Much of the reporting on concerns around HMPV virus happens only because the combination of the words ‘China’ and ‘virus’ ...

More than a quarter of India’s forest cover is fire-prone, and climate change is increasing the likelihood of fires in some ...

People move in and out of poverty due to life’s circumstances. Given India’s identification of the poor happens every 10-15 ...

Amarmuni Nagesia (26) was over seven months pregnant, and preparing for a four-hour journey for her antenatal check-up. Preparations had begun hours before. Her ...

Mumbai: Sixteen critical government datasets are delayed, and nine Union ministries have not released their annual reports--some of them for several years. The Census of India is now three years ...

Noida: This year, India recorded more cases of chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis compared to 2023, while dengue and malaria cases are showing up well beyond the usual months. A strain of ...