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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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
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Congress moves Madras HC seeking Election Commission action against Modi for propagating hate speech
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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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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations