Has India failed to safeguard welfare of women?
By Vivek Menezes Uproar raged all through this week after the release of an obviously flawed international survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, which ranked […]
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Smaller farms can cope better with climate change in India, say analysts
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI: India’s small farmers are better equipped than large landowners to deal with climate change, but need more support to find innovative […]
All-female police motorbike squad to fight gender crimes in Delhi
By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI: An all-female police motorbike squad is set to take to Delhi’s streets next month, a senior police official said, as […]
India turns to tech with online portal to end child labor
By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI : (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s government launched an online portal on Tuesday to register, rescue and rehabilitate child workers, as […]
Indian farmers giving up land face fewer jobs, lower incomes
BY REUTERS MUMBAI: Indian farmers forced into giving up their land for industry face dwindling earnings and fewer job options, increasing the likelihood of more […]
New India coastal law will hurt environment, fishermen’s livelihoods – activists
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI : (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Planned changes to India’s coastal zone law to allow reclaiming land from the sea and the […]
How can India’s rural poor deal with ‘wild water’?
A story of extreme drought The landscape is bleak. Browns and greys are the predominant colors. A few scrawny cattle desperately forage on the dead […]