Industries in Depth
How Bhutan aims to balance economy and environment through tourism
Bhutan's tourism industry is a major source of income, but the government says the industry has grown too quickly and is putting a strain on the environment.
Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Climate Action
Millet: can this 'superfood' make climate comeback?
Nutritious and drought-resistant millet is making a comeback as climate change fuels more frequent and intense droughts.
Climate Action
How Twitter is helping one Indian city map monsoon floods
Residents in Mumbai, India are being asked to tweet details about floods in their neighbourhoods. Researchers hope it will improve forecasting and rescue efforts.
Geographies in Depth
Mumbai heatwave is jeopardizing the livelihoods of 40,000 female fish sellers
As the Mumbai heatwave warms the waters, shrinking fish catches are sparking calls for aid and insurance for all workers across the fishing industry.
Climate Action
How to tackle COVID-19 jobs crisis and climate change? Invest in clean energy
Green investments would create more jobs than investing in fossil fuels. But the World Resources Institute warns that COVID-19 recovery packages don't do enough.
Climate Action
How flood-prone Mumbai is tackling climate change, from underground tunnels to newer sewers
Mumbai launched its first Climate Action Plan to bring together different arms of the administration to try to fast-track solutions against climate change and flooding.
Geographies in Depth
How tech is helping India's rural women get through COVID-19
Grassroots groups have helped poorer women without internet access get the support they need as COVID-19 exposes a gender-based digital divide across India.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Smartphones are now a must-have as India's schools go online
Smartphones help classes continue as schools remain closed, but the poorest families are struggling to keep up.
Geographies in Depth
This gay stand-up is promoting LGBT+ rights across India
Gay stand-up comic Vasu Primlani uses comedy to tackle prejudice against women and LGBT+ people in India, where until recently.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
India is using comic book characters to tackle one of its most serious problems
Thousands of people across India – largely poor, rural women and children – are lured to cities each year by traffickers who promise good jobs, but sell them into modern day slavery.
Civil Society
Mobile theatres in rural India are screening a child slavery film to raise awareness
Jhalki follows a nine-year-old girl trying to find her younger brother after their parents unwittingly sell him to a trafficker.
Geographies in Depth
These Indian students are saving their village from droughts
The process means water levels and farming strategies can be optimized to best avoid water crises in future.
Geographies in Depth
India turns tables on traffickers with child-friendly courts
Anonymity, funding and sensitive hearing are to name but a few of the reforms India has taken to ensure children are more protected in trafficking legal cases.
Education and Skills
A record number of women are set to enter India's parliament
India was one of the first countries to have a female leader, but more than five decades after Indira Gandhi became prime minister, women's participation in politics remains stubbornly low.
Education and Skills
Missing wombs: the health scandal enslaving families in rural India
The cost of hysterectomies - often prescribed for treating minor ailments - is leaving families destitute and trapping them in debt bondage.