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Chicken & Egg (And Maize)
This week, how the use of maize for ethanol production is affecting poultry farmers, and how construction workers and street vendors fall outside…
Sep 26
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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The Long Shadow Of Alzheimer’s
This week, how Alzheimer’s care is largely palliative, and why Mandya met only 2% of its kharif sowing target for ragi
Sep 19
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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What Heat Is Doing To Women On The Factory Floor
This week, the second of a four-part series on the missing climate lens in India’s labour codes, and what the new Kala-azar guidelines mean for India
Sep 12
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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The Climate Blindspot In India’s Labour Codes
This week, how workers’ incomes and health are left unprotected from climate risks, and India’s low uptake of flu shots
Sep 5
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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August 2026
India’s Farm Output In An El Niño Year
What a 13% deficit means for this year’s Kharif, and why India’s statistical system needs support
Aug 29
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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Blue Flag Or Red Flag
This week, how Blue Flag certification for beaches is affecting communities and sensitive systems, and what the data show about school enrolment
Aug 15
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
Carbon Farming’s Money Question
This week, farmers in private carbon farming projects await returns; and dangerous humid heat is increasing across Indian cities
Aug 8
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
The Trouble With India’s Heatwave Mortality Estimates
This week, why official estimates of heatwave mortality vary so widely, and how farmers enrolled in private carbon projects are in the dark
Aug 1
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
July 2026
Are Fast-Track Courts Actually Fast?
India's fast-track courts have 249,000 pending cases. Elsewhere, rare-earth mining is reshaping a Kerala coastline, and the story of Lakshadweep's…
Jul 25
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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IndiaSpend Is Now ISignal, India’s Data Desk
The team hasn’t changed, nor have the standards or the commitment to verification. What changes is the name.
Jul 20
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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The Crisis That’s Weighing India Down
This week, why India’s overweight and obesity prevalence is rising, and how India’s existing textile parks are faring
Jul 11
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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What NFHS Tells Us About Mothers & Children
Indian children still have low weights, and deliveries by Caesarean section are rising, particularly in the private sector
Jul 4
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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