Creating the climate for India’s low carbon growth story

Buried under the din of the changing electoral climate, India took an important step in its fight against climate change this summer. The ‘Expert Group on Low Carbon ...

El Nino effect: Mumbai may get only 93% rainfall: Met

Authorities say the monsoon has reached the city, but the currents are weak, causing a period of inactivity; weak monsoon will, almost inevitably, lead to a rise in vegetab...

5th Jagran Film Festival To Open On 5th July In New Delhi

The festival will travel to 14 cities across India

New Delhi, India: The festival that created a furore with its vast span ...

400 million workers in India have little security, few entitlements

A new report finds that the great majority of labour in India works in one form or the other of informal employment, allowing those who pay them to dodge labour laws. In In...

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...

Champion Big Wave Surfer Maya Gabeira Stars In New Oceana PSA

To celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8, Oceana, the largest international ocean conservation organization, released a new public service announcement (PSA) starring Brazil...

Marketers look beyond traditional mix as rural consumers flex muscles

With the Modi Government at the Centre, there is a buoyancy seen in the market. The expectation of ‘achche din’ extends beyond urban areas, with the rural hinte...

Delhi Air And Water In A Dismal State

On the eve of World Environment Day, the Capital does not score very high on the environmental report card going by the views of environmentalists and conservationists base...

Contours Of Inequality

Global estimates of the unmet energy needs in India have been available for some time. These only indicate whether the shoe pinches, if at all. In a new series of analyses ...