Video: Is the government’s Nirbhaya fund achieving what it was meant to?

The government allocated funds to ensure the safety of women a year after the December 16, 2012 gang-rape in New Delhi.

Akshita Nagpal

· Dec 16, 2017 · 06:35 pm

No good choices: A mask may block out some pollution but have other ill health effects

A mask may also cause respiratory distress and become a hotbed for microbes to thrive.

Akshita Nagpal

· Dec 04, 2017 · 08:04 pm

In the midst of growing hostility towards Kashmiri traders in Mussoorie, a truce is brokered

After a complaint that a few Muslims shouted ‘Pakistan zindabad’ following India’s defeat, a traders’ body announced that it would not rent shops to Kashmiris.

Akshita Nagpal

· Jul 06, 2017 · 12:30 pm

What links the Dalit activism of western UP’s Bhim Army to Punjab?

At 32%, Punjab has the highest proportion of Dalits in any Indian state.

Akshita Nagpal

· Jun 20, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Demonetisation woes: Outside the RBI in Delhi, medical files, tears and tales of woe

Many were hoping to convince officials to honour the March 31 deadline originally set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to change old notes.

Akshita Nagpal

· Mar 31, 2017 · 10:30 pm