Priorities

National rubber policy must protect growers, urges planters’ association

The proposed national policy on rubber should reflect the real concerns of all stakeholders in the sector and protect the livelihoods of rubber growers in the country, urged t...

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How rural India spends

Contrary to general perception, rural people in India are spending more on commodities that are considered major urban expenditure, such as food, energy, cereals, pulses, vege...

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400 million workers in India have little security, few entitlements

A new report finds that the great majority of labour in India works in one form or the other of informal employment, allowing those who pay them to dodge labour laws. In India...

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Grow food anywhere

With innovative use of space, people in cities are reclaiming their right to safe food Sky is the limit for those who want to grow their own food, both literally and metaphori...

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Anti-rabies vaccination camp held

In order to control the spread of rabies, the health wing of the Trichy Corporation and the department of animal husbandry held a vaccination camp to vaccinate both stray and ...

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How technology can save India’s vanishing generation

For India’s children, the journey from a crib to grave is indeed very short. A Save the Children study has reported that over three lakh babies die on their first-day an...

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India leads the way in combating climate change

India is leading the way in efforts to combat the challenges of global warming while sceptical Americans still question climate change, according to a new global survey by Tim...

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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 househo...

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More than 80 billion tons of mineral reserves in India yet to be tapped

Over 80 billion tons of India’s mineral reserves are yet to be tapped as the domestic mining sector has been waiting for exploitation of its full potential despite a hug...

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Cost of growth: Global natural resources depleting by 45% a year

Analysis of data by World Bank from 136 countries shows poor countries are losing natural resources fast without gaining much by way of human resource capital or gross wealth ...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: A STITCH OF KINDNESS

Ajay Govind’s Basanti Tailors, produced by Drishyam Films in association with the ...

October 27 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: 30 YEARS OF DDLJ & STILL RUNNING

From Eurorail to Sarson Ke Khet: An Ethnography of DDLJ’s Everlasting Romance with...

October 26 2025

BOLLYWOOD: MR. MOHABBAT ZINDABAD!!

As Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge completes 30 years of success, Monojit Lahiri takes you d...

October 24 2025