Reportage
Akshay Radia’s tryst with organic farming and improved livelihoods in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
The agripreneur, who runs Ecological Partnerships, practices organic farming on 20 hectares each in Mathura and Uttarakhand and has proved it can be profitable.
Mohit Saini
In spate for four months, the Saryu river has affected 88 villages in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
With no help forthcoming, local residents are bringing down their own houses so they can salvage construction material.
Virendra Singh
Caste Matters: A woman, who is also a Dalit, is doubly cursed
By the age of 15, over 33 per cent scheduled caste women in India reportedly experience physical violence. The figure is 19.7 per cent for “other” category women.
Nidhi Jamwal
Mere infrastructure can’t solve water crisis. Focus should shift to ‘where’ the water is coming from
In the water sector, the focus on fixing demand and supply is taking us away from the real problem: Unnoticed groundwater dependencies in ever-expanding urban India.
Rachita Vora
Hathras gang rape victim is dead. One rape reported every 15 minutes in India
Eight years after the Nirbhaya rape case, a nineteen-year-old teenage girl, brutally gangraped in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, dies in New Delhi’s Safdarjugn hospital. NCRB data shows that the country’s rape statistics remain abysmal.
Pankaja Srinivasan
Kaimur Tiger Reserve: With Bihar elections around the corner, the state government has a tiger by the tail
The proposed tiger reserve in Kaimur, Bihar, is expected to displace about 50,000 tribal people in 108 villages, and has sparked violent protests. The state forest department dismisses such fears.
Rohin Kumar
Striking contract health workers in Chhattisgarh resume work, but adamant on their demands
The strike seeking regularisation of contract health workers had affected both health services and COVID-19 testing in the state
Tameshwar Sinha
President Kovind signs the three farm bills; protesting farmers demand an MSP law
With the President’s nod, the three contentious agriculture bills have become the law of the land. But, farmers’ agitation continues with Akali Dal mobilising fresh protests.
Animesh Mishra
Laungi Manjhi’s claim of digging a canal in Gaya, Bihar earns him support of government officials
Some in the media have raised doubts about the veracity of Manjhi’s claim, but the local administration supports him.
Rohin Kumar
Essential Commodities Act: What’s the benefit of the recent amendment?
After 65 years, the Act governing the storage and supply of essential commodities, including potato, onion, oil and pulses, has been amended. The Centre claims it will benefit both farmer and customer.