Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) in collaboration with The Wire (as the media partner), Sambhaavnaa Institute & Progressive International, are co-organising a series of webinars conceived to better understand the global moment we are all inhabiting. The eight part webinar series...
The second wave of COVID-19 in 2021 was one of the worst health crises India has ever faced. Hospitals were full, oxygen was scarce, and many families lost loved ones. But new government data...
मध्यप्रदेश सरकार द्वारा नेशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्यूनल (एनजीटी) को दिए गए हलफनामे में बताया है कि 5.46 लाख हेक्टेयर वन भूमि पर लोगों ने कब्जा कर रखा है। एनजीटी ने वन भूमि पर अतिक्रमण का...
Yes Bank, which was rescued from collapse by the largest bank in our country, SBI, and restored to good health, is on sale. From a huge net loss of Rs. 16,418.02 crores in 2020...
A report was submitted to the National Green Tribunal on April 15, 2025, by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the monitoring and compliance of Waste to Energy (WTE) incinerators in the country....
India’s national Census, usually conducted every ten years without fail since 1881, has now been delayed for more than five years. Originally due in 2021, it’s now expected only in 2026 — a worrying...
The Adani Group is planning to build a 3,200 (4 × 800) MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant
From the first of May, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted the banks, an increase in the charges for ATM transactions above a free limit. The free limit is 5 transactions in...
भारत में 60 करोड़ से अधिक लोग भूमि, जल, जंगल और समुद्र जैसे प्राकृतिक स्रोतों पर निर्भर हैं । देश में 14.6 करोड़ छोटे और सीमांत किसान, 14.4 करोड़ खेतिहर मजदूर ( बड़ी संख्या...
As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy incineration plants
The government says the new Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act is about protecting our privacy. But a closer look shows something very different. This law isn’t about keeping our data safe—it’s about keeping...
पंचायती राज दिवस (24 अप्रेल) पर विशेषसत्ता महात्मा गांधी ने स्वराज के बारे में चार बातें कही। एक, आत्म शासन और आत्म संयम। दो, स्वराज से मेरा अभिप्राय है लोक सहमति से चलने वाला...
The whole world is talking about transparency, while data is accessed by the Big Four companies (Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta) virtually and used widely, invading your privacy. Mukesh Ambani said, “Data is the...
More Than Faith Pilgrimages are now more than mere religious acts: they are vast moving spectacles where scale becomes proof of sanctity. The call to become part of a moment eternal yet fleeting draws...
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed executive orders with the goal to “turbocharge coal mining” in the United States. He promoted coal as a beautiful, clean, reliable, durable, secure, powerful,...
