Small firms are stepping up, industry-aligned spending is striking, but most funds continue to flow to low-poverty districts ...

Overall, India is producing record levels of paddy and wheat, but marginal production of other crops affects nutrient intake ...

Tripura’s springs are drying up due to deforestation and erratic rainfall. The govt’s household tap water scheme boasts vast ...

Although bus fare subsidies eliminate the economic barrier, major gaps in public transport infrastructure and services continue to strain women’s access to the city ...

Zokhawthar, Mizoram: Wiry men, some hefting planks of wood, others struggling with heavy backpacks or sacks, move across the white and red-brown iron bridge, the spaces between its girders offering a ...

The first of its kind report titled Budgets for Justice, it analysed budgets of the 11 states with the highest gross domestic product (or GSDP) with a population of at least 10 million--Andhra Pradesh ...

Ernakulam and Bengaluru: Kartik Naik is in his 40s, and works as a mason’s helper in the Nettoor area, in Kerala’s Ernakulam, where mostly Odia male migrant labourers reside. As polling for his ...

New Delhi: Jalaluddin Kazi*, 38, lives with bipolar disorder and often has seizures. A resident of North Dumdum near Kolkata, he drove a rented electric rickshaw to support his wife and two children, ...

Various factors have contributed to this crisis in the city. The Urban Water Balance Report for Bengaluru, released by WELL Labs, a city-based research organisation, highlights some of these concerns.

The village has benefited from its proximity to the popular tourist city. Most families here rely on the hotel sector for their income. All the houses have a fresh coat of paint. Deeper in the village ...

Mumbai: When her black feature-phone buzzed with news of a pregnant woman going into labour, Damsari Ozre rushed to finish as much housework as she could before leaving to attend to the birth. The ...

New Delhi, Gurugram and Bengaluru: In the peak of Gurugram's summer in mid-June, 27-year-old Lalita Devi, a Bihari migrant in Sikandarpur Ghosi, has waited for nearly seven hours in a women’s queue ...