Photo Credit: Paresh Kumar Clear Cut Health DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 16, 2025 01:13 ISTWritten By: Paresh Kumar In November 2000, Bihar and Jharkhand parted ways. The bifurcation birthed two siblings from one weary parent. Leaders on both sides pledged a brighter future. They promised equitable growth and stronger welfare. Child nutrition was at the heart of…
Photo Credit: WASH Desk Clear Cut WASH DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 15, 2025 01:13 IST New Delhi, 14 October 2025 — The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, held its first nationwide District Collectors’ Peyjal Samvad today, marking a strategic shift in India’s rural water policy from infrastructure expansion…
Photo Credit: Paresh Kumar Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 03, 2025 01:13 ISTWritten By: Paresh Kumar WASHINGTON, D.C: Billions lack safe toilets. Floods and droughts wreck what’s left. Climate change turns a basic need into a deadly trap. A new World Bank report sounds the alarm. It’s time to rethink sanitation. Or watch cities drown…
A family migrating | Photo Credit: Internet Clear Cut Research DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 14, 2025 06:06 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik In Bihar, the term palayan is a part of everyday parlance. It refers to migration, but for most families, it has a connotation far greater than that. It reflects separation, difficult decisions, and the hope that…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 14, 2025 04:20 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal On October 13, 2025, India disclosed a new five-year initiative, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), to expedite India’s transition to a circular economy in the electronics sector. The Ministry of…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Gender DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 13, 2025 05:32 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal Across the planet, a quiet emergency is taking root. UNICEF estimates that 12 million girls marry every year before they turn 18. Progress is being made, but global momentum towards ending child marriage is slowing down as a result…
Photo Credit: NYT Clear Cut Research DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 12, 2025 11:30 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik When the initial tanks crossed into Ukraine in February 2022, the initial images were of ruined cities and people on the move. But behind the battle lines, a different, unseen fight started — one waged not with guns, but with…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 11, 2025 11:25 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal In years when La Niña develops in the Pacific Ocean, India’s weather patterns are different: the southwest monsoon brings rainfall that is often average to above average for much of the country, but can also stall, cluster or return…
Photo Credit: Janmojaya Barik Clear Cut Research DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 10, 2025 02:10 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik A new study published in The Lancet offers one of the most detailed and distressing accounts yet of how the Gaza war has affected children’s health. Led by Dr. Samir Abu Hamad and colleagues from the UN Relief and…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Health DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 10, 2025 11:06 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal October 10, 2025 marks the World Mental Health Day and the theme this year – “Access to Services: Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies (Disasters)” highlights an issue that is often pushed to the side. When disasters…
