20 Indian cities saw 80% of building fire deaths
The latest Indian Risk Survey report ranks fire outbreak as the third biggest risk to businesses
COVID-19 warriors: How a woman in a tribal village shared vegetables from her kitchen garden
Krishna Mawasi, who lives in Kailhora village in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, claims to have helped the hungry and destitute during the lockdown
COVID-19: Cities become hotspots again
54% daily cases since October recorded in urban districts; rural districts had a larger caseload in August, September
India can move 40% districts out of COVID-19 lockdown
Most districts with no cases positive to novel coronavirus in forested areas, Himalayan regions, the North East
Dust storm continues to choke Delhi
Air pollution levels alarmingly high a day after dust storms from Rajasthan hit the city
India experienced an extreme weather event on 314 of 365 days last year
The events from January 1 to December 31, 2022, claimed 3,026 lives, affected 1.96 million hectares of crop area, 423,249 houses and killed over …
Forced displacement is the new norm in India
Extreme weather events have been triggering widespread internal displacement for years now. Now COVID-19 adds to the pressure
COVID-19: More than half of India still not testing enough, data shows
Data shows that testing is relatively limited to people with high suspicion of COVID-19 and may miss new chains of transmission in the community
India most vulnerable to climate change
More than 22 million Indians were affected by extreme weather events in 2017, making the country most open to the cliamte attack
Free public transport: How Delhi can learn from Luxembourg
The European country, which has made all forms of public transport free, has a solution to India’s traffic jams
Glacial lakes in the Himalayas: A ticking time bomb
There are 39 glacial lake and water bodies across India, China and Nepal that have recorded more than 40 per cent increase in the water spread …
कोरोनावायरस: दुनिया भर में दिसंबर 2020 में सामने आए सबसे अधिक मामले
आंकड़े बताते हैं कि कोरोना समाप्त होने की बजाय बढ़ रहा है और दिसंबर 2020 में सबसे अधिक मामले सामने आए हैं
Private hospitals grow more expensive even as insurance coverage remain low: NSSO
Out-of-pocket expenditure per hospitalisation stands at Rs 15,937 in rural areas and Rs 22,031 in urban areas
Maternal mortality in India: What do the recent figures tell us
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan have seen the biggest drop in maternal mortality
फ्री पब्लिक ट्रांसपोर्ट: लग्जमबर्ग से क्या सीख सकती है दिल्ली
दिल्ली से दोगुने आकार के देश लग्जमबर्ग में इस महीने से सभी सावर्जनिक परिवहन सेवाएं मुफ्त कर दी गई हैं
COVID warriors: More action than words protect consumer rights in UP
Rajesh Choubey has stopped ration shops from pilfering, sensitised people and assisted them in finding livelihood during the pandemic
Union Budget 2021-22: Do states have much to cheer for?
The recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission are unlikely to make much of a difference to cash-strapped states
COVID-19: Who stands where as world tops 10 million cases
The world added the last million cases positive to the novel coronavitus in only 6 days — the fastest rate until now
क्या देश में शहरी रोजगार गारंटी कानून से बदलेंगे हालात?
देश में शहरी रोजगार गारंटी कानून आए, इसके लिए पिछले साल राज्यसभा में संसद सदस्य बिनॉय विश्वम ने एक निजी विधेयक पेश किया
GDP loss due to COVID-19 will lead to higher mortality
As economies take a tumble in states, expect a toll bigger than the pandemic itself
Wrong predictions hampered water conservation: study
Countries should rely on realistic, short-term predictions to plan water conservation efforts
3,026 people, 2 million ha crops: How 314 days of extreme weather events affected India in 2022
Highest number of people were killed in central India, largest crop area damaged in South Peninsula
Here are 3 of 21,000 industrial pollution cases pending in Indian courts
Industrial pollution cases in Indian courts often span over decades and, as a result, the country had over 21,000 pending court cases on …
Land degradation in India hurts farmers and forest dwellers the most
More than half of the degraded land in the country is either rainfed farmland, responsible for the food security of the country, or forest land …
Drop of 8.7% in India’s per capita GDP in 2020-21: First advance estimates
Country’s real GDP will shrink by 7.7 per cent in 2020-21, a government release said