Jayashree Narayanan

Because many Gondi tribals can’t read newspapers, the renowned journalist Shubhranshu Choudhary vouches for a Gondi radio in Chhattisgarh that can help the tribals’ access news in their native tongue. As the founder of mobile phone…
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Slamming the Government over the Bill that “is nothing for the Transgenders”, Rajya Sabha MP DMK’s Tiruchi Siva, who is the face behind the initial legislation moved in 2015, contends that the Government didn’t even consult him or the…
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The concept of a district league table in the east central African country of Uganda started in 2008 as an accountability mechanism for the districts that carry out implementation of services, not only for health but for all other…
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‘Anaemia is a public health concern for adolescent girls in Indonesia. So, weekly iron and folic acid supplements were given through several national ministries. At the end of the project, 52,000 adolescent girls in 244 schools may have…
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‘Artivist’ Jannat Ali as she likes to call herself grew up in Pakistan’s Lahore only to realise that she identified as a woman. But for the sake of her family and society, she lived a double life until she completed her education.…
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Back in November, Delhi Post reported on Gulf deaths of Indian workers brought out by RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak. Recall that the data from the Embassies of six Gulf countries and information from Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were…
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Bringing local projects that are scalable, impactful, innovative and sustainable to a global audience is the fourth edition of the Partner’s Forum, 2018 in New Delhi. As an initiative of the Government of India and The Partnership for…
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Making an unconventional career choice back in 1990s, Ambassador Vani Rao got through the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in the 1994 Batch which comprised six women IFS officers (among 16). The Civil Servant then began her career with the…
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Over half of 12.4 lakh deaths attributable to air pollution in 2017 were in persons younger than 70 years, says a new Lancet study. A substantial eight per cent of the total disease burden in India and 11 per cent of premature deaths in…
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“Why not disabled citizens?” asks Praveen Kumar G, amused, when asked why he chose to write the phrase ‘disabled citizen’ in the Disability Tracker Report brought out by development organisation VSO. The ‘SDGs’ Disability Tracker-…
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