Toy retailers wary of import ban, say desi products not good enough
Delhi, Delhi: On August 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his radio programme Mann Ki Baat, asked Indian entrepreneurs to use India’s rich...
Small town start-up turns into a boon for senior citizens amid pandemic
Silchar, Assam: When the lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 was imposed, people were forced to stay inside their homes. However, some people...
Pine trees in Uttarakhand leading to desertification of the region, experts say
Dehradun, Uttarakhand: Though the felling of pine trees was what had started the initial Chipko movement in Uttarakhand in the 20th century, the residents...
Young Fighters who Fought for their Independence – Child Marriage
Jamui, Bihar: Child marriage still appears to be a formidable problem in Bihar and it disproportionately impacts girls, depriving them of their education, health...
Video campaigns making rural women embrace kitchen gardens
Hazaribag, Jharkhand: Clad in a pink saree, Neha Kumari, 24, walks around her nutri-garden or poshan vatika at Shailkala village in Ichak block...
Tribal students facing the brunt of system’s negligence
Damoh: While technology is supposed to make our daily lives easier, students of Karibara village in Madhya Pradesh are facing the brunt of...
Migrant labourers fleeing Kashmir, women who were 35A’d dreaming of return
By Bivek Mathur and Rahul Singh Shekhawat Patna, Jammu, Dehradun: Kashmir's relation with people hitherto classified as outsiders is changing now that the...
August 10, 2019
81% children in Delhi slums have no toilets: Survey
NEW DELHI, Delhi: After a minor from a Delhi slum was raped when she ventured out to use a community toilet last year,...
August 5, 2019
Toy retailers wary of import ban, say desi products not good enough
Delhi, Delhi: On August 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his radio programme Mann Ki Baat, asked...
Small town start-up turns into a boon for senior citizens amid pandemic
Silchar, Assam: When the lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 was imposed, people were forced to stay...
Lack of salary, long-shifts, lack of financial security: Junior doctors, nurses’ long time despair reflects amid Covid-19
Bengaluru: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, junior doctors and nurses are having to deal with issues such as...
Delay in payments of Post Matric Scholarship Scheme forces Punjab’s Dalit students to drop out, opt for part-time jobs
Chandigarh: Since the 2017-18 session, Dalit students in Punjab haven’t been able to seek benefits under a centrally...
IT employees turn fruit vendors, printers and cab drivers
Pune, Maharashtra: Ganesh Shitre, 30, a resident of Pune and a former employee at Sensabyte Edusoft Private...
Covid-19 hits 160-year-old Himachal apple industry
Chandigarh: The apple orchards of Himachal Pradesh are facing a crisis brought on by the Covid-19 lockdown and...
Covid-19 worsens plight of cotton farmers in Marathwada
Pune, Maharashtra: For the past 20 days, Kuldeep Karpe, a farmer from Beed district in Maharashtra, has...
Lockdown after lockdown in Kashmir aggravates mental health of many
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir: “Death must be more peaceful than living in Kashmir under [continuous] lockdowns,” Mohammad Zain,...
Surat diamond industry fears 2nd recession in a decade
Surat: “I am stuck in this phase of life where I cannot go ahead or go back....
Lockdown in Kashmir costing chefs a year’s worth pay
Jammu: “Due to [the] prevailing situation in Kashmir, the invitation for [the] marriage ceremony of my nephews...
August 20, 2019
Young Fighters who Fought for their Independence – Child Marriage
The Pathos of the Makers
Girl, 13, married to 35 years old man in Jammu’s Ramnagar
August 16, 2020
Tibetan government, experts urge India to recognise Tibet as an independent nation
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: The Galwan Valley faceoff between India and China has fueled the demand to bring the Tibet independence issue back to...
Akhand Bharat banners spring up near Pak Parliament
Islamabad: Hundreds of flex banners bearing an Indian parliamentarian’s remark about acquiring Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Balochistan appeared near Pakistani Parliament a day after...
August 7, 2019
Fears of fresh insurgency in Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal: On July 10, a policeman was killed in the eastern district of Bhojpur, 180 kilometres from Kathmandu, when police personnel and members...
July 25, 2019
Violation of Vienna Convention, misuse of military courts, ICJ asks Pak to suspend Jadhav death sentence
In what can be termed as a virtual victory for India in the long-pending case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the International Court of Justice...
July 18, 2019