India's flawed disaster management story

The successful effort to combat Cyclone Phailin threatens to put disaster mitigation, and a fundamental overhaul of how disaster management in India is structured, on the back-burner, says Anand......

Maharashtra To Remove Leopards From Protected List

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday directed officials to declare leopard attacks on humans as a "state disaster" and move a proposal in the next cabinet meeting to remove these......

'A Big Chunk Of India's Office Workers Will End Up Becoming Part Of The Gig Economy'

'More and more people from the middle class will become self-employed gig workers mostly working from home, rather than as office workers with salary, promotion, bonuses, etc.' Illustration:......

'Kerala Has Done Very Well In Eradicating Poverty'

'Poverty eradication is a continuous process. There is no full stop to it.' Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Adhwaith......

Heartbroken to see my Punjab devastated by floods: Gill

IMAGE: People shift to a safer place from the flood-affected areas of Sultanpur Lodhi and Kapurthala district of Punjab. Photograph: ANI Photo India Test captain Shubman Gill expressed anguish......

Bengaluru Tragedy: Why India Must Rethink Crowd Safety

What happened in Bengaluru is a wake-up call. No celebration of sport should ever come at the cost of human life, asserts veteran cricket correspondent K R Nayar. IMAGE: The remnants of the......