A day in the life of a child protection volunteer: “I help young girls fight their battles” June 27, 2020 A village-level volunteer works closely with her community to keep children and women safe from the threats of domestic violence,...
Mitigating malnutrition: Children are vulnerable in any emergency. The current crisis is no different June 27, 2020 In response to the food crisis created by the lockdown, here’s what anganwadis can do to ensure that children stay...
Bihar floods: An annual blame game between India and Nepal June 27, 2020 Almost every monsoon, the Bihar government blames Nepal for causing floods in the state. This year, too, a blame game...
After suffering lockdown losses in the boro paddy season, farmers in the rice bowl of Bengal face delay in sowing aman paddy June 27, 2020 Farmers in large parts of West Bengal grow three paddy crops a year — boro (summer), aus (autumn) and aman...
Mere outrage will not save the elephants. Protecting forests and working with locals will help June 26, 2020 Between 2014-15 and 2018-19, the human-elephant conflict killed 2,361 people and 510 pachyderms in India. In the last three months...
At least 93 dead due to lightning in Bihar. Continuous heavy rainfall posing high flood risk; last year’s flood victims still living under tarpaulins June 26, 2020 The Met department has issued flood warning in Bihar due to continuous heavy rainfall expected over the region for the...
Our welfare system is broken. The lockdown has given us a chance to fix these issues June 25, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis has exposed deep cracks in our social security and welfare delivery systems. Here’s what we need to...
Hit by the lockdown, apple orchard owners in Himachal now face labour shortage June 25, 2020 Himachal’s Rs 4,000-crore apple industry is heavily dependent on the Gurkha labourers from Nepal. But the recent tension between India...
The famous pottery artisans of Pokhran are forced to sell fruits and vegetables these days June 24, 2020 The artistic toys and utensils made from red clay here are famous not only in India, but also among the...
The dholak makers have nothing to cheer about. There have been no buyers since the lockdown June 24, 2020 There are around 300 small units in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh that employ thousands of skilled artisans. There were no buyers...
A day in the life of a child protection volunteer: “I help young girls fight their battles” June 27, 2020 A village-level volunteer works closely with her community to keep children and women safe from the threats of domestic violence,...
Mitigating malnutrition: Children are vulnerable in any emergency. The current crisis is no different June 27, 2020 In response to the food crisis created by the lockdown, here’s what anganwadis can do to ensure that children stay...
Bihar floods: An annual blame game between India and Nepal June 27, 2020 Almost every monsoon, the Bihar government blames Nepal for causing floods in the state. This year, too, a blame game...
After suffering lockdown losses in the boro paddy season, farmers in the rice bowl of Bengal face delay in sowing aman paddy June 27, 2020 Farmers in large parts of West Bengal grow three paddy crops a year — boro (summer), aus (autumn) and aman...
Mere outrage will not save the elephants. Protecting forests and working with locals will help June 26, 2020 Between 2014-15 and 2018-19, the human-elephant conflict killed 2,361 people and 510 pachyderms in India. In the last three months...
At least 93 dead due to lightning in Bihar. Continuous heavy rainfall posing high flood risk; last year’s flood victims still living under tarpaulins June 26, 2020 The Met department has issued flood warning in Bihar due to continuous heavy rainfall expected over the region for the...
Our welfare system is broken. The lockdown has given us a chance to fix these issues June 25, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis has exposed deep cracks in our social security and welfare delivery systems. Here’s what we need to...
Hit by the lockdown, apple orchard owners in Himachal now face labour shortage June 25, 2020 Himachal’s Rs 4,000-crore apple industry is heavily dependent on the Gurkha labourers from Nepal. But the recent tension between India...
The famous pottery artisans of Pokhran are forced to sell fruits and vegetables these days June 24, 2020 The artistic toys and utensils made from red clay here are famous not only in India, but also among the...
The dholak makers have nothing to cheer about. There have been no buyers since the lockdown June 24, 2020 There are around 300 small units in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh that employ thousands of skilled artisans. There were no buyers...