A rising sea, frequent natural disasters, and climate change have worsened prospects for farmers and fishermen, while ...

More than 800 million people are covered under the Food Security Act, but reports show that undernourishment is a concern ...

When an undiagnosed illness leads to an outbreak, there is a tendency to call it a ‘mystery disease’. Experts say this ...

The human body uses sweat for thermoregulation, but with high humidity, the sweat cannot evaporate, increasing heat stress ...

The poorest 20% in urban India see higher child mortality and disease prevalence than their rural counterparts, illustrating the limited access to healthcare ...

As climate change intensifies, millions of India’s home-based women workers face worsening heat, unsafe homes, and policy neglect—pushing their fragile livelihoods to the edge.

Chennai: When Chennai resident Anand Raj and his two siblings decided to construct a three-storeyed home, with an apartment per floor for each sibling, some of their decisions centred around water.