The rapid expansion of India’s National Highway network, which grew by 60% from 91,287 km in 2014 to 146,145 km by November ...

As a girl growing up in small-town Uttar Pradesh, Pooja wanted to “get ahead in life”. She wanted to be a working woman, earn a comfortable living, and get out of the confines of her village. But her ...

Hazaribagh/Pakur/Ranchi: In Sonbarsa, a village in Sinduari Panchayat of Barkagaon block in Jharkhand, 36-year-old Suresh (name changed) works as a security guard on land he once owned. In 2016, this ...

Rahul Singh is a Jharkhand-based journalist and reports on environment and rural issues from the eastern states of India.

Many urban local bodies (ULBs) in India collect residential and commercial waste door-to-door, and transfer it directly to Material Recovery Facilities, a solution to the problem of ever-mounting ...