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The Probe’s Pavitra Utgikar, in conversation with Jagan Nath Bhandari, the counsel of petitioner Ananya Agarwal who moved a PIL before the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the Haryana government’s MBBS bond policy

There has been an escalating concern over India's approach towards public mental healthcare and outreach services. The general attribution often points fingers at India's rumpled mental health interventions.

For the sixth time, India abstained from voting on a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution that condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Is India’s muted response and balancing act on the Russia-Ukraine conflict the right way forward?

Stop statistical jugglery to mask declining forest cover. Monoculture and private plantations cannot be counted as forests, writes Rasheed Kappan.

The ambitious flagship farm insurance scheme, intended to protect farmers, is today marred by allegations of irregularities. Bhaswati Sengupta writes on why PMFBY needs a complete makeover.

India’s climate action transitioning to a fully green future might not be as fast as the global watchdogs dictated. But grim statistics from ground surveys send a warning sign so dire that there is no time to lose.

Recently, a dog was brutally beaten to death in Noida, and two days later, the guards in a society in Greater Noida attacked another community dog. Animal lovers say they are seeing an unprecedented rise in instances of man-animal conflict in Delhi-NCR. The laws in India are not equipped to protect animals from cruelty, writes Pavitra Utgikar.

Some consumers in India fought for as little as one rupee and won their case despite the wheels of justice in consumer courts grinding slowly. Other consumers continue to fight long-drawn court battles to make companies and the government accountable.

An eighth-standard boy was found hanging in a government school hostel in Uttar Pradesh. As we dug deeper, we found that the school authorities were involved in an alleged cover-up, and the boy’s family blamed the UP police for collusion. Over a month has passed since the young boy's death, but justice evades the victim’s family.

The number of vacancies in the Central Armed Police Forces is rising yearly, as are its problems. While the government has said that the vacancies would be filled soon, sources tell The Probe that on-ground working conditions of the jawans have only gone from bad to worse.