If free and fair elections have to be conducted in the country, in the interest of democracy, people must be made aware of the names of the donors who fund political parties they vote for.

“Records of streamflow, an important indicator of flood hazard, go back less than 70 years in Bangladesh and north-eastern India,” says Dr Mukund Palat Rao of Columbia University who along with colleagues, recently did a study that brought together observations from tree ring patterns with climate model projections to build a 700-year history of water discharge from the Brahmaputra river.

Unfortunately, the rise of ethnonationalism is almost always accompanied by majoritarianism, discrimination of minority groups, authoritarianism and violent extremism. And in this, India is no exception.

If the crisis in the Indian tea industry is not forestalled, it could very well turn into one of the biggest problems facing the sector. The Probe's Ashutosh Dixit explains why the Ministry of Commerce must swiftly act before the situation takes a turn for the worse.

On World Food Safety Day 2022, we look at what is plaguing India’s food safety and security system. From rotting food grains in godowns to unsafe and ill-equipped food testing laboratories, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) need a complete revamp. Here’s why.

Since the last ten years none of the envisioned Sports Cities have been built. That apart, flouting of rules and widespread corruption in the allotment of plots for construction of Sports Cities have ultimately resulted in a loss to the exchequer and in many cases have also affected Noida homebuyers.