COVID-19 delays India’s captive-reared vulture release programme August 6, 2020 India’s captive-reared vulture release programme, a first-of-its-kind initiative to study the massive decline in vulture population, has been delayed. Again.
Varanasi: Embroidery machines of famed Banarasi sarees are being sold at throwaway prices August 5, 2020 The embroidery machines used to design Banarasi sarees, originally worth lakhs of rupees, are being sold at throwaway prices.
Should India’s health infrastructure embrace traditional midwives? August 5, 2020 Home-birth enthusiasts are rooting for the practice to be made mainstream by integrating traditional midwives, and midwifery in general, to...
MGNREGA can help build climate resilient future for India’s most vulnerable population August 4, 2020 Given that 70% of India’s population still lives in rural areas, MGNREGA can help the transition to climate resilient development...
Raksha Bandhan 2020: Women self-help groups in Chhattisgarh made rakhis out of cow dung and seeds August 4, 2020 Under Bihan Yojana, 100 women belonging to 20 self-help groups in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh made special rakhis and sold...
Monsoon floods submerge a third of Bangladesh; affect around 5 million people amid COVID-19 August 4, 2020 Bangladesh is no stranger to monsoon flooding, but the flooding this year has been the longest since the floods of...
Goat sales fail to pick up despite Bakri Eid, adding to the goat farmers’ woes August 1, 2020 Indian goat farmers, who have been facing losses for the past several months, hoped to earn well during Bakri Eid,...
Fed up of administrative inaction, people of Inderha in MP’s Satna pave a road for school children August 1, 2020 Noticing their repeated demands to officials and elected representatives for a village road is in vain, the people of Inderha...
Masks, sanitisation, and no kissing: Sex workers have new rules for clients August 1, 2020 Sex workers in Maharashtra are struggling to make ends meet, but not risking contracting COVID-19. They are certain sex trade...
Construction debris clogging Yamuna riverbed and floodplain in Delhi, increasing flood risk July 31, 2020 Large scale infrastructure construction debris dumped by agencies in the Yamuna river and its floodplain. In spite of orders, no...
COVID-19 delays India’s captive-reared vulture release programme August 6, 2020 India’s captive-reared vulture release programme, a first-of-its-kind initiative to study the massive decline in vulture population, has been delayed. Again.
Varanasi: Embroidery machines of famed Banarasi sarees are being sold at throwaway prices August 5, 2020 The embroidery machines used to design Banarasi sarees, originally worth lakhs of rupees, are being sold at throwaway prices.
Should India’s health infrastructure embrace traditional midwives? August 5, 2020 Home-birth enthusiasts are rooting for the practice to be made mainstream by integrating traditional midwives, and midwifery in general, to...
MGNREGA can help build climate resilient future for India’s most vulnerable population August 4, 2020 Given that 70% of India’s population still lives in rural areas, MGNREGA can help the transition to climate resilient development...
Raksha Bandhan 2020: Women self-help groups in Chhattisgarh made rakhis out of cow dung and seeds August 4, 2020 Under Bihan Yojana, 100 women belonging to 20 self-help groups in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh made special rakhis and sold...
Monsoon floods submerge a third of Bangladesh; affect around 5 million people amid COVID-19 August 4, 2020 Bangladesh is no stranger to monsoon flooding, but the flooding this year has been the longest since the floods of...
Goat sales fail to pick up despite Bakri Eid, adding to the goat farmers’ woes August 1, 2020 Indian goat farmers, who have been facing losses for the past several months, hoped to earn well during Bakri Eid,...
Fed up of administrative inaction, people of Inderha in MP’s Satna pave a road for school children August 1, 2020 Noticing their repeated demands to officials and elected representatives for a village road is in vain, the people of Inderha...
Masks, sanitisation, and no kissing: Sex workers have new rules for clients August 1, 2020 Sex workers in Maharashtra are struggling to make ends meet, but not risking contracting COVID-19. They are certain sex trade...
Construction debris clogging Yamuna riverbed and floodplain in Delhi, increasing flood risk July 31, 2020 Large scale infrastructure construction debris dumped by agencies in the Yamuna river and its floodplain. In spite of orders, no...