Despite forecast warnings and mobile apps, 154 dead in 3 weeks due to lightning strikes in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand July 14, 2020 In spite of lightning sensors, alerts through mobile apps, over 2,500 people die annually due to lightning strikes in the...
FAO warns of fresh locust attacks; demand to declare it a national calamity grows stronger July 13, 2020 At least 100 districts in 10 states of the country are under locust attacks at present. These are expected to...
Deteriorating quality of instruction in Jharkhand schools; teachers unpaid for six years July 13, 2020 The Annual Status of Education Report data show only 34% of children up to Class V are able to read...
Uprooted by Cyclone Amphan, thousands of families in west coast of Bangladesh still displaced July 13, 2020 About two months back, on May 20, Super Cyclone Amphan crossed West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts causing extensive damages. Two months later,...
2.5 million affected by floods; 24 dead in landslides; Baghjan oil well still on fire. Assam battling multiple disasters amid the COVID-19 pandemic July 11, 2020 Every year during the monsoon, Assam faces floods. But this year the crisis has magnified, as the state is handling...
Lallan Bajpai, Vikas Dubey’s nemesis, demystifies the gangster killed in police encounter July 11, 2020 Gaon Connection spoke to Lallan Bajpai, former chairperson of Shivli, someone who has known Dubey for over 20 years. Bajpai...
EXCLUSIVE: Experts urge environment minister to withdraw, shelve EIA Notification, 2020. Read the letter here July 11, 2020 The environment ministry has issued draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2020, inviting public comments. Environmental experts urge Javadekar to withdraw...
A year on, Chhattisgarh villagers still await permanent houses under the PM Awas Yojana July 10, 2020 Last year, beneficiaries of PM Awas Yojana in Chhattisgarh received the first instalment to make pucca homes. They haven’t gotten...
COVID-19, lockdown restrictions shatter livelihoods of Rajasthan’s nomadic communities July 10, 2020 Banjaras, the nomads of Rajasthan, earn a living by migrating to cities and selling blankets, clothes, spices and dry fruits....
Over a million migrant workers returned to rural Bengal in the lockdown. Can MGNREGS alone support them? July 10, 2020 Till June end, at least 1.3 million Bengali migrant labourers returned to the state due to the lockdown in view...
Despite forecast warnings and mobile apps, 154 dead in 3 weeks due to lightning strikes in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand July 14, 2020 In spite of lightning sensors, alerts through mobile apps, over 2,500 people die annually due to lightning strikes in the...
FAO warns of fresh locust attacks; demand to declare it a national calamity grows stronger July 13, 2020 At least 100 districts in 10 states of the country are under locust attacks at present. These are expected to...
Deteriorating quality of instruction in Jharkhand schools; teachers unpaid for six years July 13, 2020 The Annual Status of Education Report data show only 34% of children up to Class V are able to read...
Uprooted by Cyclone Amphan, thousands of families in west coast of Bangladesh still displaced July 13, 2020 About two months back, on May 20, Super Cyclone Amphan crossed West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts causing extensive damages. Two months later,...
2.5 million affected by floods; 24 dead in landslides; Baghjan oil well still on fire. Assam battling multiple disasters amid the COVID-19 pandemic July 11, 2020 Every year during the monsoon, Assam faces floods. But this year the crisis has magnified, as the state is handling...
Lallan Bajpai, Vikas Dubey’s nemesis, demystifies the gangster killed in police encounter July 11, 2020 Gaon Connection spoke to Lallan Bajpai, former chairperson of Shivli, someone who has known Dubey for over 20 years. Bajpai...
EXCLUSIVE: Experts urge environment minister to withdraw, shelve EIA Notification, 2020. Read the letter here July 11, 2020 The environment ministry has issued draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2020, inviting public comments. Environmental experts urge Javadekar to withdraw...
A year on, Chhattisgarh villagers still await permanent houses under the PM Awas Yojana July 10, 2020 Last year, beneficiaries of PM Awas Yojana in Chhattisgarh received the first instalment to make pucca homes. They haven’t gotten...
COVID-19, lockdown restrictions shatter livelihoods of Rajasthan’s nomadic communities July 10, 2020 Banjaras, the nomads of Rajasthan, earn a living by migrating to cities and selling blankets, clothes, spices and dry fruits....
Over a million migrant workers returned to rural Bengal in the lockdown. Can MGNREGS alone support them? July 10, 2020 Till June end, at least 1.3 million Bengali migrant labourers returned to the state due to the lockdown in view...