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Reservoir levels have fallen in eight states, with water storage falling below 40%; three river basins also in crisis

India, May 4 -- The water storage situation in India is steadily deteriorating. While storage in 166 reservoirs has fallen below 40 per cent, water levels in river basins are also steadily declining. ... Read More


The bias in medical research: Africa carries a huge disease burden but is missing from clinical trials

India, May 4 -- Africa bears a quarter of the world's disease burden yet is largely absent from top-tier clinical trials. Only 3.9% of major trials were done exclusively in Africa, and just 0.6% of l... Read More


West Bengal tea workers invoke ILO Article 24, allege systemic labour rights violations

India, May 4 -- Tea plantation workers in West Bengal, represented by Paschim Banga Cha Majoor Samity, have petitioned the ILO under Article 24. They have alleged systemic labour rights violations de... Read More


Poverty's own republic: "Our old world was a free economy of forests"

India, May 1 -- Murlidhar Devidas Amte, the social activist popularly known as Baba Amte, referred to this central India belt-or, poverty's own republic-as the country's "cummerbund". He described the... Read More


Poverty's own republic: "Deep inside jungles, nobody can find us"

India, May 1 -- In poverty's own republic, its sway no longer shocks. But here, something more insidious seems to be taking shape. As the lives of Sangu, Phanas and Sana suggest, poverty is becoming h... Read More


Poverty's own republic: "100 droughts, 10 famines, 10,000 deaths"

India, May 1 -- "I AM A SUKHBASI" Kalahandi-Balangir-Koraput-the poverty triad, also known as KBK-is a geographical marker of destitution. The contiguous eight districts, with over 12,000 villages an... Read More


Poverty's own republic: "With birth, poverty is certain here"

India, May 1 -- Sangu's life traces India's geography of poverty-a stubborn constant in one of the world's fastest growing economies. Dhamtari (once part of Raipur district) has been identified among ... Read More


Super El Niño impact: Will India see a weak monsoon?

India, May 1 -- The latter half of India's southwest monsoon season this year could be affected by the super El Niño developing in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, according to the long range foreca... Read More


El Niño meets warming

India, May 1 -- This summer could be brutal, testing human capacity to cope with heat. The atmosphere is already warming rapidly. The year 2025 was the third-warmest on record, according to the World ... Read More


May 2026 to remain cool for many parts of India due to rainfall: IMD

India, May 1 -- The month of May 2026 could be much cooler than expected for many parts of India due to widespread rainfall across the country though some regions could also suffer from heat waves, ac... Read More