2024-04-26 08:28
After machli (fish), mutton, Muslim, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking a third term, has introduced another ‘M’ — mangalsutra (a gold necklace that is a vis… Read More
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The sweeping Covid-19 pandemic has struck at the fundamentals of Indian society. Even as we deal with the ravages of the massive second wave across the country, here’s a look at the most severely affected social sectors
2024-04-22 09:00
Ten years ago, in 2014, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi claimed the prime minister’s position on the platform of economic development and as a sure shot executor of projects. His… Read More
2024-04-19 03:30
No significant change has ever come through without facing resistance. As India heads into a long-drawn 2024 General Election, this axiom holds truer for the Congress than the ruling BJP. In… Read More
2024-04-13 04:37
As the world pushes for electric vehicles to contain global warming, the demand for metals like lithium, nickel and cobalt that will power the transition have exploded over the past decade… Read More
2024-04-02 08:48
Though Right to Food is a key aspect of the Right to Life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, it has required the Supreme Court to remind Central and State governments of… Read More
2024-03-26 12:21
Suddenly, electoral bonds (EBs) which have been in active use in polls for years to fund political parties and enable them to meet their needs or expenses during election campaigns have turn… Read More
2024-03-18 12:00
The protesting farmers of Punjab have put their stir on hold after suffering a fatality and some casualties in Haryana Police’s tear gas firing in the third week of February. Their str… Read More
2024-03-13 09:11
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, a political allegory on the Russian Revolution, animals revolt against their cruel owner, Jones, and drive him out of his farm to replace him with their… Read More
2024-03-07 09:00
With the Indian government deciding to end the Free Movement Regime (FMR) and fence the Indo-Myanmar border, a sense of unease and disconcert has gripped the civil society organisations and… Read More
2024-02-28 07:35
This government cannot be faulted for evidence-based decision-making. It has promoted traditional agriculture, chemical-free organic cultivation, and back-to-basics Zero Budget Farming. &hell…Read More
2024-02-24 05:52
Farmers are protesting again. Just a little over two years after they withdrew their year-long siege on Delhi’s borders following the withdrawal of the three farm laws and assurance pr… Read More
2024-02-19 03:30
Though the Green Revolution helped India achieve food self-sufficiency, it began to run out of steam by the mid-1990s when growth in population started to outstrip rise in agricultural produ… Read More
2024-02-10 03:30
With the Manipur conflict still simmering, heightened anxiety has gripped students who are preparing for Class 10 and 12 board exams, scheduled to be held between mid-February and the first… Read More
2024-02-06 03:30
Are elephants less precious than tigers in India? While there is undoubtedly greater awareness about elephant conservation now than in the past, protecting tusker lives is a serious social a… Read More
2024-02-03 06:37
News publications are in raptures over Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman not announcing vote-fetching freebies in her interim budget of February 1. They are making a virtue of what is expe… Read More
2024-02-01 06:17
History is once again being mauled on the pretext of resurrecting purportedly long-lost glory—to set India on a cleverly crafted course that is yet to find an electorally determined fu… Read More
2024-01-29 05:38
As directed by the government, payment of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) must be done through an Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS) from… Read More
2024-01-22 07:05
According to a ‘discussion paper’ released on January 15 by NITI Aayog, there has been a huge reduction in multi-dimensional poverty in the nine years of the Modi government and… Read More
2024-01-18 07:36
Delhi has been grappling with air pollution for more than 25 years. But it has not come to grips with it. The National Capital Region (NCR) has the worst air quality in the world. Stage III… Read More
2024-01-12 04:55
Is the world on track to achieving the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C of pre-industrial era temperature that was set by the 2015 Paris Agreement? That was the question… Read More
2024-01-06 03:30
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections are poised at a decisive threshold. On the one hand, the BJP, defying most forecasts, has romped home with emphatic wins in the three important states of Madhya… Read More
2024-01-04 06:10
The old and the new stand, staring silently at each other. Each with its own memories. The rotund—a relic of British rule in India—stands with almost a century of history written… Read More
2023-12-30 06:27
The recent adoption of the United Nations High Seas Treaty, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Treaty, appears to have driven another nail in the coffin of th… Read More
2023-12-20 03:30
Delhi has been rife with rumours of a likely announcement of dole from government coffers for millions of unemployed youth. This could well make the current dispensation led by Prime Ministe… Read More
2023-12-13 06:16
