Union minister of state for environment, forest and climate change Ashwini Kumar Choubey, director of ZSI Dhriti Banerjee and several scientists were present at the event.
“The craftsmanship of...
A neighbourhood in Dum Dum, which is known by the name of a colonial structure it houses, was once a part of a trade route between India and other Asian countries and China, the Archaeological Survey ...
The Government of India’s Periodic Labour Force Survey for 2020-21 shows that the unemployment rate in the country has fallen from 5.8% in 2018-19 to 4.2% in 2020-21. The workers’ particip...
The survey shows the proportion of the self-employed rising from 52.1 per cent in 2018-19 to 56.6 per cent in 2020-21 under the “usual status” method of counting, mainly driven by an incre...
One of the most common and enduring ideas concerning migration is that migrants move from one state to another to avail better employment opportunities. However, data from the latest Periodic Labour F...
Supporters of the Greater Cooch Behar Peoples’ Association (GCPA) went up to the royal palace here on Monday and demonstrated for about an hour against the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), ...
I ndia’s life expectancy at birth has inched up to 69.7 years between 2015 and 2019, but it is still well below the estimated global average of 72.6 years. It has taken India almost a decade to ...
An egg served with every school midday meal will not only help address nutrition issues among children but also improve attendance at schools, development economist Jean Dreze said in a letter to Jhar...
While India’s economy has changed discernibly after the market-friendly economic reforms of 1991, not all is well with some features of the economy. Basic structural weaknesses remain, and many ...
The Patna circle of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has dug up remnants of brick walls, which officials believe could be at least 2,000-year-old, at the site of a pond rejuvenation work in Ku...