Studies show that extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent due to changing climate, increase durations of power outage ...

Societal conditioning since birth, the financial burden of an engineering education, and the lack of women-friendly policies ...

Sepsis caused one in five deaths globally in 2020, according to the WHO. Essentially, the world sees 11 million deaths due to ...

Many women seeking abortion are disbelieved or discriminated against based on the contraception choices they make or do not ...

India is one of the countries hardest hit by climate change-induced extreme weather. What should be our priorities in the upcoming budget?

As a girl growing up in small-town Uttar Pradesh, Pooja wanted to “get ahead in life”. She wanted to be a working woman, earn a comfortable living, and get out of the confines of her village. But her ...

Many urban local bodies (ULBs) in India collect residential and commercial waste door-to-door, and transfer it directly to Material Recovery Facilities, a solution to the problem of ever-mounting ...

India is one of the countries hardest hit by climate change-induced extreme weather. What should be our priorities in the upcoming budget?

India is one of the countries hardest hit by climate change-induced extreme weather. What should be our priorities in the upcoming budget?

Mumbai: Road accidents in India fell 6% in a decade to 2022, but a higher percentage of these were fatal crashes--up from a quarter of all accidents in 2012 to a third in 2022. As a result, deaths ...

New Delhi: When 34-year-old Kruti realised she was pregnant early in January 2024, she was embarrassed. The Delhi resident has four children--her oldest is 12 years old and the youngest is six. She ...