This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Vance G Martin is the president of the WILD Foundation, an international conservation organisation. He is an expert in international nature conservation and wilderness protection, and specialises in bridging the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When a girl enters adolescence, she encounters a host of barriers that threaten a safe and stable transition into adulthood. By the time she reaches secondary school age, she is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Indian developer Satish Magar has managed to get 700 of his construction workers vaccinated against Covid-19 in the last month, and he hopes to do the same for another 2,000…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As healthcare systems in urban cities across India grapple with the second wave of COVID-19, smaller towns and villages in the country too, are facing devastating consequences. A lack of infrastructure, limited…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The current imagination of safe drinking water is limited to surface water-based drinking water supply schemes and installing large-scale water treatment systems. But these solutions are infrastructure-focused; time- and cost-intensive.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world is watching in horror as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals in India. It is hard to look away as images of open-air crematoriums and makeshift funeral pyres in public parks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Below is a list of social sector organisations and collectives that are engaged in fighting COVID-19 across India. It is updated daily, with the information provided by the organisations themselves.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. India is currently home to the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreak. It has reported a total of approximately 18 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic. As the second wave continues to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you enter a garment factory in India, or any part of the world for that matter, you will see that the workforce is starkly female. The Indian textile and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. India, with more than 14 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, has reported some 173,000 pandemic deaths. Inaccurate or unavailable information along with initial stigma around reporting Covid-19 cases led to the need for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Essential supplies of oxygen and ventilators sent to help deal with a devastating COVID-19 crisis in India have started to arrive in the country. The supplies are coming from all over the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most popular mode of undertaking Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) since 2014 has been through nonprofit organisations. Forty-three percent of all CSR funds spent in the last four years were disbursed through…