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Aakar Patel | Why India’s Rank Has Been Falling In Global Indices… But Do We Bother?

Aakar Patel | Why India’s Rank Has Been Falling In Global Indices… But...

On the Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index, India fell from 140 in 2014 to 151 today. RSF says that...

17 Nov 2025 11:54 PM IST

The candid eyes of CCTV cameras may have recorded the gory incidents of sexual abuse in graphic detail.(Representational image)

Latin America most violent region for women: UN report

The rate of sexual violence against women outside of relationships is the highest in the world in the region.

23 Nov 2017 12:09 PM IST

A case of rape has been registered against three persons. (Representational Image)

Delhi: Norms not followed in rape victims' medical test

The study was conducted by NGO Partners For Law in Development with support from the department of justice, ministry...

3 Sept 2017 4:22 AM IST

The PMKSY addresses the concerns of growing water scarcity in the country by promoting water conservation through per drop more crop and watershed management.

Govt engages UNDP to fast-track crop insurance scheme

The unit will have 15 professionals whom the UNDP is in the process of hiring on its payroll.

10 July 2018 4:46 PM IST

The poor have now become wary of investing money even in credible organisations.

Checking unregulated deposit schemes can help the poor

India has always been a fertile ground for swindles that have bilked mostly low-income households of millions of rupees.

18 Feb 2019 7:03 AM IST

In India, over a hundred schemes are delivered to the same set of beneficiaries through mutually insulated administrative silos, set up by Central government ministries intent on jealously guarding their respective fiefdoms

A new paradigm for eliminating poverty

Rural policies following this approach should be designed and implemented in the way best adapted to the needs of the...

28 Sept 2018 6:13 AM IST

India climbed one spot to 130 out of 189 countries in the latest human development rankings released on Friday by the United Nations Development Programme. (Representtional Image)

India up 1 spot in human development index

India secured 130th spot out of 189 countries in UNDP's index; Norway bags top position.

15 Sept 2018 12:11 AM IST

India climbed one spot to 130 out of 189 countries in the latest human development rankings released on Friday by the United Nations Development Programme. (Representtional Image)

As India climbs in HDI, UN says inequality, climate change 'big...

India loses quarter of human development value due to inequality, UNDP country head Francine Pickup said over India's...

14 Sept 2018 9:12 PM IST