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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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June 2026
Where Jail Is The Rule
This week, how undertrial prisoners languish without trial, and how a Mumbai landfill made it to an infamous list
Jun 27
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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Coverage Is Not Care
This week, why rising health insurance cover hasn’t reduced medical bills, and what India’s migration data reveal about who moves and how far
Jun 20
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
How India's Factory Injuries Are Undercounted
This week, how factories routinely flout rules, leading to accidents and injuries, and what a decline in domestic violence cases conceals
Jun 13
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
War & Oil (Not That Oil)
This week, India’s ambitions to nearly double its oilseeds production as imports get costlier, and an analysis of national data on crime against…
Jun 6
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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May 2026
When It Rains, It Pours. But When It Doesn’t?
This week, what a below-normal monsoon and an intense El Niño mean for India, and why India’s fertiliser use remains high
May 30
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Karthik Madhavapeddi
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