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A Blueprint for recovery after pandemic

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A Blueprint for recovery after(Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)
Updated on May 11, 2024 12:35 pm IST

Jaya Bhattacharya helps transgenders and sex workers

Jaya says the mightiest and the weakest are affected by corona.
Updated on Aug 05, 2020 11:37 pm IST

The indispensability of labour in reviving India’s economic engine | Opinion

Research on migration shows there is significant under-migration compared to potential labour supply from rural areas, due to risk aversion. This will increase, for villagers can sustain themselves and rely on informal safety nets and social networks
Updated on May 08, 2020 08:09 pm IST

If you are a woman in jail, don’t bank on rules

There is a huge lack of attention to women’s health in jails and the constant fear and harassment coupled with appalling sanitation and living conditions cause mental stress and trauma
Updated on Oct 12, 2019 09:13 pm IST

Mumbai slips 2 spots to 119 in global liveability index

Mumbai fell from 117 to 119 in 2018 as a result of a downgrade in the culture category, the report stated.
Updated on Sept 05, 2019 05:11 am IST

Prisons must do more to help their women inmates

Prisons were clearly designed, keeping in mind only male inmates. The concept of having women inmates, accompanied at times by their children, came at a much later stage. Prison authorities are yet to accept having a separate library for women inmates.
Published on Jun 10, 2019 08:00 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Employment and civic amenities on the mind of voters in unauthorised colonies

Mitlash Devi, 55, a resident of North East Delhi’s Burari, said she has lived through several elections, but nothing was done to uplift their colony.
Updated on May 13, 2019 09:01 am IST

Why states should focus on improving living conditions and worry less about population decline

India's population tops 1.2 billion making it the second most populous country in the world after China.
Published on Jan 06, 2019 10:46 pm IST

WCD ministry to formulate norms for children hostels amid crackdown on shelter homes

Union minister of women and child development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi.
Published on Dec 06, 2018 12:11 am IST

My son thought I’ll be assassinated like Indira Gandhi: Kapil Sibal

Kapil Sibal is a successful lawyer turned politician, rich enough to be able to spend a few lakhs to acquire a painting by MF Husain and a poet who writes in three languages.
Updated on Nov 18, 2018 07:56 am IST

Residents hope handover to municipal body will improve amenities

A view of Sushant Lok-1. Along with Palam Vihar, it is expected to be among the first private colonies to be transferred from the private builder to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram.
Updated on Sept 19, 2018 03:29 pm IST