While the floods have abated in Uttar Pradesh, flood waters continue to wreak havoc in hundreds of villages September 14, 2020 About 900 villages in Uttar Pradesh are water-logged. In the last three months, standing crops have been destroyed, leaving farmers...
Sporting trouble: An archery coach now sells samosas for a living in Uttar Pradesh September 12, 2020 National level archer and coach Mahendra Singh is one of the 450 sports coaches who have been laid off by...
Why the second wave of COVID-19 infections in certain states is of serious concern for rural India September 12, 2020 Rural India has just one bed for 3,100 people, says the National Health Profile 2019. This could prove deadly when...
Nearly 7 lakh people are trained by the government in health and sanitation. Do we need so many? September 11, 2020 Despite large numbers of frontline workers being trained each year, they have no new opportunities to capitalise on their skills...
Bangladesh’s indigenous Munda community in the Sundarbans faces hunger as livelihoods dry up September 11, 2020 The Munda community, with its roots in India, living in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh is out of work in the...
Government faces flak from irate students in limbo September 11, 2020 Two years on, lakhs of students await competitive recruitment examination results conducted by the Centre and the states. Meanwhile, the...
Indefinite postponement of animal fairs in Rajasthan due to COVID-19 hits livestock rearers September 10, 2020 Besides the difficulty in inter-state movement, no relief package from the state and poor sales that farmers and rearers face,...
Powered by women, paying electricity bills to get easier in the villages of Uttar Pradesh September 9, 2020 Women in the self-help groups under National Rural Livelihoods Mission will now go door-to-door in villages to recover electricity bill...
The inheritance of loss: A century old customary law prevents Himachal’s tribal women from inheriting property September 8, 2020 Despite the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that women have equal rights in inheritance, women in the tribal communities of Himachal...
The growing popularity of the Habur stone from Jaisalmer that converts milk to curd September 8, 2020 The magic stone, also called Haburia Bhata, from Rajasthan is said to contain fossil remnants and naturally-occurring minerals that help...
While the floods have abated in Uttar Pradesh, flood waters continue to wreak havoc in hundreds of villages September 14, 2020 About 900 villages in Uttar Pradesh are water-logged. In the last three months, standing crops have been destroyed, leaving farmers...
Sporting trouble: An archery coach now sells samosas for a living in Uttar Pradesh September 12, 2020 National level archer and coach Mahendra Singh is one of the 450 sports coaches who have been laid off by...
Why the second wave of COVID-19 infections in certain states is of serious concern for rural India September 12, 2020 Rural India has just one bed for 3,100 people, says the National Health Profile 2019. This could prove deadly when...
Nearly 7 lakh people are trained by the government in health and sanitation. Do we need so many? September 11, 2020 Despite large numbers of frontline workers being trained each year, they have no new opportunities to capitalise on their skills...
Bangladesh’s indigenous Munda community in the Sundarbans faces hunger as livelihoods dry up September 11, 2020 The Munda community, with its roots in India, living in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh is out of work in the...
Government faces flak from irate students in limbo September 11, 2020 Two years on, lakhs of students await competitive recruitment examination results conducted by the Centre and the states. Meanwhile, the...
Indefinite postponement of animal fairs in Rajasthan due to COVID-19 hits livestock rearers September 10, 2020 Besides the difficulty in inter-state movement, no relief package from the state and poor sales that farmers and rearers face,...
Powered by women, paying electricity bills to get easier in the villages of Uttar Pradesh September 9, 2020 Women in the self-help groups under National Rural Livelihoods Mission will now go door-to-door in villages to recover electricity bill...
The inheritance of loss: A century old customary law prevents Himachal’s tribal women from inheriting property September 8, 2020 Despite the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that women have equal rights in inheritance, women in the tribal communities of Himachal...
The growing popularity of the Habur stone from Jaisalmer that converts milk to curd September 8, 2020 The magic stone, also called Haburia Bhata, from Rajasthan is said to contain fossil remnants and naturally-occurring minerals that help...