An estimated 2.6 million people in Asia and the Pacific region are still don’t have access to digital connectivity, said Atsuko Okuda, regional director, International Telecommunicati… Read More
2023-12-09 07:24
There’s bad news for India on its biodiversity front. Just under 12% of its vertebrate animal species has entered the threatened category, according to the latest Red List of the Inter… Read More
2023-11-28 02:53
Condemning the BJP-led Central government for allegedly not disbursing salaries for MGNREGA workers in Tamil Nadu for nine weeks, Virudhunagar Member of Parliament Manickam Tagore on Sunday… Read More
2023-11-21 03:30
Garment exports constitute more than four-fifths of Bangladesh’s total export of trade and services. Eighty-five percent of garments find markets in Europe and the United States, under… Read More
2023-11-16 06:56
The 2023 Madhya Pradesh elections project a peculiar image on the political landscape of the largest state in India, which makes it hard to distinguish the differences between the ruling BJP… Read More
2023-11-09 14:08
Narratives of development and social justice fade into irrelevance inside the deep fault lines of caste equations that dominate the ravines and towns of the Chambal region in Madhya Pradesh… Read More
2023-10-31 03:30
Hockey India has refused to share details about expenses related to its award functions over the years and with regard to its CEO’s duties, responsibilities, powers, and remuneration… Read More
2023-10-27 03:30
Since the 1987 Mizoram assembly election, there has been no elected woman representative in the state legislature. It is more than three decades since the last woman legislator, Pi Lalhlimp… Read More
2023-10-23 03:30
Can Uttar Pradesh (UP) become a trillion-dollar economy by 2027-28, as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath proclaimed in June? UP’s gross domestic product was $250 billion in 2021-22 at cur… Read More
2023-10-20 05:43
India’s push towards net zero emissions by 2070 appears to have saddled it with a king-size dilemma. To start with, it must drastically reduce the use of coal for power generation. Yet… Read More
2023-10-17 08:35
Millions of Indian cricket fans must have seen the viral video on social media in which some boorish cricket fans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad chanted “Jai Shri Ram!&rdqu&helli…Read More
2023-10-12 03:30
More than five months into the Manipur ethnic violence, which shows no signs of abating, thousands of displaced people are still languishing in relief camps. In Churachandpur, the tribal hil… Read More
The MSP Battle Remains Unresolved Even As India’s Greatest Agriculture Scientist Breathed His Last
2023-10-09 03:30
Even as farmer unions are aggressively seeking minimum support price (MSP) as per the recommendation of the Swaminathan Commission, the Union Government has on several occasions claimed to b… Read More
2023-10-04 03:30
The government’s abortive attempt to introduce market-oriented reforms in the farm sector in the face of stiff opposition from farmers in 2020-21 has only served to highlight the crisi… Read More
2023-10-02 03:41
What does India need in these trying times when deep societal fissures are evident amid the lofty ambition of making it a $5 trillion economy? The answer lies in big and small interventions… Read More
2023-09-30 03:30
In Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa hates going to work, yet he feels responsible for his family’s well-being as his father’s business has collapsed and he is the only e… Read More
2023-09-29 04:56
Ever since British colonisers sought to make commercial use of Indian forests in the 19th century, there has been a constant tussle between those who view forests strictly as a materials res… Read More
2023-09-27 04:29
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) hinges crucially on Saudi Arabia and Israel resolving their political differences of 75 years. Though Saudi Arabia and Israel do coopera… Read More
2023-09-20 03:30
First, let’s face an unsaid truth about the latest countrywide debate regarding ‘one nation, one election’. Besides other things, this simply boils down to the job, career… Read More
2023-09-15 09:42
Representatives of the international press corps who converged to cover the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi were content with facilities at the sparkling, sprawling media centre. What… Read More
2023-09-11 03:30
After much back-and-forth, the G20 Summit under India’s presidency was finally able to hammer out the text and content of the joint statement, known as the G20 New Delhi Leaders&rsquo&helli…Read More
2023-09-08 09:21
Delhi is decked up for the grand finale of the G20 Summit, which will be attended by some of the most powerful world leaders, on September 9 and 10. In the run-up, putting its… Read More
2023-09-05 03:30
When Neelesh Kumar walked through Gate Number 5 of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university campus, it was his last hope of cracking the elite Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam fo… Read More
2023-08-31 03:30
While serious statements promising steps to mitigate climate change and curb the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG) are regularly delivered at international conferences on climate change, r… Read More
2023-08-25 03:30
During the recently concluded monsoon session of Parliament, the government rammed through several key pieces of legislation amid repeated disruptions due to the opposition’s demand fo… Read More
