Reportage Understanding randomised controlled trials and the criticisms and challenges around them With Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerji, and Michael Kremer winning the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, there is renewed...
Reportage “The condition of the agricultural economy is poor. The MGNREGA budget must increase” If the government does not accommodate the rural development ministry’s request in the upcoming Budget in February, the MGNREGA workers...
Reportage “I have to make 4-5 visits to the ration shop. Often, my kids get to eat only once” The beneficiaries are not getting ration in time because the Electronic Point of Sale (E-PoS) machines often fail to operate...
Reportage If you spend Rs 200 on a cup of hot brewed coffee, a farmer gets less than a rupee The farmers of the largest coffee producing state, Karnataka, are so troubled with the rising input costs, decreasing profits and...
Reportage Behmai massacre: It’s been 39 years … the villagers are still waiting for justice On February 14, 1981, Behmai village, which is situated by the Yamuna river, about 50 kms from Kanpur dehat, came...
Reportage The National Clean Air Programme may fail to clean up the toxic air The Indian government has drawn up an ambitious plan to clean up the polluted air of 122 cities. But, in...
Reportage UP officials show boys as 102, 104 in birth certificates when denied bribe. But, what’s the real story? The parents allege the officers did so because they were denied bribe, the officials say it’s a case of personal...
Reportage The new labour law has come to force, but little has changed for the ground workers The new labour law calls for the minimum daily wage of Rs 178 and minimum monthly wage of Rs 4,628....
Reportage Drinking milk may be risky because of increased cases of bovine cancer, warn scientists The scientists at the Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences believe drinking milk from a cancer-afflicted animal...
Columns The forest floor is a laboratory for species, growing, pushing, competing, nurturing … We often use metaphors from nature to justify our worst impulses. ‘Rat race’ and ‘dog eats dog’ refer to cut-throat...
