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The new child language: Coding fever grips India with pent-up demand

Byju's-acquired WhiteHat Jr, Vedantu, Toppr are among edtech start-ups leading the charge

Stephen Alter on his love, concern for magnificent but fragile Himalayas

An American passport holder, he feels more at home in Mussoorie, where he's lived most of his life (his father served as headmaster of Woodstock School there) than anywhere in the States

In fight against Covid, ASHA corps toils on with little hope of recognition

Critical to the Covid-19 fight at community level, they remain undervalued and identified only as volunteers

From the Frontline: Underpaid, overworked and now pushed to the limit

Talked about little in the fight against Covid-19 is the condition of nursing staff

Missing from Covid-19 pandemic narrative: Infections among doctors

Covid has exposed flaws in India's healthcare system. Over the next 2 weeks, we will bring you reports of those in the first line of defence against the virus

Meet resilient Indian women breaking stereotypes on the football field

In a first, four Indian women in the list of FIFA International Referees

No information on Aarogya Setu app creators, says Centre; CIC fumes

Under normal circumstances, RTI applicants would appeal for information and the process would be prolonged

Hathras case another reminder of under-utilised Nirbhaya Scheme

The high-profile rape cases in Hathras, Unnao (2018) and Kathua (2018) show that the infrastructure slated under this fund is either absent or inefficient

Generous response to Daan Utsav in Covid-19 pandemic year: Survey

Companies, Bollywood actors and individuals come forward to donate during week-long festival of giving

The Face Shop to Laneige, Korean brands change face of Indian beauty market

Their arsenal of natural serums, toners, masks and mists has shifted consumer focus from makeup to skin health

Writer, literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil on being Muslim in modern India

Jalil shares her thoughts on interfaith sensitivity versus appeasement politics, the onus of secularism, a gender-just nikahnama and more

Amnesty's Avinash Kumar on challenges of heading human rights organisation

Kumar tells Geetanjali Krishna about the challenges of heading the human rights organisation in India and why he is optimistic about the future

When phones replace textbooks

It wasn't much of a long-term plan given that schools may not be able to open any time soon

Needed: Cure for lockdown woes

Sunil Mishra runs a pavement stall selling readymade garments in Delhi's bustling Karol Bagh. He migrated here from Bihar's Madhubani district in 1987

Invisible Scars: The hope for domestic violence victims during lockdown

Creating an online platform was a logical step for Invisible Scars, this has made the model replicable and one that can easily transcend geographies

Belinda Wright on state of India's wild spaces and the impact of lockdown

Wright says conservationists have failed to convince more and more individuals about the critical state of our animals and wild spaces today

The difficult life of a Gond painter

Patangarh is a village of artists which owes its artistic legacy to the great Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam

A relief worker reflects on poverty

33-year-old Navin Shukla sees this lockdown as a disaster unfolding before our eyes

From good wife to free agent

Pakistani-Canadian inspirational speaker and social entrepreneur Samra Zafar's memoir will leave readers simultaneously horrified and inspired

Rising food insecurity: Tackling hunger during the coronavirus crisis

Food insecurity is on the rise as subsidised food distributed via govt-run ration shops is not easily available to everyone