France extends ?1b for sustainable development in India

France has proposed to give India a 1 billion euro ($1.4 billion) credit line to fund sustainable infrastructure and urban development project. New Delhi: Laurent Fabius, M...

Why do millions of Indian defecate in the open?

Its early morning and local commuters are queuing up for tickets at the Kirti Nagar railway station in the Indian capital, Delhi. Along the tracks, another crowd is gatheri...

Beijing’s bad air would be step up for smoggy Delhi

In mid-January, air pollution in Beijing was so bad that the government issued urgent health warnings and closed four major highways, prompting the panicked buying of air f...

SIT IN OPPOSITION OR LET IT HANG ?

A paradigm shift taking place in Indian Politics reflects that a time has come for the politician to deliver what has been promised to the voter, or else he will be shown t...

Why don’t Indian media write more on climate change?

“Some media analysts say the slim coverage of climate issues by India’s local-language press is due more to commercial decisions and a shortage of trained scien...

Pentavalent vaccine gets clean chit, set for national scale-up

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has recommended scale-up of the pentavalent vaccine across the country, along with activities to monitor poten...

Annual Report: India 2013

Republic of India

Head of state Pranab Kumar Mukherjee(replaced Pratibha Patil)

Head of government Manmohan Singh

Torture and other ill-treatment, e...

Pupils of a lesser God

Zuhaib, a student of mass communication at Jamia Millia Islamia University says that because of the lockdown all his classes are now online. Hi...

ATUL TIWARI: MAN OF MANY PARTS!

Aparajita Krishna time-travels with writer, actor, museum designer and teacher of dramatic arts At...