Reportage Extreme weather events linked to climate change increase vulnerabilities of migrant workers in Indian cities: Study Lack of jobs back home and a rise in extreme weather events, such as the recent heavy rainfall in Mumbai,...
Reportage Nearly 70% under-3 malnourished kids in rural Jharkhand did not receive additional nutrition support: Right To Food Campaign survey A recent survey across 159 blocks in Jharkhand found that a large number of beneficiaries did not receive supplementary nutrition...
Reportage 62% drop in COVID vaccination since free vaccination for 18-plus population kicked off on June 21, shows CoWIN data On June 7, PM Narendra Modi announced free vaccination for the 18-plus population from June 21 onwards. CoWIN data shows...
Reportage|Positive Stories Hope floats in flood-hit Bihar as Tika Wali Naav ensures COVID vaccination in marooned villages Frontline health workers in flood-hit Muzaffarpur district of Bihar are rowing their way to flood-affected villages to inoculate the residents....
Reportage How ‘uncontrolled, unplanned’ irrigation in northern India affects monsoon rainfall? Climate researchers have found that excessive irrigation across the northern India is shifting the monsoon rainfall towards the northwestern parts...
Reportage IMD warns of flash floods in Bihar’s Pashchim Champaran; entire villages evacuated The Paschim Champaran district is still reeling under two recent ‘flash floods’ that wreaked havoc in its villages. Now it...
Reportage Chhattisgarh to privatise rural health infra; public health experts and activists demand roll back The state government has announced grants to industries for the establishment of private hospitals in villages. Public health experts and...
Reportage ASHAs in Madhya Pradesh on an indefinite strike; 29 arrested, released, but refuse to call off their protest For nearly a month, frontline health workers in the state are on an indefinite strike demanding a monthly pay hike,...
Reportage A monthly hike of Rs 1500 for ASHAs in Maharashtra; strike called off but frontline workers far from satisfied At least 77,000 frontline health workers across Maharashtra called off their week-long strike after the state government announced a monthly...
Reportage|Positive Stories Seeds of change: Using seeds of kusum, karanj and imli, tribal women in Jharkhand turn agri-entrepreneurs At least 4,000 kisan didis and tribal women in Simdega district are earning livelihoods by collecting, selling and extracting oils...
