A rising sea, frequent natural disasters, and climate change have worsened prospects for farmers and fishermen, while ...

The poorest 20% in urban India see higher child mortality and disease prevalence than their rural counterparts, illustrating ...

More than 800 million people are covered under the Food Security Act, but reports show that undernourishment is a concern ...

When an undiagnosed illness leads to an outbreak, there is a tendency to call it a ‘mystery disease’. Experts say this ...

New Delhi: Each evening, as daylight fades behind the rising mounds of the Bhalswa landfill, 26-year-old Paro leaves behind the mohalla’s evening chatter and hurries back to her one-room home in ...

Mumbai: On April 30, Mumbai was not having an unusually hot day at 33.9 degrees Celsius if we only go by the mercury. But with 69% humidity, the impact felt on the human body was as good as 46 degrees ...

Bengaluru: The five south Indian states--Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu--in that order, ranked the best among India’s 16 large and mid-sized states on justice delivery, ...

Bengaluru: More women are now in the justice system, but they remain mostly clustered around the lower levels. Further, only one state--Karnataka--has met its caste-based reservation in the police ...