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Earthworms Give Techie A 20 Million-Rupee Turnover Annually
Earthworms Give Techie A 20 Million-Rupee Turnover Annually

By Danish Iqbal

Raj Singh quit a high-end corporate job to set up a dairy in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, from which emerged his enterprise, Growing Tree Organic Limited, that makes and sells vermicompost.

Raj Singh quit a high-end corporate job to set up a dairy in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, from which emerged his enterprise, Growing Tree Organic Limited, that makes and sells vermicompost.

Earthworms Give Techie A 20 Million-Rupee Turnover Annually
Earthworms Give Techie A 20 Million-Rupee Turnover Annually

By Gaon Connection

Raj Singh quit a high-end corporate job to set up a dairy in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, from which emerged his enterprise, Growing Tree Organic Limited, that makes and sells vermicompost.

Raj Singh quit a high-end corporate job to set up a dairy in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, from which emerged his enterprise, Growing Tree Organic Limited, that makes and sells vermicompost.

Agricultural soil is in poor health
Agricultural soil is in poor health

By Arvind Shukla

Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, accompanied by the reduced use of green manure, has left the agricultural soil health poorer. The issue is so serious that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech, requested farmers to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides

Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, accompanied by the reduced use of green manure, has left the agricultural soil health poorer. The issue is so serious that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech, requested farmers to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides

Unused medicines and mounting antibiotic residue contaminating Indian rivers: Study
Unused medicines and mounting antibiotic residue contaminating Indian rivers: Study

By गाँव कनेक्शन

The contamination of water sources with antimicrobial drugs has had grave consequences in India. What is the right way to dispose of unused or expired antibiotics so that they do not find their way into our water sources?

The contamination of water sources with antimicrobial drugs has had grave consequences in India. What is the right way to dispose of unused or expired antibiotics so that they do not find their way into our water sources?

'Adopt the RIGHT approach to treat a snakebite'
'Adopt the RIGHT approach to treat a snakebite'

By Shivani Gupta

Bites from venomous snakes kill over 58,000 people in India every year. What should be the immediate response in the case of snakebite? What is the right treatment for it? Why should the patient not be taken to a quack or an occultist? Sourabh Jha of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences explains.

Bites from venomous snakes kill over 58,000 people in India every year. What should be the immediate response in the case of snakebite? What is the right treatment for it? Why should the patient not be taken to a quack or an occultist? Sourabh Jha of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences explains.

Rulers reduced to a particularly vulnerable tribe. The story of Jharkhand's Paharia.
Rulers reduced to a particularly vulnerable tribe. The story of Jharkhand's Paharia.

By Nidhi Jamwal

Once rulers, Paharia tribe in Jharkhand is now highly vulnerable and struggling poverty, malnutrition and human trafficking.

Once rulers, Paharia tribe in Jharkhand is now highly vulnerable and struggling poverty, malnutrition and human trafficking.

Pandemic, poverty, recurring floods and human bondage in Bihar
Pandemic, poverty, recurring floods and human bondage in Bihar

By Rahul Jha

Bihar is India’s most flood-prone state and recurring floods, apart from displacing millions every year, also contribute to human trafficking as poor families spend several months in flood relief camps from where their children are lured into ‘jobs’. Gaon Connection met several such children and here is what they told us.

Bihar is India’s most flood-prone state and recurring floods, apart from displacing millions every year, also contribute to human trafficking as poor families spend several months in flood relief camps from where their children are lured into ‘jobs’. Gaon Connection met several such children and here is what they told us.

Sweet poison: WHO likely to label aspartame as ‘possibly carcinogenic’; what does that mean for the Indian food industry?
Sweet poison: WHO likely to label aspartame as ‘possibly carcinogenic’; what does that mean for the Indian food industry?

By Pratyaksh Srivastava

The WHO is likely to add aspartame, an artificial low-calorie sweetener, to its list of chemicals which can possibly cause cancer in humans. Will such a classification help regulate artificial sweeteners that are widely added to food products, such as soft drinks, biscuits, pastries, yoghurt, jams and jellies, in India? Gaon Connection talks to some experts.

The WHO is likely to add aspartame, an artificial low-calorie sweetener, to its list of chemicals which can possibly cause cancer in humans. Will such a classification help regulate artificial sweeteners that are widely added to food products, such as soft drinks, biscuits, pastries, yoghurt, jams and jellies, in India? Gaon Connection talks to some experts.

In UP, 69,000 Assistant Teacher Recruitment candidates await a fair hearing
In UP, 69,000 Assistant Teacher Recruitment candidates await a fair hearing

By Daya Sagar

Job Crisis: Assistant teacher recruitment pending, In January, a competition was held for the recruitment of Assistant Teachers for the primary schools run by the government. Over 4 lakh candidates had appeared in the competition for 69,000 posts. The issue, however, has been dragged to court due to the discrepancies pertaining to the merit list

Job Crisis: Assistant teacher recruitment pending, In January, a competition was held for the recruitment of Assistant Teachers for the primary schools run by the government. Over 4 lakh candidates had appeared in the competition for 69,000 posts. The issue, however, has been dragged to court due to the discrepancies pertaining to the merit list

"We are somehow managing," say primary school teachers in Uttar Pradesh
"We are somehow managing," say primary school teachers in Uttar Pradesh

By Daya Sagar

As per the government records, Uttar Pradesh has a deficit of more than 1.50 lakh primary school teachers. But the ones who are on payroll say they can only teach when freed from clerk hood of 25 odd compilations, including polio vaccinations and general census

As per the government records, Uttar Pradesh has a deficit of more than 1.50 lakh primary school teachers. But the ones who are on payroll say they can only teach when freed from clerk hood of 25 odd compilations, including polio vaccinations and general census

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