Marginal improvement in rural women’s education, finds NFHS-5
Social, cultural stigmas reasons for lack of improvement
Girls in rural India less likely to know how to use smartphones, computers: Survey
Boys more than twice as likely than girls to own their own smartphone, finds ASER 2023
Government discontinues science, health awards; to establish ‘Vigyan Ratna’ on lines of Nobel Prize
India’s research and development expenditures are among the lowest in the world
Inspection of medical colleges to become history soon
No final decision on NEXT, fee yet; NMC to take final call
Investments in basic needs, education & modern tech should be India’s focus in the next 25 years: Experts
Currently, only 3% of India’s GDP goes into education
Why Indian students need to go abroad to study medicine
Entrance to Indian medical colleges competitive and the tuition fees are high
Simply Put: A childhood of heavy lifting
India needs a freedom movement against non-performing officers
NPOs should be removed if the Union government’s schemes are to bear fruits
Allocation for family welfare awareness fell 8% last year: PFI on why Budget 2024-25 should focus on adolescents
Investment to bridge digital gender gap & improve health literacy critical to unlock India’s true economic potential, says …
Mid-day meal price hike less than Re 1 as food inflation hits record level
The annual rise of material price came after a pause of 2 years because of the pandemic
Multidimensional poverty affects 2/3rd of children in rural Nigeria: UNICEF
Larger proportion of children involved in economic labour were multi-dimensionally poor
Amrit kaal for adivasis? What Union Budget 2023-24 does not say about tribal communities
The vision highlighted in the budget speech does not match ground realities
Global supply chains major user of child labour: UN report
Asian region has highest child labour in global supply chains
Informal workers’ vulnerability risks are passed on to their children: OECD
New report calls on governments to extend social protections to break the cycle of low-paying work
India slips a rank in UN Human Development Index 2021-22
Global human development stalled for 1st time in 32 years
Tobacco consumption declines across states, dry Bihar consumes more alcohol than Maharashtra: NFHS-5
Alcohol consumption among women aged 15 years and above highest in north-eastern states
Independence Day 2020: Learning under the shadows of COVID-19
Why education is all the more important in disastrous times
As told to Parliament (March 28, 2023): India recorded three H3N2 deaths, 1,317 cases
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Exams key anxiety source for Indian students: NCERT survey
Nearly half the students surveyed suffer from body image issues
Simply Put: COVID-19 and students
As told to Parliament (March 15, 2023): Only 16% of India’s researchers are women
The total number of women researchers in the country is 56,747
Scientists write to PM against ICAR ‘gag order’ on GM mustard
Health and safety of crops draw concern from scientific community
World Bank study reveals high temperatures linked to lower exam scores in Ethiopia
Students exposed to higher temperatures during the school year, particularly on exam days, tend to perform worse than their cooler-climate …
Africa Union Commission calls for acceleration of efforts towards malnutrition-free Africa
Experts at the meeting called to strengthen school feeding programmes to alleviate hunger, reap psychological benefits like increased …
Simply Put: What India wants