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The ocean is neither boundless nor tranquil; for India as a country with 7,500+ km coastline and a 2.02 million km² Exclusive Economic Zone, it is at once a source of food, livelihoods and minerals, and a front line for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. Linking SDG 14 (Life Below Water) to India’s policy options…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 21, 2025 01:53 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal The Eastern Mediterranean has hardly caught its breath, before the rattling of the Israel-Gaza flare-up is felt across global foreign policy conduit and energy markets. For a country such as India, reliant on imported energy, the message is succinct:…
UPI Logo | Photo Credit: Internet Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 17, 2025 12:58 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik A Trillion Transactions and Growing Within a decade, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has transformed from a government-supported pilot project to the lifeblood of a digital economy. Developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in…
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: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 09, 2025 04:55 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal As urbanization reaches the world stage, the true test of city planners is no longer just how to build more quickly, but how to build more equitably. Sustainable Development Goal 11 implores that cities be inclusive, safe,…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 08, 2025 02:45 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal As the Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrates its 93rd birthday on 8 October 2025, it is at an important moment: the line between tradition and rapid technological change seems to have been crossed. The events at Hindon Air Force…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 04, 2025 04:27 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal One 1St October, 2025, we lost a beloved scientist and conservationist Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall. Jane was born on April 3, 1934, in London, and was interested in animals and the wildlife from a very young age. That childhood inquisitiveness…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 30, 2025 02:55 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal For a long time now, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been a bellwether of global economic confidence, demonstrating how much businesses are willing to expand, innovate, and take risks across borders. Unfortunately, as detailed in the United…
Photo Credit: Facebook @Captured moments Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Aug 29, 2025 04:15 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik When Bhutan celebrated the birth of its crown prince by planting 108,000 trees, it was more than paying tribute to a royal child. It was testament to the world what is truly important in an era…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 26, 2025 02:15 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal When the Geological Survey of India (GSI) launched a new Handbook on the ‘Geological Potential of Northeast India’ at the North East Mining Ministers’ Conclave, held in June 2025, the announcement was met with positive reactions from…
