Priorities

Experts Seek Subsidy For Solar Cooking In Sustainable Development Goals

Vadodara: The organizers of the 6th Solar Cookers International World Conference that concluded here on Wednesday will strive to include solar cooking in the sustainable devel...

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Climate Researchers Are Setting Up an Arctic Base Camp at Davos

On Tuesday morning, a team of climate scientists were busy setting up a mock Arctic base camp at the Swiss resort that is hosting politicians, celebrities, and the global econ...

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27 Nonfiction Books By Women Everyone Should Read This Year

New year, new books. At least, that’s what we wrote back in December, when we were just starting to add titles to our 2017 reading lists. Now that we’re nine days ...

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Contraceptive Cruelty: How patriarchy Determines Birth Control Use In India

A month or so before her wedding, 23-year-old Rituparna’s mother suggested that they go to a gynaecologist for a ‘normal check-up’. Once there however, her m...

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India's New Legislation Offers Hope

Last month, the Indian Parliament passed much needed and long awaited legislation on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in India. The new disability law is going to affec...

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NASA Is Making New Robots That Can Control Themselves

NASA wants humans and robots to work together as teams. To ensure that, the space agency’s autonomous robotics group is currently developing new technology to improve ho...

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Why The Environment Needs Water Markets

Since the 1970s, environmental regulations have prevented many environmental impacts, provided minimal environmental flows and prevented construction of large environmentally ...

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Color Purple - The Aravani Art Project

Today, a few members of the transgender community will take over a wall in Dharavi, a slum cluster in the heart of Mumbai, and transform it into a riot of colours, as part of ...

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‘Govt Should Promote Health Insurance Or Prepay Hospitals’

The students at National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) got an opportunity to interact with a pioneer of health care system in India. Nachiket Mor, India country director, Bil...

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Soon Tags To Track Children At Large Gatherings

In a unique initiative to keep track of children, especially in large gatherings, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has drafted a set of guide...

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TWO POWERFUL THEATRE REFLECTIONS

Sohaila Kapur reflects on two compelling theatre experiences — the experimental st...

May 13 2026

THE STING BEHIND BOLLYWOOD PAPARAZZI

Khalid Mohamed, without being judgmental, reports on the love-hate relationship of the c...

May 12 2026

MAHOGATHA REVIVES MAHASHWETA DEVI’S LEGACY

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Mahogatha, a powerful Marathi theatrical adaptation of thr...

May 11 2026