India, June 11 -- In 1884, the year Tokyo completed its first modern sewer network, Bombay's municipal commissioners were debating whether to extend water drainage to its native quarters. They decided... Read More
India, June 5 -- Last week's release of early results from the sixth National Family Health Survey (NFHS) made headlines, not just for its main findings, but also for information that the NFHS no long... Read More
India, May 29 -- Most of India's smoked tobacco problem is bidis, not cigarettes. Of the 267 million adults who used tobacco in India in 2016-17, 72 million were bidi smokers - just over a quarter of ... Read More
India, May 21 -- By all indications, India is self-sufficient in food as harvests scale new heights. In 2023-24, wheat production crossed 113 million tonnes, while rice output hit a record 137.8 milli... Read More
India, May 14 -- On April 27 this year something unusual happened. The planet's 50 hottest cities were all in India. Recent years have been the hottest on record since systematic data was recorded. Th... Read More
India, May 7 -- Every year, antibiotic resistance - the failure of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections - kills more people in India than in any other country. According to the World Health Organ... Read More
India, May 1 -- India grows more legal opium than any other country. Nearly a million licensed farmers, mostly in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, coax the latex out from poppy capsules by scoring them b... Read More
India, April 24 -- India's agricultural achievement is one of its great post-Independence success stories. From the brink of famine in the mid-1960s, the country is now among the world's largest produ... Read More
India, April 9 -- Every recruitment cycle in India sees tens of thousands of public posts attract millions of applicants. The fact that even a posting for the position of office peon in the public sec... Read More
India, April 2 -- India's most consequential contribution to the world isn't a product, a service, or even a technology platform. It is people. Indian workers, entrepreneurs, scientists, physicians, i... Read More