Mumbai: “Of course the heat is increasing. My eyes burn,” said Sangeeta Sonawane in Mumbai’s Borivali on a hot April day. Sonawane sets up her stall on the street, near the local railway station, at 10 a.m. and spends 12 hours selling vegetables. In the peak afternoon, she uses a piece of thermocol or wraps a dupatta over her head to shield herself from the heat.

New Delhi: Subhan Mondol has had his home, family and livelihood uprooted twice in the past two decades.

First, in 2004 when the Brahmaputra river breached its banks and swallowed whole his home and farmland in Assam’s Goalpara district. Overnight, he was rendered homeless. With few options left, he and others from the inundated village pitched make...

Mount Abu, Rajasthan: Thirty-five-year-old Ritu Bhalla was twice diagnosed with blood cancer, at the ages of four and 11. She developed chronic hepatitis B as a long-term side-effect after cancer treatment.

Three years ago, while waiting for a follow up consultation in a hospital in Delhi, a woman who was not part of the hospital staff approached Bh...

When elephants enter villages in northern Chhattisgarh, the first response often comes from the Hathi Mitra Dal, local volunteers. They track herds through the night, warn farmers, and try to keep elephants away from habitations.

When elephants enter villages in northern Chhattisgarh, the first response often comes from the Hathi Mitra Dal, local volunteers. ...

Hyderabad: India is approaching the peak of its demographic dividend—the share of its working-age population is expected to begin declining after 2030. Whether that dividend translates into economic gains depends on how well the country absorbs its young, increasingly educated workforce into the labour market.

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