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India News: "The citizens of the country cannot forget the days before 2014 when there were rampant scams and corruption. Rights of the poor were looted before 20

India News: "The citizens of the country cannot forget the days before 2014 when there were rampant scams and corruption. Rights of the poor were looted before 20

In order to effectively curb the escalating burden of non-communicable diseases in a country as vast as India, a shift towards preventative interventions is crucial. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes—are...

Survivors of intrafamilial sexual abuse deserve a judicial system that understands their layered challenges, values rehabilitation over punishment, and builds safe spaces for reporting. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, is...

Climate change adaptation has received far less attention and funding as compared to mitigation. The public sector must prioritise building resilience against rising climate risks to ensure a sustainable future for the country. Northern India...

Conservation lessons from coastal Gujarat on why it is crucial to simplify the climate change narrative for those most vulnerable to the crisis. Mitigating climate change and adapting to it requires not mass climate action...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country via video conferencing.

Nonprofits working on women’s land rights must also give due consideration to dignity—an inherent part of all human rights issues. Land rights is a crucial human rights issue as it enables access to basic facilities...

The systemic oppression of marginalised communities by the criminal justice system is poorly understood and rarely questioned. Here’s how this is changing. In 1871, the British colonial government introduced the Criminal Tribes Act in India,...

Despite being as big as the credit industry, factors such as technological constraints and regulatory barriers from RBI continue to hold the microfinance sector back. India’s microfinance sector has served 6.6 crore borrowers as of...