Priorities
Health

5 Ways To Stop 200,000 Child Deaths

This month, hundreds of thousands of children will get access to rotavirus vaccines in India with the start of a national introduction that marks Asia’s largest to date....

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Human Rights

Supporting Land Rights Helps Us Build Stronger, More Prosperous Communities

Land is an incredibly valuable asset that represents many different things. Land is, first and foremost, a place to call home. For many, it also serves as a critical means of ...

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Sustainable Development

UP’s Mini-Grid Policy Tries To Boost Rural Electrification

Following its move to allow a special status to mini-solar-grids, the Uttar Pradesh government released details on the mini-grid policy last week. Under the scheme, the state ...

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Environment

Fracking To Prompt Sharp Rise In Greenhouse Gas Emmissions

Fracking is set to lead to a sharp rise in emissions of climate changing greenhouse gases, newly undermining industry and government claims that shale gas is a relatively clea...

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Gender

Punjab Financial Inclusion Of Women In Five Charts

One billion women – more than 40% of the women around the world – don’t have access to formal financial services, according to Global Findex.The gender finan...

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Health

Doctors Punjab Health Spend More On Salaries Less On Care

Two separate reports relating to health and healthcare in Punjab released last week have underlined that the poor, especially in rural areas, remain the most vulnerable to can...

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Human Rights

India's Doctors Learn Safer Abortion Techniques To Cut Maternal Deaths

Lying in bed clutching her abdomen, a young Indian woman leans over her toddler to retrieve some pain relief from the stash on her bedside table at a private hospital in Delhi...

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Sustainable Development

Transition From Millennium Development Goals To Sustainable Development Goals In India

India has made a significant progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and some targets have been achieved. However progress has been mixed. There is a scope to...

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Environment

Witness To Climate Change: Remembering Photographer Gary Braasch

Portland environmental photographer Gary Braasch described himself as a witness to climate change. He dedicated himself to making images that helped the rest of the world witn...

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Gender

Mobile Phones: Patriarchy's New Red Alert

Villages are imposing mobile phone bans on young women in order to control their new independence and mobility. It started with KhapPanchayats in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Ra...

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BOLLYWOOD FAME, FORGOTTEN STARS, CAUTIONARY TALES

Today Mumbai’s film actors have wised up to the fact that fame and fortune don&rsq...

February 3 2026

MARDAANI 3 RETURNS WITH GRIT AND LIMITS

In his review, critic Arnab Banerjee examines how Mardaani 3 revives Shivani Shivaji Roy...

February 2 2026

BOB DYLAN’S IMMIGRANT LAMENT STILL HAUNTS US

In this searing cultural meditation, Khalid Mohamed revisits Bob Dylan’s protest s...

February 1 2026