BY SUKANT DEEPAK
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) No leaders or political parties. No questions asked when people wanted to join. She says it was almost like visiting someone's home -- local women coming
RAIPUR JATTAN, India/SINGAPORE, July 23 (Reuters) - For more than two decades, Indian farmer Ravindra Kajal cultivated rice the way his forefathers had - every June he flooded his fields with water before
United Nations, July 23 (IANS) The COVID-19 pandemic has made the crisis in early childhood development worse, with more than 40 million children worldwide missing education in critical pre-school years, said a
BY SUKANT DEEPAK
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The conversation starts with the quote she once used in her work -- "Who is not a refugee". The Baroda-based artist, Nilima Sheikh insists we all
BY BRIJ KHANDELWAL
Agra, July 20(IANS) Women in the modern era are comparatively safer, better empowered and they enjoy a more dignified life than women during the days of 'rajas and maharajas
July 19 (PTI): When Ruskin Bond told his mother that he wanted to be a writer, she laughed saying with his good handwriting he could only be a clerk in a lawyer's office.
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BY ARCHANA SHARMA
Jaipur, July 18 (IANS) Amid the Covid-19 pandemic when educational institutions are shut and are striving to complete courses online, Rajasthan schools are traumatising parents and stude
As countries bolster economies battered by the pandemic, more land may be privatised
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From forced displacement to conflict over resources, the coro
Housing and land insecurity make it harder for people to plan for the future, hampering economic growth
LONDON, July 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost one billion people around the world fear
BY SHARON THAMBALA
Bengaluru, July 15 (IANS) At a time when the world is reeling under the COVID-19 health catastrophe, city-based bio-pharmaceutical major Biocon has received the approval of the Dru
Countries trying to boost economic growth are privatising land and other resources, uprooting rural and indigenous communities
BANGKOK, July 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A push to privatise land
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) More than one third of respondents to a snap poll feel that the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan will collapse and the BJP will return in the state, as per IANS CVoter
BY TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE
IANS | July 12
The last decade has seen rapid digitisation. However, the last three months have seen the pace of digitisation accelerate rapidly. Even as the world adjusts to a new n
BY LT GEN CHERISH MATHSON
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A resolute, unruffled leadership and India's multi-pronged, hard stance, from the borders to financial markets, has forced China to tone down i
New Delhi, July 11 (IANSlife) Family planning is central to gender equality and womens empowerment, and it is a key factor in reducing poverty. Millions of girls and women in India can transform their lives if
Jaipur, July 9 (IANS) The 'Raksha Bandhan' festival this year will be celebrated with local flavour in Rajasthan, as many organisations in the state are following the Prime Minister's call for '
Nimo/Leh, July 9 (IANS) In a quaint little village with tall poplars swinging gently in the summer bloom against the bare lofty mountains, 1962 war veteran Tsering Tashi giggles with exuberance over the thought
Dharamsala, July 6 (IANS) Reaffirming Washington's continued support to the Tibetan cause, US Ambassador to India, Kenneth Ian Juster, on Monday greeted Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on his 85th b
By Aarti Tikoo Singh
Leh, July 6 (IANS) Around 30,000 troops of Indian Army are in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LoC) in Ladakh, following the addi
BY R. K. PACHNANDA
IANS | July 4
Union Home Minister Amit Shah made a very profound and pertinent statement that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, we shall overcome the two "jung&quo