Bihar Mukhiyas To Get Smart Phones, Internet-savvy Assistants To Improve Work Efficiency

Move will cut frequent travel to government offices to get schemes sanctioned and will improve monitoring, says Panchayati Raj minister Village heads or mukhiyas in Bihar w...

Saving the poor

It was a curious irony. The same day Gabriel Garcia Marquez died, I met another famous Latin writer-the prolific and talented Isabel Allende-giving a talk at a friend&rsquo...

600 Indian Sisters working as doctors are motor of rural health services

Religious Sisters graduating from St John’s Medical University in Bangalore are the “motor of rural health services, a unique example of Christian charity&rdquo...

India rising to Sustainable Energy challenge

Three very different sustainable energy projects from India are among the finalists in this year’s Ashden Awards, writes Chhavi Sharma – all of them inspiring a...

Leaders From Three Continents Join Fellowship To Bring New, Local Perspectives On International Development To Global Dialogue

“This year’s class of fellows is an impressive crowd that will match the incredible work we saw in the first class of New Voices,” said Andrew Quinn, dire...

Empowering the poor or the rural elite?

Shabana Azmi: 'The empowerment of women is important'

Shabana Azmi has said violence against women should not be tolerated. The actress was speaking at a discussion forum about female empowerment at the recent IIFA awards, in ...

Water Walkathon

A large number of women in rural and urban India don’t have much to celebrate on women’s day on March 8 Their day will begin as usual with a walk to fetch water...

Climate change's potential impact must figure in food production efforts

Countries need to shift to more sustainable food systems, stepping up action to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, FAO Director-General Jos? Graziano da S...