2023-08-23 03:30
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP), the Central government’s flagship scheme—where a prime objective was to normalise the skewed Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB)—may have been successf… Read More
2023-08-22 09:05
One hundred and thirty-five million of “my fellow poor brothers and sisters have broken free from the chains of poverty and entered the new middle class” during his first five-ye… Read More
2023-08-18 05:54
Food security no longer remains simply a matter of increasing productivity and growing more grains. High-yielding varieties, extensive use of fertilisers and more irrigation worked like magi… Read More
2023-08-11 05:48
The months of May and June are summer vacation for schools and colleges in Manipur, as in the rest of India. When ethnic violence broke out on May 3—which shows no signs of ending even… Read More
2023-08-07 08:49
On July 30, India, along with the rest of the world, marked the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The theme for 2023 was ‘Reach Every Victim of Trafficking, Leave No One Behind… Read More
2023-08-04 08:26
Patients in India, especially the poor with limited access to healthcare, are caught between the devil and the deep sea. They cannot afford the exorbitantly priced patented medicines offered… Read More
2023-07-31 08:22
Nirmal Prajapat from Churu, Rajasthan, claims that farmers like him face an uphill task when claiming the amount payable to them under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). In most c… Read More
2023-07-29 07:57
India’s growing urban population is heading for a severe drinking water crisis by 2050, according to a UN report released in New York in March this year. This alarming projection was r… Read More
2023-07-28 05:25
In February this year, a couple and their 21-year-old daughter died by suicide in their apartment in Kolkata. Bijoy Chatterjee used to run a small business in the Burrabazar area that provi… Read More
2023-07-27 05:48
Extreme weather events are here to stay. As India experienced, summers have become more intense, followed by monsoon deluge that triggered flash floods in the North. This year’s high a… Read More
2023-07-25 07:21
Karnataka Congress government has not dithered in redeeming the five pre-poll promises it made. In the budget presented on July 7, it provided ₹39,815 crore for them. This is an income… Read More
2023-07-22 09:29
During his visit to India in April this year, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook reiterated his commitments to growth and investment across the country. He met Prime Minister Narend… Read More
2023-07-20 07:29
A picture on the wall of a small room in a house in Islamabad was, perhaps, the best returns for Dr Surinder Pal Singh Oberoi who has spent more than ₹200 crore of his personal wealth… Read More
2023-07-18 07:18
As power and mobile connectivity gets restored in Himachal Pradesh following the deluge on July 9 to July 11, the true extent of the devastation caused by the flash floods to the mountain st… Read More
2023-07-17 07:37
It was a lifelong dream for Dimhau to own a beauty parlour. After training as a beautician, she realised her life’s ambition by opening a beauty parlour in Lamka district, Manipur, (al… Read More
2023-07-13 16:25
The Yamuna in Delhi breached the 45-year-old high-water mark on Thursday morning, inundating large areas in North Delhi and North-East Delhi. The some of the worst affected areas include the… Read More
2023-06-09 09:32
Western Sydney University, the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) Bangalore, and the Indian Institute for Spices Research… Read More
2023-06-09 07:53
In April alone, the police of various states unearthed a string of pan-India cyber fraud operations. In Delhi, one Nasim Malitya was arrested with 22,000 SIM cards. He was allegedly the main… Read More
2023-06-05 10:34
After decades of relative calm, the flames of violence have once again engulfed the north-eastern state of Manipur with the government in New Delhi playing the fiddle. The kind of mayhem tha… Read More
2023-06-01 06:25
Mutually reinforcing crises, including rising debt levels, are disproportionately affecting developing countries, worsening the global employment divide between high-income and low-income co… Read More
2023-05-31 11:18
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the constitution and empowerment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) for facilitation of the “World’s L… Read More
2023-05-31 09:50
In a bid to overcome the dependence on importing semiconductors and chips from other countries, the government has decided to invite new applications for setting up of Semiconductor Fabs and… Read More
2023-05-31 08:01
Plum, an employee health insurance platform, has released a whitepaper titled, ‘What Goes into Building a Company That Cares’ that reveals the gaps in healthcare and insura… Read More
2023-05-31 07:48
Secrets hidden in ancient lake sediments deposits recovered from the Indus River valley in Ladakh have helped retrace the climate since last deglaciation from 19,600 to 6100 years, paving th… Read More
2023-05-30 08:27
Koan Advisory Group, New-Delhi based technology policy consulting firm, has released a study that challenges the prevailing narrative surrounding smoking habits in India. Released ahea… Read More
2023-05-30 08:00
“If you let nature take its course without causing any disturbance, it will always replenish itself”, says Sunil Kale, gently touching a jamun plant in one of the plantations. He… Read More
