Eight years ago, when Shahab Naqvi, 43, decided to quit his lucrative career in the information technology sector in Delhi-NCR and move to Dehradun to work in the social sector, his family and friends were not happy, to say the least. He
Standing at the edge of what looks like a few acres of slush and wastewater with heavy growth of water weeds like hyacinth, 35-year-old Ramveer Tanwar of Dadha village in Greater Noida mumbles, “This used to be a healthy waterbody 20 years
After driving out of Imphal southeastwards for about an hour, the sense of approaching Thongjao village takes hold as earthenware adorning the entrances of houses along the road catches the eye. This quaint village is the pottery hub of Manipur. Thongjao’s potters
When a once-in-a-lifetime event unfolds, its ripple effect can last for years. This has been strongly underlined in the latest Global Wage Report that has been released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). It sounds a dire warning that lower than expected
Seventy-five years ago, when India made its tryst with destiny, there were very few certainties about what the future held for a country that was emerging as a free nation amidst the ruins of World War II. In this first flush of
Every trick that has occurred to environmentalists, forest departments, governments and even the judiciary has been tried to regreen the surface of the earth and check environmental deterioration — be it planting more trees or curbing forest fires or cordoning off forest
Developments that preceded and accompanied the breakout of violence in north-east Delhi in February 2020 were the outcome of several interlocking factors, reveals a report on the riots that was released in early October. Titled “Uncertain Justice: A Citizens Committee Report”, it
In the summer of 2019, a small but combative cricket club from the outer rim of Delhi was in for a great surprise. The girls’ cricket team from Shahbad Dairy in Outer Delhi was meeting none other than Virat Kohli, then the
India’s attempt to regulate single-use plastic (SUP) kicked in from July 1, 2022, with the government imposing a ban on select items. It is part of the larger effort to reduce the use of plastic in the long term. But making India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new AIIMS in the Deoghar district of Jharkhand, which would be constructed at the cost of ₹1,100 crore. Modi opened the new In-Patient Department and Operation Theatre paving the way for the state to have a