Tripura’s springs are drying up due to deforestation and erratic rainfall. The govt’s household tap water scheme boasts vast coverage, but in hilly villages, many taps remain dry; some never ...

Gandhinagar, Gujarat: Several Indian states now provide fare-free bus travel for women, and this has a measurable impact on labour force participation, health-seeking behaviour and overall mobility, ...

Financial sector data indicate a parallel rise in online payment frauds: Frauds of Rs 1 lakh and above increased to 29,082 cases in 2023-24, involving Rs 1,457 crore, according to the Reserve Bank of ...

Addressing the issues facing agriculture and food supply in the mountainous and hilly states could provide affordable food ...

According to the University of Chicago’s 2025 Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) data, an average resident of the national capital region would gain over eight years of life if the city’s air quality met ...

Noida: IndiaSpend is launching Food Price Watch, a new realtime dashboard, which aggregates food prices from various groups across the country to estimate how much an individual or family would need ...

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.

Mumbai: As India’s mobile phone ownership increases, the country’s digital divide is showing up not in usage but in the digital skills that her citizens possess in order to leverage the devices, data ...

“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 ...

The non-operational mines either remain “abandoned” (owners have no intention to resume mining) or “discontinued”, which implies that mining may resume with upgraded technology. Scientific mine ...