Fixing India?s Sanitation Problem Requires More Than Toilets

Here is a number most of you know: more people practice open defecation in India than anywhere in the world – more than 600 million individuals. Moreover, 60% of hous...

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...

Bonn climate talks: New fundingmechanism proposed at side event totackle energy poverty

CSE and What Next Forum say Globally Funded Feed-in Tariff Mechanism

(G-FiT) for enabling renewable energy has the potential to provide energy access to all as well...

The parched planet: Water on tap

Researchers are exploring unconventional sources of fresh water to quench the globe’s growing thirst. In an effort to combat his country’s long-standing water c...

Can Social Accountability Help Ensure Rights and Better Participation in Maternal Health Services?

Over the last two decades, social accountability has emerged as a strategy to make health services more responsive to community needs. It’s an approach that creates a...

United Technologies and SOS Children’s Villages announce ‘Project Vidya’ Initiative to support education of 800 children in SOS Villages across 9 cities in India

United Technologies and SOS Children’s Villages announce ‘Project Vidya’

Initiative to support education of 800children in SOS Villages across 9 c...

Zoe Saldana Attends VERTE Fundraiser To Benefit Grades Of Green

Avatar actress Zoe Saldana was the surprise presenter at the annual VERTE fundraiser to benefit Grades of Green, an environmental education nonprofit that empowers K–...

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...

Didier Drogba Vs Malaria Ahead Of FIFA World Cup

Just days ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, football star and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Didier Drogbalaunches an animated video t...