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The first draft agreement of COP 26 ticked off many boxes such as climate finance and the phase-out of fossil fuels. The question is: Is it sufficient to curb climate change?

The POCSO Act was enacted to protect children from sexual offences. Here are key features of the act that you need to know, especially if you work with children.

An ASHA worker from Haryana talks about the challenges of rural healthcare, the need for an efficient public health system, and the caste–class nexus within which health workers operate.

COP 26 is under the spotlight for more reasons than one, and not all are good. Here’s a compilation of tweets that shed light on who all aren’t being heard at the biggest conference on climate change.

Climate tech start-ups play a crucial role in combating climate change. Here’s how we can strengthen the ecosystem in India.

Natural resource management activities under NREGA have the potential to help India increase carbon sequestration and combat climate change.

From the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement, COP plays a crucial role in shaping global climate policies. But is it sufficient? And what does it mean for India?

For the young people of India, employment is not just a financial decision. They want better working conditions and jobs that align with their long-term goals.

Nitin Desai, key draftsman of the Brundtland Commission report, and Ulka Kelkar, Director-Climate at World Resources Institute India, discuss global climate change policy, and the need to involve marginalised communities in the decision-making process.

While the issues of discrimination in health access are systemic and require interventions by governments to solve them, there is much that civil society can do.