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Three and a half-year-old girl brutally raped and left to dying
Lucknow: Her vagina is bleeding and there is a blood clot in her swollen right eye. Her neck and cheeks are scared with bites and her body is full of bruises. She is a three- and half-year-old child, who has been raped. Her father is running around in hospital holding her on his shoulder. Rahul...
Micro ATMs come to the rescue of rural Jharkhand
Ramgarh, Jharkhand: In the hilly terrain of the region, a visit to bank entailed a whole day's work and travel expenses. Mato Devi, 50 tells us, 'earlier we would have to leave our homes in the morning if we had bank work. After walking a fair distance, we would take some public transport. After...
These women are now free from the vicious circle of loan & money lenders
Palamu (Jharkhand): Kesmani Devi outbursts her tears while remembering how much she supplicated in front of money lender then only she got some money at 10 rupees hundred percent interest. She lives happily now after joining the group as she do not have to run after money lenders now. She is...
Kerala's coastline faces serious threat
Forty-one-year-old KochukuttyAmmais forced to live inside a school building with her family at Valiyathura village near Thiruvananthapuram. She was shifted here from Shankumughambeach five years back in 2013,when raging sea wavesclaimed the land where her hut was situated.Kochukutty's family is not...
How will global warming affect El Niño in the 21st Century?
Raghu MurtuguddeMumbai. El Niño remains the largest climate phenomenon that occurs frequently producing droughts, floods, wildfires, dust and snow storms, fish kill, and even elevated risks of civil conflicts. The theater of action for El Niño is the tropical Pacific Ocean but its global reach...
Bamboo Brooms are helping these women make money
Babita Kumari, Community Journalist Bahmani (Jharkhand).These women residing in villages of Jharkhand didn't have any source of income till sometime back. But now they make brooms out of bamboo and earn anywhere between Rs 1,200 and 1,500 a month thanks to a self help group formed under the aegis...
Are loan waivers helping farmers?
The new Congress government in Madhya Pradesh delivered on its poll promise to the farmers. Immediately after taking charge, chief minister Kamal Nath signed farm loan waiver and wrote off short-term crop loan of eligible farmers up to the limit of Rs 2 lakh, as on March 31, 2018, from nationalized...
Weather destroys apple crops, prices go up by 15% to 20%
Lucknow: Wholesale and retail prices for apples have seen a rise of up to 20% over the last week. In Himachal Pradesh the price has reached Rs.90 per Kg whereas in Jammu and Kashmir the price is up to Rs.55 per Kg. The season's first heavy snowfall has affected apple farmers and customers...
Journey of a woman: From daily wager to a successful farmer
West Singhbhumi (Jharkhand): Gulbari Go, a tribal female farmer of hilly forest area, smiles looking at crops flourishing in her farm. She says 'It was hard to imagine profitable farming on land which we took on lease. Now we get a daily income of 1500 Rupees after selling vegetables.'Gulbari Go...
These women have acquired the skill of Organic Farming, no longer need to buy pesticides
Eastern Singhbhumi/Palamu (Jharkhand): Far from the glitter of city life 3 lakh rural women have come together in groups to learn the skill of organic farming. They no longer need to go to the market for seeds and pesticides as they have learnt how to make cheap and effective vermi...
Villagers Stand Against A Beer Factory, "We Will Die But Won't Give Up Our Forests!"
'We will die but we won't give up our jungle.' These are the words Babita Patre of Balrampur Village in Odisha's Dhenkanal District. Babita is protesting against the beer factory that is coming up adjoining Balrampur. Many women like her have joined people from 12 villages in the...
How a Patna boy became 'Next Gen Leader' in South Korea
Some journeys are planned and some are destined. And, the recent visit to South Korea has made me believe that destiny at times does knock on your door, in most unexpected ways.I had received a call from the Korean Embassy's cultural wing in Delhi, soon after the end of the State visit of South...
