India has seen a major rise in extreme weather events,  recording heat waves, cold waves, cyclones, lightning, heavy rainfall, floods,...

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar In a first, the United Nations Environment Program issued a set of principles this month for private NGOs and...

Surat’s textile hub survives on the labour of tens of thousands of Odia migrant workers, mostly from Ganjam. They carry with them the...

For decades, tens of thousands of people from Ganjam in Odisha have flocked to Surat for work. But migration is not an option all can...

Street photographers have for decades captured memories for tourists visiting the India Gate, but the Central Vista project in Delhi has...

A massive dumping yard, recycling units and a medical waste incinerator have destroyed the health of impoverished residents of this...

Vegetable seller Mamta Gupta, who migrated to Mumbai from Varanasi after marriage, shares how she found freedom to live life on her terms...

As the flooded river Sharda cuts aways into land and homes in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, farmers prepare to migrate for the first...

Thousands of people have migrated from Ghoramara in the eco-fragile Sundarbans _ the world’s largest mangrove vegetation _ as the island...

A new study focused on Delhi’s migrant worker hubs calls for more investment in building awareness and campaigns to check the impact of...

Centuries’ old migration to tea plantations of Assam from Jharkhand is now a roadblock in a growing demand among workers for scheduled...

A new book by Dutch sociologist Jan Breman reveals how the bonded labor system in India, though officially abolished, persists in...

Tamil and Kannada cinema have in recent years captured the journeys, challenges and joys of migration. What has led filmmakers to this...

“People have slipped into a fissure of fire and never returned”: Why Jharia’s residents choose to live on a burning land than relocate...

Labour unions and worker rights' campaigners called for protection of livelihoods and preparing people for the future of work at the...

The construction industry is one of India's biggest employers but how well do we understand labourers?  Namrata Raju The construction...

Campaigners at COP29 underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, speak on whether the climate summit will deliver on gender justice. Roli Srivastava...

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar Can the Global Plastic Treaty protect the environment and also address the livelihoods and health of millions of...

To switch from   wood or wood scrap to alternate fuels to fire their ovens would increase production costs and impact the business of...

Once a talking point in Mumbai elections, the anti-migrant poll rhetoric has now tapered down Hepzi Anthony