Recently, there was a discussion at the Chennai International Centre on “inclusive music,” the panel consisting of Gopalkrishna Gandhi and T.M. Krishna. The discussion was quite topical because it was for his efforts at making Carnatic music ‘more inclusive’ that Krishna is supposed to have received the Magsaysay Award. [...]

In 2015, India, like other developed countries, had more number of deaths caused by non-communicable diseases. […]

The revival of the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014, and the Union Cabinet’s approval for provisions that make discrimination against people living with the virus punishable, are positive steps. […]

Fast Facts – Urbanization in India Most Urbanized States: Tamil Nadu  43.9%; Maharashtra  42.4%; Gujarat  37.4% 3 out of world’s 21 mega cities: Mumbai (19 mill); Delhi (15 mill); Kolkata (14 mill) Large Cities: 23 in 1991; 40 in 2001 Urban Pop.: 25% of 850 mill in 1992; 28% of [...]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Roads carry almost 85 percent of the country’s passenger traffic and more than 60 percent of its freight. Rail carried some 19.8 million passengers and 2.4 million tonnes of freight a day in year 2009 and is one of the world’s largest employers. Major improvements in the sector [...]

Imagine if a city of almost four million people disappeared every year. A Los Angeles, Johannesburg, Yokohama. It would be hard to miss. Yet it goes largely unnoticed that almost four million girls and women “go missing” each year in developing countries when compared to their female counterparts in developed [...]

As the United Nations General Assembly begins a new session, the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is high on their agenda. The SDGs, which took effect earlier this year, have been described as “a universal push to transform the world.” They represent a comprehensive plan of action to [...]

The egregious practice that many Muslim men employ to divorce their wives instantaneously and without their consent, merely by uttering the word talaq thrice, was rendered legally invalid by the Shamim Ara vs State of UP judgment of 2002 and subsequent orders from various High Courts. […]

The National Health Accounts data for 2013-14 present fresh evidence that India continues to have a non-serious approach to the provision of universal health coverage to all its citizens. […]

Background :- Child Labor is a paradox in itself.While the Child is social term the labor is an economic term and intermixing both have resulted in exploitation.There are 33 million child labourers in India, according to UNICEF According to UNICEF, a child is involved in child labour if he or [...]