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Azim Premji University launched Realising Rights: A Handbook of Welfare in India at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on June 26, 2026. From left to right: Dipa Sinha, Arjun Jayadev, AK Shiva Kumar, Arti Ahuja, PV Ramesh, Shobhana K Nair, and Rajendran Narayanan.
Governance

From right holders to beneficiaries: New handbook raises questions over India’s changing welfare model

Vivek Mishra
6 min read
Azim Premji University’s new welfare handbook says India’s public systems have expanded, but health, education, nutrition and social security still face deep gaps
In Delhi, the Yamuna gets polluted. In Bundelkhand, it is robbed of sand
Mining

In Delhi, the Yamuna gets polluted. In Bundelkhand, it is robbed of sand

Vikas Choudhary
1 min read
Sand is one of the most heavily extracted natural resources in India, driven by rapid urbanisation and infrastructure development
Hamburg Sustainability Conference bets on collective action to rescue SDGs, amid growing multilateral fatigue
Climate Change

Hamburg Sustainability Conference bets on collective action to rescue SDGs, amid growing multilateral fatigue

Shagun
3 min read
HSC 2026 seeks to bridge Global North-South divide, promote multilateral efforts in energy transition
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Azim Premji University launched Realising Rights: A Handbook of Welfare in India at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on June 26, 2026. From left to right: Dipa Sinha, Arjun Jayadev, AK Shiva Kumar, Arti Ahuja, PV Ramesh, Shobhana K Nair, and Rajendran Narayanan.
Governance

From right holders to beneficiaries: New handbook raises questions over India’s changing welfare model

By
Vivek Mishra
6 min read
Hamburg Sustainability Conference bets on collective action to rescue SDGs, amid growing multilateral fatigue
Climate Change

Hamburg Sustainability Conference bets on collective action to rescue SDGs, amid growing multilateral fatigue

By
Shagun
3 min read
$57 billion. That’s how much extreme heat costs women informal workers every year
Climate Change

$57 billion. That’s how much extreme heat costs women informal workers every year

By
Preetha Banerjee
3 min read
Screengrab from videos showing the destruction in Venezuela following the double earthquakes.
Natural Disasters

Only 42 in 120 years: Why Venezuela’s doublet earthquake stands out

By
Pulaha Roy
3 min read
Higher Body Mass Index (BMI) linked to 19 types of cancer, finds study
Health

Higher Body Mass Index (BMI) linked to 19 types of cancer, finds study

By
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Daily weather tracker: Temperature soars in Northwest India amid hot winds; heavy rain and thunderstorm alerts issued across several states
Climate Change

Daily weather tracker: Temperature soars in Northwest India amid hot winds; heavy rain and thunderstorm alerts issued across several states

By
Dayanidhi
3 min read
Plantation workers at a forest fringe tea garden in Gudalur in Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu work under constant fear of possible elephant attacks.
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Conflict in the backyard: In Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris, forest corridors run through homes, estates and roads

By
K A Shaji
5 min read
A women verifing her fingerprint on an e-POS at a fair price shop in Rajasthan.
Food

India’s poorest ration-card holders may see cereal quota tied to family size under new draft law

By
Shagun
5 min read
A jhiriya deep inside the Kulhadighat Range of Chhattisgarh's Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve. These traditional water sources are created by digging into sandy layers that naturally store subsurface water.
Climate Change

At 3,000 ft, a tiny waterhole is helping elephants survive summer in a Chhattisgarh tiger reserve

By
Purusottam Singh Thakur
3 min read
Mangrove forests showing remarkable recovery worldwide, study finds
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Mangrove forests showing remarkable recovery worldwide, study finds

By
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Farmers in Junnar taluka of Pune district, Maharashtra, wear collars with metal spikes during the sugarcane harvest season to protect themselves from leopard attacks.
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Conflict in the backyard: In Maharashtra’s sugarcane belt, farmers wear spiked collars as leopard attacks rise

By
Mayur Bargaje
5 min read
What exactly happened at the NEEPCO colony in Arunachal? Investigations on as flash flood claims one life, with four disappearances
Natural Disasters

What exactly happened at the NEEPCO colony in Arunachal? Investigations on as flash flood claims one life, with four disappearances

By
Sandipan Talukdar
6 min read
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