Reportage Over 100,000 coal burning related deaths in 2018: The Lancet Countdown 2020 report Climate change-induced shocks are claiming lives, damaging health and disrupting livelihoods. The recently released 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown...
Reportage Half of Jharkand’s coal mines shut, several others unprofitable; transition away from coal must benefit local communities: iFOREST report India has only 20-30 years to phase-out coal-based power to avoid catastrophic impacts of climate change. There is an urgent...
Reportage|Gaon Connection Survey Every second respondent farmer in the west zone supports the new agri-laws: Gaon Connection Survey With highest awareness about the new farm laws among the farmers in the west zone (82%) of Maharashtra, Gujarat and...
Reportage Crime and Punishment: Gender violence survivors will benefit only if the police force adopts reforms Outdated laws, under-utilised funds, staff shortage, inadequate infrastructure — reforms in the police force are needed if crime against women...
Reportage Baoris, Bijli Swaraj and Biomass Plants: How the states are responding to climate change From reviving water bodies to carbon neutral villages and gram panchayats, several states in India are responding to climate change....
Uncategorized The Pandemic and Pollution: Handling the packaging waste of increased online shopping India witnessed a 250 per cent spike in non-organic shopping app installs. Most packaging is multi-layered, and stays out of...
Reportage|Gaon Connection Survey 87% villagers in Assam received no medical treatment, 60% women in Tripura struggled for water in the lockdown Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the lockdown, millions of rural residents in the northeastern states struggled to keep their...
Gaon Connection Survey|Reportage About 40% women in rural households work harder to fetch water in the COVID-19 lockdown The COVID19 outbreak has added to the water woes of hundreds of rural women. The government and health agencies recommend...
Reportage 37% tested hand sanitizers adulterated, 4% contain toxic methanol A non-profit, Consumer Guidance Society of India, tested 122 hand sanitizers and found 37% to be of poor quality. 4%...
Reportage|Gaon Connection Survey 64% migrant workers were quarantined in villages, 9 in 10 didn’t undergo COVID-19 testing After travelling hundreds of kilometres, braving heat and hunger, migrant workers reached their villages, majority were quarantined. Many centres lacked...
