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 ...

As 2024 comes to a close, we look at the state of India’s public data. The following are a few of the datasets that have been ...

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

Ganjam is among the 14 migration-prone districts in Odisha, with climate and lack of opportunity pushing people to seek work ...

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

Dengue, malaria, Japanese encephalitis and kala azar killed 285 people in 2024, as per data from the NCVBDC. A vaccine was discovered for dengue, and new techniques for vector management that aim to ...

Despite a tripling of climate finance to $300 billion for developing countries, questions are being raised on whether the ...

India’s prisons were 21% over capacity, better than 31% in 2022. But three in four are under trial, and less than half the ...

India aims to reach 20% blending of petrol with ethanol by 2025, but that needs produce from farmland equivalent to Bihar’s ...