Mumbai: Fewer Indian children are now short for their age. However, nearly two in five children continue to have ...

The world’s 12th most polluting landfill is in Mumbai. Despite multiple laws and rules, the city has failed to prevent its ...

Nearly 3 in 4 Indians in prison are under trial. The average undertrial prisoner is young, often with low levels of education ...

A new report reveals distinct patterns in migration corridors, including on where and how far informal workers are willing to ...

Mumbai and New Delhi: From 1951, when the first woman joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), until 2020, women have made up only 13% of all IAS officers. Of 11,569 IAS officers who entered ...

Co-founded in 2019 by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation magazine in association with the Guardian and WNYC, Covering Climate Now supports, convenes, and trains journalists and newsrooms to ...

Energy transition, a term that has a long history, has gathered momentum in the past decade or so, and in the Indian context it has further accelerated post the Conference of Parties 26ᵗʰ (COP26) ...

Kachchh, Gujarat: In Banni, in the Kachchh district of Gujarat, one of Asia’s largest tropical grasslands is under severe threat from the invasive species Prosopis juliflora. The gando baval, or the ...

Further, the city produces 4,399 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage. But treatment capacity has not kept pace--in the city and across the country--according to our analysis of government data.

Various factors have contributed to this crisis in the city. The Urban Water Balance Report for Bengaluru, released by WELL Labs, a city-based research organisation, highlights some of these concerns.