The East India Company was not a hypocrite like the British Raj: William Dalrymple

The historian speaks to Down To Earth about his latest work, The Anarchy

The glitch in India's technical education

Less than half of the students pursuing technical education manage to get a job

Simply put : Art 370 scrapped

Simply put: RTI and government

Women’s Day 2024: Clean sweep in Karnataka

Over 18,000 of the state’s women have transformed the idea of cleanliness into a sustainable business model 

Women’s Day 2024: “Why can’t we have our own bank?”

The question that led to the setting up of India’s first women self-help group-led bank in the 1970s

Simply Put: On leave

In Photos: Tribal women in Odisha battle severe water crisis

The Hill Kharias of Odisha are a particularly vulnerable tribal group living in the Mayurbhanj district. The group lacks access to potable …

Lakshadweep: A plan for the worse

A slew of administrative and land reforms initiated in Lakshadweep pose an existential threat to the islands and have provoked widespread protests&…

West Bengal Assembly Election: Social schemes secured Trinamool victory, data suggests

Three prominent welfare schemes, Duare Sarkar, Kanyashree and Swasthya Saathi, were aggressively promoted ahead of the polls

Untold risks: India needs full-time body to tackle biological threats

The country needs a nodal agency to aggregate experts from various ministries, the private sector, academic and scientists

India's population: 'Curb the number of rich children'

Reducing the population by 10% has the same effect on emissions as reducing the average consumption by 10%

India's population: Boom to bust

Population stabilises at total fertility rate ogf 2.1. In India, 20 states and Union territories are below that

Integrate disability in disaster management: Experts

A two-day national workshop aimed to offer safety lessons to differently-abled persons in the event of a disaster

Stop patronising the adivasis, Mr PM; they need dignity, not charity

The government needs to recognise that forest laws need to be flexible enough to accommodate and invite collective participations of local …

Simply Put: Warming across borders

World Development Report: Why the world needs a new wave of migration?

There is a scarcity of people who can work and have the skills to do so

Simply Put: Cyclone & COVID-19

Simply Put: Religion and elections

Vote for 2024

Record number of countries will go to elections at a time when young populations’ trust on democracy is waning  

As told to Parliament (December 19, 2023): 101 million diabetes patients in India

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Simply Put: Politician fish

Simply Put: Women’s Reservation Bill

Simply Put: Soft landing

Simply Put: Internet shutdowns