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Mandatory facial recognition for women's nutrition scheme sparks fears of exclusion and tech failures

New Delhi, July 1 -- Starting July 1, 2025, the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) has officially made facial recognition system (FRS) mandatory for pregnant and lactating women to ... Read More


Threat to Adivasi rights? Civil society slams Union environment minister's claim linking FRA to forest loss

New Delhi, July 1 -- A statement by the Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav blaming forest degradation on titles granted under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recogn... Read More


Gender equality goals face $420 billion funding gap, warns UN Women at FfD4

New Delhi, June 30 -- A $420 billion annual shortfall is undermining efforts to achieve gender equality in developing countries, according to United Nations agency UN Women, which has called for urgen... Read More


Cost of conflicts: For a billion people, extreme poverty has not come down in 15 years

New Delhi, June 30 -- Living in areas with lingering conflict comes with many life-long stifling punishments, even if one survives the violence, said the World Bank in a report Fragile and Conflict-Af... Read More


Debt's climate link: Global finance system keeping developing countries from prioritising growth, resilience

New Delhi, June 30 -- As the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) kicks off in Seville, Spain, we look at how a massive debt burden on developing countries is holding th... Read More


National Turmeric Board: Golden spice gets government support

New Delhi, June 30 -- Turmeric, an essential spice in Indian kitchens, is finally getting the support it needs. On June 29, 2025, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the headquarters of the Nati... Read More


Daily Heat Tracker: Srinagar records biggest rise of 5 degrees C in both maximum & minimum temperatures

New Delhi, June 30 -- Data for capital cities of 27 states (data not available for Goa) and 8 union territories. In certain states where data is not available for the capital city, data for one of the... Read More


How India moves: Pune's roads buckle under an explosion of two-wheeler traffic

New Delhi, June 30 -- As air pollution, traffic deaths and travel times climb, Pune's dream of a sustainable transport future is faltering. With vehicle registrations nearly matching its population, t... Read More


Bonn Climate Conference 2025: Worrying erosion of multilateralism, especially by developed countries, says CSE

New Delhi, June 30 -- The mid-year UN climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany concluded with limited progress, as long-standing divisions between developed and developing countries once again took centr... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Active monsoon to drench north, central and eastern India through early July

New Delhi, June 30 -- Active monsoon conditions are likely to continue over many parts of northwest, central and eastern India for the next six to seven days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)... Read More