5 lakh person killed in road accidents last year. Road accidents in India decrease by 4.1% during 2016, fatalities rise by 3.2%. The […]
Soon, law to prevent abuse in NRI marriages, senior official says
By Jaideep Shenoy MANGALURU: Laws to protect Indian women who are abandoned by their NRI (non-resident Indian) husbands or foreign partners to be finalised soon, said Rakesh Srivastava, secretary, ministry […]
Educating India’s Dalit Children Can Change the Discourse Around Caste
Schools that provide high-quality, gender-balanced education for the children of underprivileged Dalit families can improve the economic well-being of entire communities and start to break […]
What schools have to do with health
By Arvind Virmani Every time a “hunger index” comes out, it attracts wide publicity and discussion. Nobody seems to notice that the “hunger index” doesn’t measure […]
Agrarian distress persisting as farmers are not getting the right advice: Shyam Khadka
By Sayantan Bera In India, 9 million people left farming between 2001 and 2011 largely due to distress, not because industry invited them, says Shyam Khadka, […]
In the world’s largest democracy, 55% of people feel autocracy is good for governance
A surprisingly large section of Indians believe their country could do better with military rule or an autocratic government. Some 67% of them believe in […]