Sivasagar, Assam: For 15 years, Binita and Mridul Buragohain built their pig farm in Betbari village, starting with two pigs and slowly expanding to a herd of 75. In October last year, one of their ...

Half of schools have ramps with handrails, one in three have functional toilets. As a result, enrolment drops at higher ...

We looked at studies that analysed data from nine cities spanning up to five decades. The images reveal three patterns: extreme sprawl that replaced natural landscapes with concrete, the paradox of ...

Priyanka Thirumurthy is an award-winning multimedia journalist with a focus on the impact of climate change and excessive ...

As trees disappear and concrete expands, India's urban heat crisis is costing billions—but Tier 2 cities still have time to ...

Mumbai: Indian schools have wide disparity in access to the internet and smart classrooms, with many lacking even a computer, an IndiaSpend analysis of government data, has found. This is even as ...

Bengaluru: Dowry-related crimes in India are routinely underreported and undercounted, an IndiaSpend analysis of government data and various studies shows. This reflects in official data as well.

Gandhinagar, Gujarat: Despite the 14th and 15th Finance Commissions’ recognition of the need for rural local bodies to become more efficient in revenue collection, panchayats’ own income fell 10.5% ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Indian men spend less time on unpaid domestic and caregiving work compared to the women, and the little time they do spend is also concentrated in outdoor activities such as ...

“The first few weeks after a rescue are critical for released bonded labourers so that they do not slip into rebondage,” said Tina Kuriakose Jacob, senior research fellow, International Institute of ...

Mumbai: Indian cities and towns produce about 72,368 million litres of sewage per day (MLD)--enough to fill 30,000 Olympic-size swimming pools--but has the operational capacity to treat only 37% of it ...