Why We Need Digital Public Infrastructure for Nature in India
Frontlineby Sayanta Ghosh13d ago
As India approaches eight decades of Independence, digital public infrastructure has become one of the clearest signs of its administrative strength.
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Frontlineby Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay13d ago
Dear Reader, In the Museum Five Continents—one of the first ethnological museums in Germany—there exists an ancient text written by the Chinese poet and philosopher Li Ju (who lived around 50 BC)...
How Manash Ghosh Links Mujib's 1975 Assassination to Hasina's 2024 Ouster
Frontlineby Sanskrita Bharadwaj13d ago
In Mujib’s Blunders: The Power and the Plot Behind His Killing, the veteran journalist Manash Ghosh revisits the tumultuous time of the founding of Bangladesh.
GreenPro Certification India: What It Is & How to Apply | Prakati
Prakati Indiaby Prakati India13d ago
If you have come across “GreenPro certified” on a tile box, a paint can, or a tender document and wondered what it actually means, you are not alone.
Vikram's viral video with lar gibbon sparks India wildlife investigation
BBC News - Indiaby Zoya Mateen; Vijayanand Arumugam13d ago
- Published A video posted by a Tamil film star showing him cuddling an endangered gibbon has triggered an investigation by Indian wildlife officials over how he came into contact with the animal.
“Your biggest enemy is your fear”
India Development Reviewby Anandhakrishnan S13d ago
In 1983, I was in Golana village in Gujarat, where my colleagues and I were working with the local Dalit population.
India fuels worldwide jump in planned coal production
India | The Guardianby Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent13d ago
Enough new coalmining projects were proposed last year to increase global supplies by 2.5bn tonnes a year, an increase of 11% from the year before, even as demand for coal plateaus, according to a...
The world’s only flying mammal
Mongabay Indiaby Divya Kilikar14d ago
They sleep upside down and hunt for prey in the dark using sound waves — what can’t bats do? The only mammals capable of true flight, bats are remarkably adaptable, found on every continent except...
The carbon market bets on an invasive tree
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey14d ago
- Several global conglomerates are engaging with an Indian firm to buy carbon credits generated through carbon removal projects.
Care by design: Building a patient-centred hospice
India Development Reviewby Jasmine Bal14d ago
When we think of death with dignity, its meaning can vary across cultures, socioeconomic circumstances, and even by the degree of illness or injury.
Can nonprofits create meaningful dialogue without a conference budget?
India Development Reviewby Jasmine Bal14d ago
Every year, organisations working across themes in the social sector invest significant time and resources in conferences.
Assam: How a 97-year-old escaped deadly Indian floods on a banana log raft
BBC News - Indiaby Soutik Biswas14d ago
- Published Well past midnight on 19 July, as floodwaters surged through a village in India's northeastern state of Assam, Bornali Baruah and her husband were trying to save his 97-year-old mother.
Making a case for capacity building
India Development Reviewby Jasmine Bal15d ago
In recent years, terms such as systems, leadership, theory of change, and organisational development have become common in the development sector.
As conflict in the Middle East intensifies, India’s relationship with Israel deepens
India | The Guardianby Niha Masih15d ago
Hello, and welcome back to This Is India. For this week’s newsletter, I’m looking at India’s evolving relationship with Israel, and how it has deepened as conflict swept across the Middle East.
‘The payment is small and the paths are steep’: the women saving India’s remotest people from polio
India | The Guardianby Kamran Yousuf in Pulwama, Kashmir15d ago
Before sunrise, Shameema slips on her worn rubber sandals and checks the insulated box – the ice packs inside must maintain the crucial cold chain at between 2C and 8C (35.6-46.4F).
How Caring For Mental Illness In The Family Consumes Women’s Lives
Behanboxby Nithya Pandian15d ago
How Caring For Mental Illness In The Family Consumes Women’s Lives Despite chronic stress, fatigue and loss of livelihood women have no choice but live up to the expectations of caring for family...
US judge drops criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani
India | The Guardianby Reuters15d ago
A US judge on Monday dismissed criminal charges against the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, after the justice department said it had decided to abandon the fraud and bribery case.
Police use teargas on young Indians as government jobs protest escalates
India | The Guardianby Penelope MacRae in Delhi15d ago
Thousands of angry young job-seekers clashed with police in Jharkhand, one of India’s poorest states, on Monday as a weeks-long protest over alleged irregularities in recruitment drives for coveted...
Maharashtra's Ladki Bahin: Why India's largest cash-transfer scheme for women is under scrutiny
BBC News - Indiaby Mayuresh Konnur; Zoya Mateen16d ago
- Published Until two years ago, Nirmala Bawaskar had no bank account of her own. A widow who works as a housemaid in Maharashtra's Sambhajinagar district, she signed documents with a thumbprint...
The Guardian view on India’s green growth gamble: it will need more than private finance | Editorial
India | The Guardianby Editorial17d ago
India is attempting to do something the world has never seen before. So claimed Niti Aayog, the government of India’s policy thinktank, earlier this year.