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Adivasi campaigners seek dissolution of FRA task forces, alleging institutional bypass and parallel governance
Forests

Adivasi campaigners seek dissolution of FRA task forces, alleging institutional bypass and parallel governance

Himanshu Nitnaware
5 min read
The Campaign for Survival and Dignity says task forces in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh risk diluting the democratic framework of FRA and PESA, and wants statutory bodies strengthened instead
Data on access to clean cooking fuel missing from NFHS-6 report
Energy

Data on access to clean cooking fuel missing from NFHS-6 report

Puja Das
3 min read
Showed over 40% gap in last report; households with electricity improve 1.5% 
The next phase of India’s agricultural transformation must be export-oriented, standards-driven, and value-chain centric
Agriculture

The next phase of India’s agricultural transformation must be export-oriented, standards-driven, and value-chain centric

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay
5 min read
Improving standards compliance, institutional coordination, and farmer-market linkages is critical for enhancing India’s competitiveness in global agri-food trade
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Adivasi campaigners seek dissolution of FRA task forces, alleging institutional bypass and parallel governance
Forests

Adivasi campaigners seek dissolution of FRA task forces, alleging institutional bypass and parallel governance

By
Himanshu Nitnaware
5 min read
Data on access to clean cooking fuel missing from NFHS-6 report
Energy

Data on access to clean cooking fuel missing from NFHS-6 report

By
Puja Das
3 min read
Babulal Pal (R), a farmer from Parai, and his father Bhavanidin live in a makeshift hut in the fields to protect crops from animals.
Agriculture

Conflict in the backyard: In Madhya Pradesh’s Bundelkhand, crop-raiding animals now bigger worry than drought

By
Bhagirath
4 min read
Soil biological health — a blind-spot in Indian agriculture: Experts call for urgent attention
Agriculture

Soil biological health — a blind-spot in Indian agriculture: Experts call for urgent attention

By
Rajeshwari Sinha
4 min read
EU carbon tariff could influence climate policies beyond its borders: Study
Climate Change

EU carbon tariff could influence climate policies beyond its borders: Study

By
Puja Das
3 min read
Western coast to get wetter and hotter; reduced monsoon rainfall over coastal Odisha and West Bengal by 2040, warns a new study
Climate Change

Western coast to get wetter and hotter; reduced monsoon rainfall over coastal Odisha and West Bengal by 2040, warns a new study

By
Nidhi Jamwal
4 min read
NFHS-6: Madhya Pradesh’s development gains hide deep child nutrition crisis, one in three children is still stunted
Health

NFHS-6: Madhya Pradesh’s development gains hide deep child nutrition crisis, one in three children is still stunted

By
Rakesh Kumar Malviya
4 min read
Eight dead, 17 on the way to recovery as tick infection spreads among world’s only Asiatic lion population
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Eight dead, 17 on the way to recovery as tick infection spreads among world’s only Asiatic lion population

By
Himanshu Nitnaware
4 min read
India’s first elderly department in Kerala will address a crisis rest of country has not recognised yet
Health

India’s first elderly department in Kerala will address a crisis rest of country has not recognised yet

By
K A Shaji
5 min read
Ravaged by mining, Jharkhand’s megaliths have still not got their due
Environment

Ravaged by mining, Jharkhand’s megaliths have still not got their due

By
Deepanwita Gita Niyogi
4 min read
World economy not in recession yet, but economists see tougher years ahead.
Economy

A weaker world economy looms, but India and the US are still holding up, suggests WEF

By
Pulaha Roy
3 min read
Daily Heat Tracker: Jaipur recorded the highest daytime and night-time temperatures at 45.4°C and 32.8°C
Climate Change

Daily Heat Tracker: Jaipur recorded highest daytime and night-time temperatures at 45.4°C and 32.8°C

By
Shagun
1 min read
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