Lakhs of poor in Rajasthan unable to access ration as the state govt’s food security portal is down since May 2020

At least 7.4 million people in Rajasthan, mostly from the economically weaker section, are unable to draw their rations despite...

RRB-NTPC Protests: Students’ union calls for Bihar bandh on Jan 28; threatens nationwide movement

Alleging injustice in allotment of seats to the qualifying candidates of the Railway Recruitment Board’s Non Technical Popular Categories (RRB-NTPC)...

It’s election time and fresh promises are being made to clean up the ‘cancer-causing’ Kali River in UP

Kali river, which flows through 80 villages in Muzaffarnagar and Meerut districts of election-bound Uttar Pradesh, has been exposing nearly...

India’s tiger reserve receives the prestigious award for doubling tigers in the wild

Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu has been awarded TX2 Awards after its tiger number doubled since 2010. Improving habitats,...

Explained: The controversial project to ‘develop’ the Great Nicobar Islands; public hearing on Jan 27

Andaman and Nicobar Islands are global hotspots for biological diversity. The Indian government’s NITI Aayog has prepared a 75,000 crore...

‘What is our fault?’ — With schools shut and no internet access, rural students worry about the board exams

Board examinations are a month away and schools are shut due to the rising threat of the Omicron variant of...

10-12 hours of hard labour a day to earn Rs 100: Child labour thrives in the brick kilns of Rajasthan

Deprived of nutrition, education and a safe environment, the number of child labourers in India is 10.1 million of which...

Jagatsinghpur, Odisha: Men escape the village fearing arrest; the fight is far from over, say women

Activists demand judicial enquiry into the ‘police atrocities’ on January 14 when villagers protesting against the proposed steel plant in...

Uttarakhand Elections: Climate change-induced extreme events not a poll agenda for political parties

From Chamoli landslide to Kedarnath floods, Uttarakhand has witnessed umpteen disasters in recent times that have wreaked havoc on its...

‘No road, no vote’: Elections come, elections go, but these villages in UP yet to get a road

Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh has a road network of over 300,000 km. But that means nothing to over 40,000 predominantly tribal...