Rural Development Plan
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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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PM’s plan for free gas connections is failing its objective – as government had been warned it would
A study commissioned in 2015 said that for the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to succeed, the price of gas cylinders would have to be reduced.
Nitin Sethi & Aroon Deep
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How rearing fish in small ponds is helping farmers boost incomes in Maharashtra
Farm ponds, built to harvest rainwater and irrigate rain-fed fields, are doubling up as fishponds, helping farmers overcome vagaries of agriculture.
Hiren Kumar Bose
Trending
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Indore Congress candidate backed out days after attempt-to-murder charge added to 17-year-old case
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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From bathroom services to tree protection, micro businesses in rural areas need new ideas
Small business in villages do indeed create livelihoods, but there is an over-saturation in dairy, cattle rearing and the like.
Sanjiv Phansalkar
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Model villages: Why Modi's pet rural development scheme is not working
Only 53 of 278 BJP MPs in the Lok Sabha have selected new villages in phase two of the scheme.
Anumeha Yadav
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Like Modi, many BJP MPs adopt all-Hindu settlements under model village scheme
The exclusionary pattern has upset many Muslim leaders in Uttar Pradesh.
Dhirendra K Jha
Video
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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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