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Rakhi Ghosh
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A mobile lab is rolling through Adivasi villages in Odisha, introducing locals to basics of science
The Community Science Programme is an intiative of Tata Trusts, TCS Foundation and the NGO Sikshasandhan.
Rakhi Ghosh
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Space to grow: How Odisha’s seasonal hostels are helping curb child migration and child labour
Poor villagers who migrate for work would take their children along. Now they can leave them in the hostels to be looked after and educated.
Rakhi Ghosh
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How cultivating watermelon has changed lives of poor villagers in Odisha’s hunger belt
They are no longer forced to migrate for work and have enough to feed their children and send them to school.
Rakhi Ghosh
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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As catch declines, Chilika fishers are forced to become migrant labourers
A significant fall in fish stock due to environmental and human made reasons has forced local fishermen to migrate seasonally in search of work.
Rakhi Ghosh
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Low-cost, low-maintenance solutions helped an Odisha village get clean drinking water
Water from ponds and tube wells made safe for consumption, reducing reduced water-borne diseases in coastal Odisha.
Rakhi Ghosh
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Widowed by silicosis, the women of this Odisha village face a long legal fight for compensation
Young men, who joined a pyrophillite grinding factory dreaming of a better future, succumbed to silicosis, leaving families struggling for survival and justice.
Rakhi Ghosh
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat