The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, that was placed in Parliament in March 2026 has once again brought the debate on the regulation of foreign-funded organisations in India back into focus. While there is no doubt about the need to increase transparency and accountability of such organisations, the challenge before policymakers is one of…
Climate change is not something that will happen someday. It is happening now. It is changing the way people live in India. The temperature is getting higher, the air is getting thicker because of the humidity, and the heat is staying longer every year. This is a problem for a lot of people, especially those…
India’s 2026 monsoon is expected to be below normal at 94%, raising concerns about uneven rainfall and stress on rainfed agriculture. With El Niño and rising farmer debt, a weak monsoon could deepen India’s agrarian crisis if early support isn’t mobilized. Skymet Weather, a leading private meteorological agency in India, expects the 2026 Southwest Monsoon…
Women’s empowerment is not just about access but about agency, control, and decision-making. Across rural and urban India, true empowerment remains constrained by deeply rooted structural and social barriers. What if women’s empowerment is not about lifting women up rather about examining what has been holding them down? Who is being empowered? How? Under what…
Ongoing conflict in the Middle East could push 3.3 million more people into poverty, according to the United Nations Development Programme. Economic disruptions, rising energy costs, and trade breakdowns are reversing development gains and deepening the humanitarian crisis. NA Warning From the Numbers The missiles and air strikes are the images that dominate the news….
The Union Budget has placed employment and livelihoods at the centre of the government’s long-term vision under what it calls the “Viksit Bharat Guarantee”. The Budget promises to strengthen rural jobs, self-employment, and basic services so that economic growth translates into everyday security for ordinary households. Two major pillars of this promise are VB–G Ram–G…
Photo Credit: carribean.un.org Clear Cut Gender DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 24, 2025 12:15 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik The oceans are in crisis, and the evidence is now impossible to ignore. Scientists have verified that the world is witnessing its most widespread and intense coral bleaching episode ever recorded. From the Great Barrier Reef to the…
