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Clean air can increase Indians' average life expectancy by 1.7 years: Study

About 77% of India's population was found to be exposed to ambient air pollution levels above the national safe limit

Fewer children out of school, but basic skills stay out of reach: Study

Children lack the basic reading and numeracy skills thought necessary in their last year of compulsory schooling

How a pilot project is reducing malnourishment among Jharkhand children

Jharkhand has the highest poverty rate in India--13 million out of 33 million population live below the poverty line, according to a World Bank profile of the state

Mobile campaign causes decline in votes of candidates facing murder charges

The Election Commission of India made it compulsory for candidates to advertise their criminal antecedents on TV and in newspapers at least thrice during electioneering

With 75% grossly underinsured, why aren't Indians sufficiently covered?

Insurance cover offered by endowment insurance products tends to be much lower than that offered by pure protection products

Income inequality in India: Top 10% upper caste households own 60% wealth

Among OBCs and STs too, top 10% had cornered most wealth. Top 10% of both groups held around 52% of wealth in 2012 and top 10% of SCs' share increased three percentage points to 46.7% till 2012

'Most families warned of losing govt benefits if they didn't build toilets'

We are also concerned about what happens after a region is declared open defecation free, said RICE director Nikhil Srivastav

Fighting drug-resistant TB: What India can learn from S Africa's success

If India follows new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines released in August 2018 and reiterated on December 21, 2018, other drug-resistant TB patients will not have to struggle similarly

Fake data, inept toilets: Why use, construction don't match in rural India

Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh not open defecation-free yet, contrary to claims

This Tamil Nadu town's sanitation model helps manage sewage waste better

Karunguzhi's FSTP now receives around 6,000 to 8,000 litres of waste daily

Govt, industries dodge law, take over forest land without tribals' consent

Many such cases are spread across Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka

Leprosy is making a comeback in India, but the govt wants to deny it

Of the new cases detected, nearly half (67,160) have been diagnosed at an advanced stage

Drunk driving cases: Huge drop on new year's eve, 2000 booked pan India

This is 26% drop from 615 cases in Mumbai, 33% drop from 765 cases in Delhi, and 52% drop from 1,390 cases in Bengaluru last year

Without income and gender equality, India can't achieve growth target

If India plans to double its economy to $5 trillion by 2022 and grow at 8% per year as he predicted, it will need to invest more in health and education

BJP's worst electoral setbacks in a decade with defeat in heartland states

BJP lost 176 seats that it won in 2013, and the Congress gained 158 across three state assemblies--Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh--as results were declared

India houses 24% of world's malnourished; 30% of stunted children under 5

India has shown improvement in reducing child stunting but with 46.6 million stunted children, the country is home to over 30.9% of all stunted children under five--the highest in the world

Gender gap in phone access curbing women's growth; highest in Rajasthan, UP

No more than 38% of women in India own mobile phones, compared with 71% of men

Statue of Unity could have paid for 2 IITs, 5 IIMs and many agri projects

The construction cost could have been used to irrigate 40,192 hectares of land, cover repair, renovation & restoration of 162 minor irrigation schemes and the construction of 425 small check-dams

How a poor women's collective is helping rebuild flood-wrecked Kerala

In Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam, and Alappuzha districts, 185,000 volunteers--46% of volunteers--cleaned over 75,000 homes and 7,500 public roads

Himalayas facing 'climate change crisis', at greater risk of catastrophes

A 2013 study in Himachal Pradesh found that most apple farmers reported a decline in production and delayed harvest