In Andhra Pradesh, demonetisation has eroded gains made in expanding banking in rural areas

Representatives in Kurnool say that customers are no longer depositing money in their zero-balance accounts.

S Ananth

· Jun 07, 2017 · 07:30 am

Three years of Modi: ‘There is no work, no money. We are just surviving like this’

In three districts of poverty-stricken Bundelkhand, central and state government policies have had distressing effects on livelihoods of the poor.

Khabar Lahariya

· Jun 06, 2017 · 05:30 pm

‘It has fallen by 75%’: How North India’s beef hysteria is destroying West Bengal’s cattle trade

Cattle traders and farmers at one of the state’s largest livestock markets are staring down the barrel as vigilantes cut off the inter-state trade in cows.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jun 06, 2017 · 09:00 am

As Noida student dies, five Nigerians are accused of cannibalism by locals, charged with murder

Initial evidence suggests that the teenager overdosed on drugs. But the police booked African students in the neighbourhood for murder.

Abhishek Dey

· Mar 27, 2017 · 06:30 am

A rare skeletal disorder that has plagued Poonch residents has finally been identified

A new study has found that generations of marrying with the same community has crippled dozens of residents with a genetic deformity.

Rayan Naqash

· Dec 26, 2016 · 02:30 pm

When a pregnant woman travelled on bikes, boats and vans – but still couldn't save her baby

A creaking rural health system in Uttar Pradesh collapsed at the sign of a medical emergency.

Priyanka Kotamraju

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Pavithra Chandrasekar

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Anshu Lalit

· Nov 22, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Encephalitis killed children in Malkangiri – but the push came from hunger

Doctors say that the children who were malnourished died, while those with better nutrition survived the disease.

Priyanka Vora

· Nov 18, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Two medical conditions form major obstacles to India's kala azar elimination plan

HIV co-infections increase the risk of kala azar. A non-fatal but contagious form of kala azar also poses a significant challenge.

Menaka Rao

· Oct 20, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Teenage pregnancies: Why Adivasi babies are dying in Dadra and Nagar Haveli

The Union territory is providing monetary incentives to woman who have their first child at the age of 20 years.

Priyanka Vora

· Oct 17, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Eliminating kala azar from four Indian states may just be a quick, concerted push away

After attempting to control the disease several times in the last decade, the state is making efforts to eliminate the disease. Will it work?

Menaka Rao

· Oct 13, 2016 · 02:30 pm

As BSF chief clarifies force did not ask Punjab to evacuate border, parties want Badal to explain

An evacuation without any seeming plan has left lakhs of people stranded in relief camps with crops ripening in faraway fields.

Nishita Jha

· Oct 06, 2016 · 06:30 am

Leprosy is routinely infecting the children of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Poor leprosy detection tools and a lack of focus on treatment plagues the public health system in the union territory and he rest of India.

Priyanka Vora

· Oct 04, 2016 · 02:30 pm