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India’s demographic dividend can propel it to dizzying heights, but much of it depends on the quality of our school education. India has doubled its investment in education over the past decade but the learning outcomes leave much to be desired.
, a social innovator and founder of the Agastya International Foundation explains, how the shift from ‘what to think’ to ‘how to think’, as well as the hands-on application of learnings, can transform the situation. Agastya is one of the largest hands-on science and innovation learning programmes in the world.Ramji Raghavan
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Roughly one and a half years after India declared itself free of bird flu, we are once again in the midst of an outbreak. At least 10 states have reported deaths of thousands of birds caused by the virus.
Coming on the back of COVID-19, this is a worry because of its economic impact and because it can be transferred to humans in some cases.
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India has the dubious distinction of recording the most number of acid attacks in the world - 1,483 victims between 2014 and 2018. Despite stricter laws and harsher punishments, the number of such attacks continues to increase.
Daulat Bi Khan, an acid attack survivor herself, launched a foundation to help others like her and is now fighting to ensure they get medical treatment, counselling and education.
She speaks to about her battle with pain, trauma and the fight for justice she undertook for herself and other survivors.All Indians Matter
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Few Budgets would have been as critical as the one Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present on February 1, 2021. India just experienced its first ever technical recession and inflation continues to be well above the tolerance limit.
India needs something extraordinary. Can the finance minister pull a rabbit out of a hat?
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As human populations expand, there is pressure on natural habitats. They are looked upon as sources of natural resources that can fuel economic growth and help national missions like poverty reduction.
As natural habitats shrink or prove inadequate, people, animals and forests are increasingly coming into conflict.
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