Poverty And Prosperity In India: A Story of 28 States

The Government’s work should be to listen to the poor, to work for the poor, and live for (the poor)”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first speech in ...

Free check up for Foot and Mouth Disease in Punjab

The Punjab government on Monday instructed Animal Husbandry Department to provide free vaccination to check the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the state and as...

Where are rural courts?

The Gram Nyayalaya Act was passed in 2008 to make the judicial process participatory, inexpensive and accessible to rural India. But rural courts are still few and far betw...

It is obvious why farming is dying

The euphoria in the stock markets, after a strong mandate for Narendra Modi, hogs the national headlines. Unfortunately, the loud cries of wailing farm widows have been los...

Governance Tips from India's Children

Manisha from Siwan:
The Price We Pay for Patriarchy

For 23 years, I was a UNICEF   official. This meant children paid my salary. Chi...

Who said playing games is waste of time?

Throughout the last twenty or thirty years, parents around the world have been putting limitations on the amount of time their children spend playing games. Many a times, p...

The Union Cabinet okays plan to raise cadre for health workers for rural areas

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the health ministry’s proposal to institute a three-year degree programme for public health professionals. The bachelor in comm...

Obama: I take full responsibility for fixing health site

US President Barack Obama has accepted “full responsibility” for ensuring the troubled healthcare website gets fixed.

Speaking in Boston, he said he was...