The linking of rehabilitation of rescued bonded labourers with conviction of the accused in the central sector scheme is a ...

Excessive exposure to light can cause a slew of health issues--from stress, metabolic disorders and inflammation to an ...

Medical certification of deaths is important for a post-pandemic healthcare response, for medical research and for improving ...

Central India has recorded five times its usual May rainfall and south India has recorded more than two-and-a-half times the ...

Radha Malani is a Research Analyst in the Fiscal Governance & Architecture Team at the Centre for Social & Economic Progress.

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) provide large employment opportunities at lower capital cost than large industries, but this sector is plagued by low levels of registration. As per the ...

Mumbai: Nisha Singh made a difficult choice when she decided to quit her job at an auditing firm in Mumbai in June 2019. Her son was about a year old. Neither her family--husband and ...

Mumbai: Poverty and lack of opportunity in their hometowns drove 93 million Indians from disadvantaged castes and tribes in 2011 to migrate to other areas within their states in the hope of securing ...

New Delhi: Jalaluddin Kazi*, 38, lives with bipolar disorder and often has seizures. A resident of North Dumdum near Kolkata, he drove a rented electric rickshaw to support his wife and two children, ...

Bengaluru, Delhi and Nuh, Haryana: Wasim* folds a part of his chequered lungi above his right knee and sits with his right leg outstretched on the floor of his neighbour's makeshift tent. He swats at ...

Mumbai: India reported the highest suicide rate in its history in 2021, with 12 suicides for every 100,000 people. Experts say this might be a reflection of better reporting of deaths by suicide ...