The government will hand over the running of the rural job scheme to a nation-wide network of NGOs, sidelining the…

Concerted efforts have been made to give a new lease of life to the Doha Round of WTO negotiations. The…

THE ongoing negotiations with the World Bank provide an opportunity to urban policymakers to reinvent the present form of JNNURM…

In one of the biggest mobilisations of its kind in the case of any government programme in the country so…

On the day when the commercial release of Bt Brinjal was recommended by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, the Indian…

Despite the government’s efforts to reduce maternal deaths by encouraging deliveries at health centres, the system continues to fail poor…

A brinjal engineered through biotechnology to kill plant-eating insects, the focus of a sharp and bitter debate about the safety…

Darjeeling, Oct. 14: The European Union has asked for public opinions on Darjeeling Tea, a step towards granting patent to…

The economic turmoil sweeping the globe has lead to a sharp spike in hunger affecting the world’s poorest, uncovering a…

The UPA is in damage control mode over allegations that Indian officials took millions of dollars as bribes to help…

A new report released by UNICEF and the World Health Organization today lays out a seven-point plan to reduce the…

In a shocking revelation about Bihar’s crumbling law and order situation, 116 villagers in Darbhanga are found to have purchased…

Washing hands with soap at critical times—before handling food and after using the toilet—significantly can reduce child mortality. Last year,…

Civil society groups have cautioned the government against introducing genetically modified crops in the food chain and questioned the credentials…

Soumendu Barat, postgraduate in history and Bengali Nasima Begum, graduate in economics with diploma in a computer course Sanjay Dutta,…