This is how the government and banks can help farmers, farm labourers, and informal workers April 7, 2020 With COVID-19 bringing transportation and market demand to a standstill, farmers may stop hiring farm labourers. Similarly, the future looks...
“Pesticide regulation can dramatically reduce the number of non-farm suicides in India” April 3, 2020 The Center for Pesticide Suicide Prevention at the University of Edinburgh suggests that banning highly hazardous pesticides could mitigate the...
This is why many Indian children from low-income households struggle with English April 3, 2020 Orality — a combination of verbal communication and non-verbal communication — is the key. If children don’t learn to communicate...
The very purpose of social distancing was defeated when people thronged the streets April 3, 2020 Over the last few years, we have regressed. The perfect example of this is the number of messages that were...
The lockdown is revealing the yawning chasm between the urban and rural India March 28, 2020 Even in rapidly urbanising India, 69% of the population lives in villages, according to the 2011 Census. But the distribution...
Make sure to keep the virus at bay, but don’t ignore your mental health and emotional well-being March 27, 2020 Many people are wondering what would be the outcome of this lockdown. Those who live alone are feeling lonelier. People...
Barring a few metropolitan cities, the house sparrow is doing well in rural areas in India March 21, 2020 If sparrows enter our homes, it’s because we want them there. I can’t think of any other wild animal which...
We would perhaps value food more if we have to really search for it. Learn from a woodpecker March 2, 2020 The tree may not mind the scars the woodpecker leaves; and the woodpecker perhaps does not mind hundreds of attempts...
Coronavirus scare: India should pay heed as our health system is patchy. India remains vulnerable February 29, 2020 The Union Health Minister has said India has remained protected from Coronavirus due to its robust heath surveillance system. But...
The Wetlands Day should be celebrated every day as the future of wetlands in India is uncertain February 15, 2020 There are still lakhs of wetlands in India but they are disappearing. The banks of the river Yamuna, for instance,...
This is how the government and banks can help farmers, farm labourers, and informal workers April 7, 2020 With COVID-19 bringing transportation and market demand to a standstill, farmers may stop hiring farm labourers. Similarly, the future looks...
“Pesticide regulation can dramatically reduce the number of non-farm suicides in India” April 3, 2020 The Center for Pesticide Suicide Prevention at the University of Edinburgh suggests that banning highly hazardous pesticides could mitigate the...
This is why many Indian children from low-income households struggle with English April 3, 2020 Orality — a combination of verbal communication and non-verbal communication — is the key. If children don’t learn to communicate...
The very purpose of social distancing was defeated when people thronged the streets April 3, 2020 Over the last few years, we have regressed. The perfect example of this is the number of messages that were...
The lockdown is revealing the yawning chasm between the urban and rural India March 28, 2020 Even in rapidly urbanising India, 69% of the population lives in villages, according to the 2011 Census. But the distribution...
Make sure to keep the virus at bay, but don’t ignore your mental health and emotional well-being March 27, 2020 Many people are wondering what would be the outcome of this lockdown. Those who live alone are feeling lonelier. People...
Barring a few metropolitan cities, the house sparrow is doing well in rural areas in India March 21, 2020 If sparrows enter our homes, it’s because we want them there. I can’t think of any other wild animal which...
We would perhaps value food more if we have to really search for it. Learn from a woodpecker March 2, 2020 The tree may not mind the scars the woodpecker leaves; and the woodpecker perhaps does not mind hundreds of attempts...
Coronavirus scare: India should pay heed as our health system is patchy. India remains vulnerable February 29, 2020 The Union Health Minister has said India has remained protected from Coronavirus due to its robust heath surveillance system. But...
The Wetlands Day should be celebrated every day as the future of wetlands in India is uncertain February 15, 2020 There are still lakhs of wetlands in India but they are disappearing. The banks of the river Yamuna, for instance,...