A gausahala in UP | Photo Credit: IndiaToday Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 13, 2025 10:20 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik Animal protection has been historically, culturally, and economically significant in India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, where cattle are closely associated with livelihood and culture at large. Nevertheless, the state has always experienced increasingly…
Clear Cut Research, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 12, 2025 12:55 ISTWritten By: Abhas Vyas Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly recognized as a driver of inclusive growth, particularly in rural areas where service delivery gaps persist in healthcare, education, agriculture, and governance. For AI to truly serve as a public good in…
Photo Credit: Parinita Mathur Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 12, 2025 10:20 ISTWritten By: Paresh Kumar A storm may be gathering. The U.S. Senate is considering the HIRE Act. Short form for Halting International Relocation of Employment. It proposes a 25 percent tax on payments U.S. firms make when they outsource jobs abroad….
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 11, 2025 04:09 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal Each year on the 11th of September, the entire population of India holds in remembrance those unknown heroes that lost their lives protecting forests and wildlife. National Forest Martyrs Day was introduced in 2013, but it is…
Photo Credit: Ankita Shah Clear Cut Health DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 11, 2025 02:55 ISTWritten By: Paresh Kumar Sugar, once a luxury, is now ubiquitous. In ancient India, sugarcane was domesticated around 4,000 BC. Indians learned to crystallize sugar just over 2,000 years ago. The Sanskrit word śarkarā gave rise to “sugar.” Early uses were…
Photo Credit : India Today Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 10, 2025 05:15 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal A Himalayan Wake-Up Call The monsoons have wreaked havoc on the state of Himachal Pradesh. Since 20 June, monsoon rains have led to 135 major landslides, 95 flash floods, and 45 cloudbursts. The human loss has…
Software One Logo| Photo Credit : softwareone.com Clear Cut CSR DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 10, 2025 02:52 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik In recent years, the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has grown beyond traditional philanthropy and emerged as a structured effort to address systemic social challenges. Among these challenges, the digital divide remains one…
Photo Credit: Batx Energies Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 09, 2025 04:20 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal When the Geological Survey of India made an announcement in February 2023 that there is an inferred resource of 5.9 million tonnes of lithium ore in Reasi, Jammu & Kashmir, it felt as a small tremor in…
ODOP | Photo Credit: commerce.gov.in Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 09, 2025 03:45 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik In the dusty lanes of Bastar, a Dokra artisan carefully shapes molten metal into intricate tribal figurines as it’s an art form his ancestors have practiced for centuries for survival and to keep the art form…
Photo Credit: Janmojaya Barik Clear Cut Gender DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 08, 2025 04:40 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik Lucknow, September 8, 2025 – Imagine walking into a classroom where students aren’t just trying to mug up theories from a textbook that hasn’t been updated in years but are preparing to change lives. That vision may…
