The linking of rehabilitation of rescued bonded labourers with conviction of the accused in the central sector scheme is a ...

Mount Abu, Rajasthan: In September 2024, a 38-year-old woman consulted Narendra Kotwal, director of endocrinology at Paras Health, Panchkula. She reported persistent fatigue, difficulty falling asleep ...

Birth and death registrations help establish legal proof of identity, age and citizenship and play a crucial role in ensuring that beneficiaries are able to access education, healthcare and social ...

Central India has recorded five times its usual May rainfall and south India has recorded more than two-and-a-half times the ...

But these subsidies have not incentivised the industry to make production more efficient, or encouraged greater private investment in the sector. Cheap chemical fertilisers also harm soil health and ...

Radha Malani is a Research Analyst in the Fiscal Governance & Architecture Team at the Centre for Social & Economic Progress.

Mumbai: Indian cities and towns produce about 72,368 million litres of sewage per day (MLD)--enough to fill 30,000 Olympic-size swimming pools--but has the operational capacity to treat only 37% of it ...

Chirag Patel works on inclusive WASH and water security initiatives in India and advocates about climate resilience, city ...

New Delhi: This year marks the 25th year of the ban on smoking in public places, a landmark judgement of the Kerala High Court. Subsequently, the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), ...