Javed Akhtar sweeps platform at Mumbai Central station for 'Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan'

As part of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan’ on Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, poet-lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar headed to the Mu...

Candid Conversations

‘Everyone you meet has something to teach you’, goes a saying.

Travelling multiple modes of transport on a regular basis allows for sharing space with a...

Conflict Keeps Mothers From Healthcare Services

Twenty-five-year-old Khemwanti Pradhan is a ‘Mitanin’ – a trained and accredited community health worker – based in the Nagarbeda village of the Bas...

Conflict Keeps Mothers From Healthcare Services

Twenty-five-year-old Khemwanti Pradhan is a ‘Mitanin’ – a trained and accredited community health worker – based in the Nagarbeda village of the Bas...

Jammu and Kashmir was unprepared for flood fury

State did not have forecasting system or a disaster management plan in place The devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir that has so far claimed 150 lives and displaced hun...

India To Install 2,200 Solar-Powered Mobile Communication Towers

The Indian government is set to start work on a large project to install several renewable energy-powered mobile communication towers across nine states in the central belt...

What Makes Community Health Care Work?

In response to Tuesday’s column about two programs in India that train relatively uneducated women as their villages’ health workers, readers provided an avalan...

For a better life outside prison walls

For the 10 prisoners who began tilling a piece of land on the premises of Coimbatore Central Prison on Wednesday, it was a positive step forward in their life. Thanks to th...

Rotavirus vaccine can reduce 26,985 deaths in India

The central government’s decision to introduce rotavirus vaccine in India’s Universal Immunization Programme can reduce as many as 26,985 deaths annually due to...