Gautam Menon, professor at Ashoka University, and his team modeled a potential H5N1 spillover in a poultry district. Their ...

As the year comes to a close, we explain how deeper problems persist, including a delayed census weakening survey estimates ...

“ [M]ore than 90% birth or death events are getting registered”, according to a March 2025 circular by the Registrar General of India. This means, about 2.8 million births—more than the population of ...

From protests against air pollution in the national capital region to protests to save the trees in Nashik’s Tapovan, and ...

Gandhinagar, Gujarat: Several Indian states now provide fare-free bus travel for women, and this has a measurable impact on labour force participation, health-seeking behaviour and overall mobility, ...

Zokhawthar, Mizoram: Wiry men, some hefting planks of wood, others struggling with heavy backpacks or sacks, move across the white and red-brown iron bridge, the spaces between its girders offering a ...

Anita and her husband farm about 25 kani (roughly 10 acres) and run a roadside tea stall, but most of her waking hours are spent on water. The 40-year-old who lives in Rajadhan Para (village) in ...

Mount Abu, Rajasthan: Rice and wheat, protected by extensive irrigation and relatively resilient to climate variability, form the backbone of India’s food security, preventing millions of Indians from ...

Pune: Indian firms spend about Rs 34,000 crore on corporate social responsibility (CSR), but most of this flows into low-poverty areas, and larger firms are leaving funds unspent. Many large companies ...