English Jagannath Yatra: World’s largest chariot to be dragged by ropes made by a tribal community in Odisha In the upcoming Jagannath Yatra festivities slated for the first week of July, preparations are underway for the grand event...
Health Smartphone addiction leading to health disorders in rural India Mobile phone addiction among children is becoming common in the rural parts of the country where users of the internet...
English Rising heat, sinking groundwater and violent conflicts over irrigation in UP. A ground report The canal irrigation network in Uttar Pradesh measures upto 74,660 kilometres and includes rajbaha (smaller canals) and drains. Still, almost...
English Kuchinda chillis add spice to farming in Odisha Red chilli farming is transforming the lives of farmers from Kuchinda block and its nearby areas in Odisha’s Sambalpur district....
English A loss of 34 million jobs by 2030 – that’s the cost of rising heatwaves, with rural India the worst hit. A ground report The unprecedented heatwaves that arrived early this year in the country have affected not just the health of daily wage...
Arts & Craft Jagannath Rath Yatra: Traditional carpenters, painters and artisans give final touches to the chariots After two years of the pandemic, the annual Rath Yatra in Puri, Odisha, which commences from July 1, is set...
English Fodder Crisis: ‘We can’t give our cattle to butcher. We gradually starve them to death’ Multiple factors have contributed to a surge in the fodder prices that have jumped three times within one year across...
English Inter-cropping under the MGNREGA convergence scheme is providing livelihoods and improving health in Jharkhand Birsa Harit Gram Yojana, launched in 2020 as a rural employment scheme, in convergence with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural...
English Indians losing 5 years of life due to air pollution; in Lucknow city it is a loss of 9.5 years In the Indo-Gangetic plains of Northern India, 510 million residents, nearly 40% of India’s population, are on track to lose...
English Here’s how a farmer’s unsold sugarcane crop paved way for a profitable vinegar business Troubled by an unsold sugarcane crop three years ago, a farming household in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district decided to to...
