Although bus fare subsidies eliminate the economic barrier, major gaps in public transport infrastructure and services continue to strain women’s access to the city ...

Addressing the issues facing agriculture and food supply in the mountainous and hilly states could provide affordable food ...

Tripura’s springs are drying up due to deforestation and erratic rainfall. The govt’s household tap water scheme boasts vast coverage, but in hilly villages, many taps remain dry; some never ...

Financial sector data indicate a parallel rise in online payment frauds: Frauds of Rs 1 lakh and above increased to 29,082 cases in 2023-24, involving Rs 1,457 crore, according to the Reserve Bank of ...

For a city famed for its many water bodies, often for the wrong reasons, with lakes spewing fire and noxious foam, there is a lack of reliable records about Bengaluru's vital blue infrastructure. The ...

Bengaluru, Delhi and Nuh, Haryana: Wasim* folds a part of his chequered lungi above his right knee and sits with his right leg outstretched on the floor of his neighbour's makeshift tent. He swats at ...

New Delhi: Jalaluddin Kazi*, 38, lives with bipolar disorder and often has seizures. A resident of North Dumdum near Kolkata, he drove a rented electric rickshaw to support his wife and two children, ...

The village has benefited from its proximity to the popular tourist city. Most families here rely on the hotel sector for their income. All the houses have a fresh coat of paint. Deeper in the village ...

Ernakulam and Bengaluru: Kartik Naik is in his 40s, and works as a mason’s helper in the Nettoor area, in Kerala’s Ernakulam, where mostly Odia male migrant labourers reside. As polling for his ...

East Sikkim/Soreng district: On a cold winter’s day in January 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared Sikkim as the first organic farming state in India. “Sikkim is an example in the sense that ...