Reportage

December 23, 2021

Prime Minister Modi’s Banas Dairy Project aims to strengthen rural economy

The Banas Dairy project in Varanasi aims to empower thousands of farmers and milk producers of Purvanchal region. Besides milk, this plant will produce ice-creams, curd, butter-milk, paneer and cookies.

Gaon Connection
December 23, 2021

Ground Report: “… body parts were scattered here and there,” recall survivors of Haldia Refinery Blast

A massive explosion at the Indian Oil Corporation’s Haldia refinery in West Bengal on December 21 has killed at least three workers and injured another 44 persons, of whom 16 are learnt to be critical. As per the eyewitnesses, the death toll is expected to be much higher. Those dead and injured include migrant labourers who work on contract basis at the refinery.

Gurvinder Singh
December 22, 2021

Migrant labourer returns to his village; reaps profit by employing modern farming techniques

Once a debt-ridden family of daily wage migrant labourers, Suresh Prajapati’s household is now reaping profits by cultivating vegetables in the water -scarce Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh by using modern techniques. Details here.

Gaon Connection
December 22, 2021

Explained: How serious is the infection caused by Omicron variant of COVID19

Initial estimates show that the severity of the infection caused by the COVID19’s Omicron variant is less than the Delta strain. But researchers warn that it is too early to rely on the initial data available on the severity of the disease. Details here.

Gaon Connection
December 22, 2021

Growing more mustard can make India self sufficient in edible oils

Mustard cultivation is low maintenance and farmer-friendly as it requires less seeds, less water and less fertilisers to grow, and yet brings a good price. It also facilitates supplementary sources of income as beekeeping in the mustard fields works very well.

Satyendra Pal Singh
December 22, 2021

Parliament Winter Session: Lok Sabha was more productive than the Rajya Sabha

Eleven Bills were passed by both the Houses of Parliament in the Winter Session. Today, the Parliament was adjourned sine die. Lok Sabha registered 82 per cent productivity while for the Rajya Sabha it was 47 per cent. A session wrap.

Gaon Connection
December 22, 2021

Girls from a conservative village in Rajasthan hop, skip and jump their way to sporting glory

In a small village in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, girls who were discouraged from even dreaming about higher education or going out into the world, are now winning medals and trophies, as a sports teacher has trained them to shine in the sporting arena.

Kumar Shyam
December 22, 2021

Delhi surpasses Maharashtra in Omicron caseload; India reports 214 cases

India has reported 214 cases of COVID19’s Omicron variant so far. Delhi and Maharashtra are contributing more than half of the country’s Omicron cases. According to the Union Health Ministry, the new variant is at least three times more transmissible than the Delta strain.

Gaon Connection
December 22, 2021

Despite the odds, Suraj Narayan Titanwala has kept alive his family occupation of Bagru block printing

Bagru is a traditional printing and dyeing technique practised by the ‘chippa’ community in a remote town of Rajasthan. Suraj Narayan Titanwala, a national award winning Bagru craftsperson, has set up a Bagru Museum to preserve and promote the art form of his ancestors.

Pankaja Srinivasan
December 21, 2021

Indian scientists are developing heat resistant varieties of wheat to cope up with global warming

With rising temperatures due to global warming increasing the incidence of crop failure and damage, scientists from the Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research are researching on developing heat resistant varieties of wheat. Details here.

Divendra Singh