Climate change is making Purulia's fragile agriculture more precarious, pushing more people from the district to seek work in ...

The move narrows legal recognition and removes self-identification, leaving community members, shelter homes and healthcare ...

India's urban local bodies are underfunded and lack autonomy, but the wealthy are disengaging from reform and finding refuge ...

Private school fees are 10 times government school fees, and nearly four in ten secondary students pay for coaching on top ...

Reservation has increased women’s presence in local bodies, but representation remains significantly lower in Parliament and ...

Editor's note: This series was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. The story contains footnotes marked with asterisks Belgaum & Bengaluru: The three-hour long drive along National ...

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 ...

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 ...

Visakhapatnam: Every summer, millions of Indians in informal work lose income they cannot afford to lose. They work slower in extreme heat, take unpaid sick days, or stop work entirely when ...

Rajsamand, Rajasthan: The year that Chanchal Kumari was born was the year of the drought in Rajasthan--2002. For two years, the state had a severe water shortage--no water for drinking or even sowing ...

Mumbai: Poverty and lack of opportunity in their hometowns drove 93 million Indians from disadvantaged castes and tribes in 2011 to migrate to other areas within their states in the hope of securing ...

New Delhi: Jalaluddin Kazi*, 38, lives with bipolar disorder and often has seizures. A resident of North Dumdum near Kolkata, he drove a rented electric rickshaw to support his wife and two children, ...