Toiling for a toilet
2017-06-03
The 90-billion-rupee scheme aims to achieve an Open Defecation-Free (ODF) India before October 2, 2019Continue Reading
‘Golwalkar told Kurien that it was actually just politics’
2017-06-01
Saba Naqvi Pushpa M. Bhargava is the founder-director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad and is seen as the architect of modern biology in India. The former vice-chairman of the National Knowledge Commission was summoned to give evidence before a committee set up by theContinue Reading
Learning experience for tribal children at Podiyam
2017-05-29
R.K. Roshni Thiruvananathapuram: At the forest check-post at Kottoor, nearly an hour-and-a-half from the city, Kingini, a tribal youngster who appeared for his higher secondary examinations this year, sits behind the wheels of a four-wheel drive. Kingini lives at Podiyam, a settlement of the Kani tribespeople inside the Agasthyarkoodam forests.Continue Reading
Donating breastmilk to save little lives
2017-05-27
Chennai: For the past few months, Sharanya Govindarajalu has been helping save lives in a way only a new mother can – by donating her breast milk. Five days a week, the 32-year-old mother of a seven-month-old sends 100ml to 150ml of her breast milk to a neonatal hospital soContinue Reading
Kerala installs India’s first sanitary napkin vending machines
2017-05-25
Lack of awareness about menstrual hygiene is a major cause of concern in IndiaContinue Reading
Journalists perform below average: new study
2017-05-22
They are apparently good at managing the work-related stressContinue Reading
Women religious strengthen Prison Ministry India
2017-05-15
Philip Mathew Sr. Adele Korah met Felix Richa for the first time in 2005 inside a state prison in Bangalore, now Bengaluru, a southern Indian city. “I saw him sitting inside the prison chapel, looking guilty and desperate. I spoke to him, and he poured out his woes to me,”Continue Reading
In volatile Kashmir, unemployment trumps fear as youth turn up for police jobs
2017-05-15
Abhishek Saha Srinagar: He ran the race of his life, clocked a good time and qualified for the next round. But Bashir doesn’t want to be photographed nor does he want his real name used. He has just finished the first task of the physical endurance test at a policeContinue Reading
Look at the facts of demonetisation, not politics
2017-05-11
By Kaushik Basu It was six months ago, on November 8, that India hit the headlines the world over, with its sudden demonetisation. It was announced in the evening that, at the stroke of the midnight hour, all bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 would cease to beContinue Reading