Suicides in Indian prisons are significantly higher than in the general population, yet most psychiatrist posts remain vacant ...

Survey limitations and omissions of the ultra‑rich and the most vulnerable are leading to a skewed picture of inequality ...

With an estimated 12 million young people entering the workforce annually and despite impressive economic growth in recent ...

32,000 Indians Say They Possess Exotic Animals In Post-COVID Amnesty The environment ministry offered amnesty to Indians holding undocumented exotic animals as a first step towards regulating their ...

Kerala’s one-health approach to studying Nipah between outbreaks is paying off, enabling the health systems to identify and monitor infections effectively ...

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) provide large employment opportunities at lower capital cost than large industries, but this sector is plagued by low levels of registration. As per the ...

As traditional varieties of seeds are losing ground to hybrid ones, seed banks in Odisha are trying to revive India's indigenous seed diversity while encouraging farmers to move away from chemical ...

Caste impacts decision to migrate, benefits from migration Migration patterns and its impacts are based on a household’s caste, found a 2016 study from Beed in Maharashtra, published in the Social ...

Migrant workers said that it would be ideal if they could cast votes at the work destinations instead of having to travel to their home states. Absent this option, migrant worker participation in the ...

Mumbai: Over the past decade, Indian prisons have increasingly had more undertrial prisoners, with their share increasing from 66% of prisoners in 2012 to 76% in 2022, as revealed in the latest Prison ...

New Delhi: India has amongst the most progressive laws on maternity benefits. But a large majority of India’s workforce is engaged in informal work. Further, the law exempts small firms from having to ...