Stubble Burning Dropped By 65% In Uttar Pradesh Between 2017 and 2022, Says State Govt The state chief secretary has issued directives to completely halt the practice of crop residue burning which causes air pollution,...
Teacher Connection A Journalist-Turned-Teacher Is Inculcating Reading Habits In The Children Living In Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand Manohar Chamoli has sourced over 3,000 books and set up a library at the government school in Kewars village in...
English Rural India: Consumption of Packaged Sugary Food On Rise, Access To Protein Declining — Study A research study has found that India’s rural population is losing access to protein and the consumption of packaged sugary...
Teacher Connection An MBA Graduate From Kolkata Runs A Community Library For Kids In The Spiti Valley Ruchi Dhona, a 37-year-old from West Bengal, quit her corporate job to introduce reading habits to the inhabitants of Lahaul...
Explained: What is Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — Women’s Reservation Bill To Enhance Women’s Participation In Lok Sabha, State Assemblies With an aim to increase the participation of women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies, the Union government...
Uttar Pradesh: Farmers To Benefit From Installation Of 30,000 Solar Pumps The Uttar Pradesh government is about to spend Rs 434 crores for the installation of solar-powered pumps to benefit the...
English Mirzapur, UP: Over Rs 10 crore spent on water supply scheme; Lahuriya Deh back to being a ‘tanker’ village The hill village in Mirzapur, which had recently been provided with piped water supply and tap connections, is back to...
English Bihar: ‘We’re being stripped of our powers’ — Mukhiyas Mahapanchayat in Patna on Gandhi Jayanti More than 8,000 mukhiyas are set to march to Patna on October 2 to demand redressal of their grievances, and...
Changemakers She suffered a miscarriage and has ever since been working on maternal health Her miscarriage turned Pyari Devi into an unofficial healthcare worker in Mamna village of Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. So that other...
English Khargone Protest: Villagers displaced due to Kharak dam demand compensation; protest at collectorate continues In Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone, hundreds of villagers displaced by the construction of Kharak dam continue to demonstrate outside the District...