2023-05-30 07:26
Disability, Equity, Justice is one of the 15 working groups within C20, an official engagement groupof G20. In a historic move, Civil20 India created a stand-alone working group to respond t… Read More
2023-05-29 05:09
The Government has decided to grant waiver of ISTS charges to Off-Shore Wind Projects and extend the waiver to Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia . This decision has been taken to facilitate w… Read More
2023-05-29 04:51
With an eye on China, the member countries of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) including India have agreed to bolster the supply chain for chips, medicine and other… Read More
2023-05-29 04:45
There was a $2.4 billion capital funding in Indian agrifoodtech startup investment in 2022, a 33% year-over-year decline from $3.6 billion in 2021. The decline matches the global downward tr… Read More
2023-05-27 08:34
A number of steps were being taken by India to ramp up renewable energy capacity and that manufacturing capacity for the most advanced solar cells and panels is coming up, Union Power and Ne… Read More
2023-05-27 01:07
A 10-day exhibition called ‘Tangible Conversations, Intangible Heritage’, which is being jointly organised by InterGlobe Foundation and India International Centre at the Art Gall… Read More
2023-05-26 08:32
India’s National Climate Research agenda was released at the inauguration of the two-day International Climate Research Conclave (ICRC-2023) at DST’s Centre of Excellence in Clim… Read More
2023-05-26 08:15
Oil India Limited (OIL), today declared its financial results for FY 2022-23 with a highest-ever net profit since the company’s inception at ₹6,810.40 crore, a surge of 75.20% Yo… Read More
2023-05-26 08:09
The Government policy of procurement of paddy has broad objectives of ensuring MSP to the farmers and availability of food to the weaker sections at affordable prices. It also ensures effect… Read More
2023-05-25 08:03
Moksh , India’s only public limited company listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) providing study abroad advisory services, has released a comprehensive guide on the top 10 unive… Read More
2023-05-25 07:54
Award-winning documentary, Emergence: Out of the Shadows, has been released with English, Hindi, and Punjabi subtitled versions in an attempt to reach a wider audience in the sub-contin… Read More
2023-05-25 07:40
India’s relentless efforts in Tuberculosis (TB) control have yielded remarkable outcomes and the country has witnessed a 13% reduction in TB incidence from 2015 to 2022, surpassing the… Read More
2023-05-25 07:30
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed, a $141.12 million loan to support the development of high-quality internal infrastructure such as roads, water supply sys… Read More
2023-05-24 09:59
Rajiv Singh of the DLF group continues to occupy the number one spot among the real estate developers in the country with an estimated wealth of over Rs 59,000 crore followed in the Mangal P… Read More
2023-05-24 09:08
The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) has partnered with the State Bank of India Foundation (SBIF) for the skill development and training of 750 persons with disabilitie… Read More
2023-05-24 08:59
Smart Cities are the real incubators of the new urban India and the country’s urban future will draw heavily from the innovations being nurtured in these 100 smart cities, Union Housin… Read More
2023-05-23 10:33
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has hosted a workshop on U.S.-India 5G and Next Generation Networks. U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti and Department of Telecommunic… Read More
2023-05-23 10:30
Domestic air travel passenger traffic in the country rose by over 42% over the past year and according to the traffic data submitted by various domestic airlines.
The number of passengers re… Read More
2023-05-22 11:05
International Property Consultant, Knight Frank, in their latest Data Centre Q1 2023 report, published in partnership with leading data centre research and analytics platform – DC Byte… Read More
2023-05-22 10:58
The third G-20 Tourism Working Group (TWG) got underway at Srinagar with two working sessions, on ‘Film Tourism for Economic Growth and Cultural Preservation’ focusing on strateg… Read More
2023-05-22 10:35
Gameskraft Foundation, the social arm of the skill-based online gaming company Gameskraft and Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), have announced their partnership to provide high-class trainin… Read More
2023-05-22 10:29
Takeda Biopharmaceuticals has announced a three-year partnership with Save the Children – Bal Raksha Bharat to strengthen the nutritional well-being of expecting and new mothers… Read More
2023-05-20 09:44
NCSCM Scuba Divers organised an underwater clean-up along the Munaikadu, a coastal village located in the Palk Bay region of the state of Tamil Nadu, as part of the Lifestyle for the Environ… Read More
2023-05-20 09:34
WRI India launched a research paper that examines the potential impact of using autorickshaws for the dual purpose of transporting passengers and goods. The paper titled Assessing the Viabil… Read More
2023-05-20 09:24
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce in India (IACC) have renewed their ongoing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), laying the fou… Read More
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