Political

Submit complete list of wetlands: NGT to States

Drought has hit 33 crore people across 10 states, informs Centre

Since India became independent in 1947, the central and state governments have introduced various rural development schemes, and have been trying to get them to converge. While this effort hasn't been as impactful on a large scale, there are some success stories. Sarda Panchayat in Sambalpur, Odisha is one.   

India has come a long way since the days of its rigid top-down Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP), which had minimal community participation. First it was the Total Sanitation Campaign which then became the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, and most recently, the Swachh Bharat Mission.

India continues to have the highest number of people defecating out in the open according to recent figures by the World Health Organisation

About 3 million children from developing countries below the age of 5 die every year due to diarrhoeal diseases caused by polluted water, poor san

What's not to like about sugarcane juice in summer? Would you drink as much of it or more if you knew that those selling it in Pune where I live, are people who have migrated temporarily from drought-affected villages in rural Maharashtra, and are counting on juice sales to get through the whole year?

India and Germany join hands to rejuvenate the Ganga

Good southwest monsoon expected this year as El Nino declines

Forts and palaces of Rajasthan are well known for their water-based architecture, which sustained life and also kept out the extreme summer heat. Though mostly absent from travel itineraries, Deeg Palace in Bharatpur district scores over the big names when it comes to aquatic ingenunity.