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- India
- July 31, 2019, 20:31 IST
Tropical Forests May Fail To Shelter Migratory Species Hit by Climate Change, Indo-Malayan Region Worst Hit
Range shifts are a crucial mechanism that enable species to avoid extinction under climate change. A recent study has found an ‘extensive and ongoing deforestation of tropical forests’ may impede the range shifts.
- India
- July 19, 2019, 14:46 IST
Where are the Doctors? From Purulia to Delhi, What This Shortage Means for India’s Flat-lining Healthcare
From the attack on doctors in Bengal last month that catapulted to a political controversy to allegations of inadequate treatment at Bihar, doctors have, time and again, talked about the crumbling health system.
- India
- July 18, 2019, 21:27 IST
United Nations' New Report Blames Unemployment in India for Increase in South Asia's Food Insecurity
As per the report, severe food insecurity is concentrated in South Asia and has increased from less than 11 percent in 2017 to more than 14 percent in 2018.
- India
- July 17, 2019, 11:25 IST
Sinking Ship: How Cyclones, Sea Erosion Changed the Fortune of Coastal Villages in Odisha
The National Center for Coastal Research (NCCR) reports an erosion of 34 percent in the country’s coastal lines in the 26 years. Environmentalists blame global warming and developmental work around coastal lines for it.
- India
- July 10, 2019, 08:45 IST
Killer Stretch: Yamuna Expressway Claimed About 900 Lives in Over 5,000 Accidents Since 2012
The foremost reasons of the accidents on the expressway have been over-speeding (also encouraged by the design of the expressway), drivers dozing off and tyre bursts.
- India
- July 02, 2019, 19:38 IST
As Government Plans to Use 75% MGNREGS Work to Conserve Water, Here’s a Look at Present Usage
As per the Niti Aayog report, released in June 2018, the watershed programmes create lakhs of jobs and contribute to about 80% of all MGNREGS work, which also becomes significant, considering the rate of unemployment in the country.
- India
- June 30, 2019, 08:28 IST
Only 3 States Barely Listened to NITI Aayog’s Alarm Bells on Water Crisis, Rest Hit the Snooze Button
News18.com analysed some parameters that correspond with water-related work done under the MGNREGS scheme to assess the state governments' efforts to improve the water menace and here's what we found.
- India
- June 15, 2019, 15:09 IST
Sizzling Summer, Freezing Winter, Ruinous Storms: Brace for Century of Extreme Weather Conditions
Apart from having the hottest days during the summer, Delhi on December 30 last year, recorded the coldest day of the month in five years with temperature dropping to 2.6 degree Celsius.
- India
- June 11, 2019, 10:26 IST
Did Crimes Against Women See a Decline When One Among Them Took the CM’s Chair in India ?
From Mayawati to Jayalalithaa, News18 analyses whether and how a woman taking up the mantel of Chief Minister impacts crime rates in a state.
- India
- June 07, 2019, 11:13 IST
Not Just 2019, EC Data on Voter Count and Turnout Doesn't Add Up for 2014 Either
During the elections, the Suvidha App provided the estimated data on voter turnout followed by a final report based on updated numbers on the EC website. The analysis discovered at least 75 discrepancies in the data.
- Politics
- May 27, 2019, 10:04 IST
In Numbers: How the SCs, STs Voted and the Curious Case of Caste Arithmetic Failure
The BJP-led NDA coalition made massive gains in the Hindi heartland, and virtually decimated the Opposition’s caste-based alliances in UP and Bihar, where it triumphed over 103 of the total 120 seats.
- Politics
- May 23, 2019, 15:58 IST
Routed in Delhi, Here’s Why Arvind Kejriwal Wouldn’t Have Benefited from Congress Alliance Anyway
The AAP was fighting this election on the ground of seeking statehood for the capital. For over a month, the two parties — AAP and Congress — kept the mystery on forming alliance for the Delhi elections.
- India
- May 21, 2019, 07:32 IST
Netas Don’t Care About Them, But GB Road's Sex Workers Came Out to Vote. And That’s What Matters
Delhi has changed by leaps and bounds since Independence. However, even as the city goes to elect its seventeenth parliamentarians, lives in the brothels of GB Road have remained unchanged.
- India
- May 17, 2019, 12:42 IST
How Girls' Lack of Choices & Teen Pregnancies are Giving Birth to Stunted, Malnourished Children in India
India is home to the largest number of stunted and wasted (lower weight for height) children. One in almost every three children under five in India, is stunted.
- Politics
- May 11, 2019, 22:49 IST
Politicians Don’t Care About Them, But GB Road's Sex Workers Continue to Exercise Their Franchise
The light of democracy and subsequent citizens' rights have not been able to seep into the walls of the ‘kothas’ that are running here since the pre-Independence era.

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