Manipur farmers watched helplessly as strict lockdown reduced crop to waste
Bishnupur, Manipur: For the farmers of Kwasiphai in Manipur's Bishnupur district, there seems to be no end to their troubles. They were looking...
Stalled organ donation resumes after outbreak
Aurangabad, Maharashtra: As the coronavirus pandemic hit India, organ donation screeched to a halt. The fear of the spread of the virus discouraged...
COVID impact: Maha’ folk artistes vying for two square meals
Kolhapur, Maharashtra: Numerous artistes and troupes performing Tamasha, a traditional art form from Maharashtra, have been struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic and...
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...
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
Many toilets exist only on paper in this Amethi village
Amethi, Uttar Pradesh: While Amethi district was declared open-defecation free (ODF) in November 2018, the residents of Chanderiya...
Stalled organ donation resumes after outbreak
Aurangabad, Maharashtra: As the coronavirus pandemic hit India, organ donation screeched to a halt. The fear of...
Patients say K’taka hospitals overcharging them in name of COVID-19
Mangaluru, Karnataka: As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in India, the government has been forced...
September 26, 2020
This hospital in UP village has had no doctor for a decade
Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh: In 2009, Baruki village in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh had got its first...
September 24, 2020
Dalit entrepreneurs help bridge digital divide during pandemic
Delhi: A Delhi-based organisation is equipping the members of the Scheduled Castes with digital literacy to help them...
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...
September 10, 2020
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...
Many toilets exist only on paper in this Amethi village
COVID impact: Maha’ folk artistes vying for two square meals
Unable to bear a child, rural couple adopts 6 abandoned babies
October 5, 2020
How a Good Samaritan kept at it during lockdown
October 1, 2020
Young Fighters who Fought for their Independence – Child Marriage
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