December 30, 2022, was a day to forget for India’s already badly mauled and tamed media. For, that day, influential…
The idea of a squadron of government officials storming a newsroom to shut down news-gathering and seize laptops and phones…
Indian democracy is at a crossroads. People are more invested in elections even as they become more sceptical about politicians…
Seventy-nine percent of respondents -- an overwhelming majority -- to the Pre-Poll Study 2024 by the Centre for the Study…
Asia faces a unique demographic crisis. By 2050, the continent will have over a billion elderly people, the most in…
On Tuesday, April 9, the Congress alleged that the youth have been "taken for a ride" by the BJP's "double…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is favoured to win a third term in office when the country holds its massive…
India has kept a close watch on China’s activities and responded strongly where its security was directly affected. Under a…
Every day, millions of women in India enter their employers’ homes and perform duties such as cooking, cleaning and child…
Restoring dignity in women’s labour can give older women the care and respect they deserve in late life. Amrit Kaur…
Thousands of farmers from northern Punjab are protesting at two inter-state border points with Haryana demanding a legal guarantee on…
In landscapes heavily altered by human activity in Maharashtra, a study suggests that the Indian wolf may be adapting by…
India now has 80 Ramsar sites covering an area of 1.33 million hectares. Five new Ramsar sites, added ahead of…
The brackish water ecology of the Little Rann of Kutch is made up of a mix of seawater, river run-off…
Hydrogen and its derivative energy carriers are projected to play an important role in reaching net-zero emissions. India’s hydrogen policy…
Around 248 million people living in India escaped multidimensional poverty in the past nine years, according to a report by…
A review of published literature on human-wildlife interactions in Asia, including India, reveals that urban Asia is undergoing rapid land…
India’s regional politics are shifting. It is seeking to strengthen ties with South Asian ruling elites, including in Nepal and…
A case involving fratricide has again shone the spotlight on deep-seated misogyny in India. The incident involves a woman CEO…
Transport unions from across India were scheduled to join a protest against the new penal law on hit-and-run cases at…
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a “shadow pandemic” of domestic…
The recently-released Climate India 2023 report by Down to Earth paints a grim picture of the nation grappling with extreme…
Women in urban India want to work but are not in the labour force in significant numbers, found a 2019…
In 2021, the village of Kodalpalli in Odisha’s Nayagarh district became one of the few places in India where the…
This blog delves into the definition and measure of ‘urban’ in India to discuss the methodological gaps in existing definitions.…
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