Desertification: Planet’s tree-covered areas fell by 35,204 sq km in 15 years
Countries party to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification meet to review the first global land degradation assessment
Come back holy cow
Cow, from being an axis of a farmer’s economy to being abandoned, is too big a change people would bargain for
Panchayati Raj Day: Pandemic and the panchayats
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says: ‘We need to learn more from how villages manage COVID-19 pandemic than from cities’
सदी के पहले 20 बरस में जलवायु परिवर्तन से पैदा हुआ 70 फीसदी वैश्विक खेती पर खतरा
जलवायु परिवर्तन के कारण हर वर्ष आपदाओं में 60 हजार लोग जान गंवा रहे हैं। साथ ही दो दशकों में जलवायु संबंधी आपदाओं में ...
Education, infrastructure saving grace for top districts: NITI Aayog report
Top performing districts still lag behind in development parameters like health and nutrition
What did the billionaires lose during COVID-19 pandemic?
The bloom of the billionaires continued uninterrupted without an exception even during the COVID-19 pandemic
मुर्गे की बांग से उपजे सवाल
सेंसरी अनुभव से हम पर्यावरण से तुरंत संबंध स्थापित करते हैं जो समय के साथ सामाजिक और पारिस्थितिकीय इतिहास बनते हैं और अंत में ...
A political thought for food
Global parliamentarians are forming a multilateral body to reform the agrifood system
Did economic liberalisation push govt and civil society in to battlefield?
The opening up of India’s economy increased the number of NGOs exponentially, but then…
रोजगार मिलने पर भी बदहाल
दिहाड़ी मजदूरों और असंगठित क्षेत्र में काम करने वाले गरीबी में जिंदगी गुजार रहे हैं। इनमें उन लोगों का अच्छा खासा प्रतिशत है जिनके ...
Sandalwood moment for cows; Madhya Pradesh’s proposed law will be the last nail for livestock economy
Government's proposal to make abandonment of cows punishable will make it a pariah breed and would fuel widespread black market for trade, just …
India’s criminal wastage: over 10 million works under MGNREGA incomplete or abandoned
Since April 2014, the rate of work completion has been declining at rapid pace, indicating that crucial assets for villages are not getting created
आर्थिक सर्वे में मिले आम बजट के 5 बड़े संकेत
साल 2016-17 के आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण ने देश में रोजगारहीन विकास को एक प्रमुख चुनौती करार दिया है
आर्थिक सर्वे में मिले आम बजट के 5 संकेत
साल 2016-17 के आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण ने देश में रोजगारहीन विकास क…
Presidential panchayat
India's third-tier of government has a few lessons for those seeking presidential form of government
New leader, old challenge
India’s first PM born after Independence will face the old problem of poverty eradication
Foodgrains risk rot
No place to store seven million tonnes of procured foodgrains
‘Accelerating exodus from farming key to achieve target of doubling income’
To double farmers’ income reduce the number of farmers, suggest policy makers
Is COVID-19 containable
The coronavirus pandemic now rivals lifestyle diseases in its spread
War-Pandemic: World is poorer now; will double its poverty level on the target year of eradication
Poverty is getting concentrated and chronic in sub-Saharan Africa and rural areas
Employment enigma: India’s high rate of self-employment gets reflected as a decrease in unemployment rate
The number of self-employed has increased in India, a trend usually seen in poor and developing countries with low per capita income
GDP obsession
If the growth rate is so great, why are the poor not getting a taste of it?
Saraswati underground
Experts attempt to map the mythical river's palaeo-channels and put them to good use
On delicate ground
Demand to amend Forest Conservation Act looms large over talks between Naxalites and AP
Timely, but incoherent