A library in a tribal village in Jharkhand keeps alive the memory of a Galwan Valley martyr
A library in a tribal village in Jharkhand keeps alive the memory of a Galwan Valley martyr

By Laraib Fatima Warsi

Veer Shaheed Ganesh Hansda Library in Bhandarshol village in East Singhbhum is encouraging tribal children to read and is helping them prepare for competitive exams.

Veer Shaheed Ganesh Hansda Library in Bhandarshol village in East Singhbhum is encouraging tribal children to read and is helping them prepare for competitive exams.

Eastern India bore the brunt of prolonged heat waves in June 2023: IMD
Eastern India bore the brunt of prolonged heat waves in June 2023: IMD

By गाँव कनेक्शन

Overall, the country has received 10 per cent less than its normal rainfall for the month of June. Prolonged heat waves were observed for 11-19 days, as against a normal of 2-4 days in parts of West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, etc.

Overall, the country has received 10 per cent less than its normal rainfall for the month of June. Prolonged heat waves were observed for 11-19 days, as against a normal of 2-4 days in parts of West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, etc.

When peers turn teachers to promote girls’ education
When peers turn teachers to promote girls’ education

By Manoj Choudhary

A Jamshedpur-based non-profit YUVA (Youth Unity for Voluntary Action) has roped in college students to hold free tutorial classes in five villages of East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand to ensure that girls from tribal communities have an opportunity to pursue their education.

A Jamshedpur-based non-profit YUVA (Youth Unity for Voluntary Action) has roped in college students to hold free tutorial classes in five villages of East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand to ensure that girls from tribal communities have an opportunity to pursue their education.

Healthcare at the doorstep of rural, tribal communities in Jharkhand through the e-Sanjeevani
Healthcare at the doorstep of rural, tribal communities in Jharkhand through the e-Sanjeevani

By Manoj Choudhary

The e-Sanjeevani service is providing medical consultation to inhabitants of remote villages in Jharkhand, who often had to do without because of long distances to the nearest health centres and lack of transportation.

The e-Sanjeevani service is providing medical consultation to inhabitants of remote villages in Jharkhand, who often had to do without because of long distances to the nearest health centres and lack of transportation.

Loss of wages, faltering health and dip in productivity — rural workforce faces the brunt of the heat waves
Loss of wages, faltering health and dip in productivity — rural workforce faces the brunt of the heat waves

By Gaon Connection

The heat wave conditions are wreaking havoc in rural India. With no choice but to tend to their crops in the blistering heat, farm labourers are having a hard time of it. Experts say that these troubled times are here to stay. A ground report from Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh.

The heat wave conditions are wreaking havoc in rural India. With no choice but to tend to their crops in the blistering heat, farm labourers are having a hard time of it. Experts say that these troubled times are here to stay. A ground report from Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh.

Loss of wages, faltering health and dip in productivity — rural workforce faces the brunt of the heat waves
Loss of wages, faltering health and dip in productivity — rural workforce faces the brunt of the heat waves

By Aishwarya Tripathi and Pratyaksh Srivastava

The heat wave conditions are wreaking havoc in rural India. With no choice but to tend to their crops in the blistering heat, farm labourers are having a hard time of it. Experts say that these troubled times are here to stay. A ground report from Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh.

The heat wave conditions are wreaking havoc in rural India. With no choice but to tend to their crops in the blistering heat, farm labourers are having a hard time of it. Experts say that these troubled times are here to stay. A ground report from Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh.

Aerosols increase drought severity over the Indian subcontinent
Aerosols increase drought severity over the Indian subcontinent

By गाँव कनेक्शन

A study has found that the El Nino effect further weakens the monsoon by transporting aerosols from the lower altitudes in East Asian region up and into the higher altitudes forming an aerosol layer over the South Asian region. This remains hanging over there during monsoon

A study has found that the El Nino effect further weakens the monsoon by transporting aerosols from the lower altitudes in East Asian region up and into the higher altitudes forming an aerosol layer over the South Asian region. This remains hanging over there during monsoon

A solar irrigation pumpset that fits into a jhola is helping marginal farmers
A solar irrigation pumpset that fits into a jhola is helping marginal farmers

By Aishwarya Tripathi

Compact and portable solar powered pump sets are making irrigation easier and farmers using them say it has had a positive impact on their crop yield in Jharkhand.

Compact and portable solar powered pump sets are making irrigation easier and farmers using them say it has had a positive impact on their crop yield in Jharkhand.

Jharkhand Govt Introduces Millet Laddus in School Menu, But There’s a Problem
Jharkhand Govt Introduces Millet Laddus in School Menu, But There’s a Problem

By Manoj Choudhary

In a welcome move, close to 3.3 million students in 35,773 government schools in the state are being offered nutritious madua (ragi) laddu every Wednesday. But the money allocation is not enough, complain school managements.

In a welcome move, close to 3.3 million students in 35,773 government schools in the state are being offered nutritious madua (ragi) laddu every Wednesday. But the money allocation is not enough, complain school managements.

A forgotten delicacy from Assam: Tita Phool, cooked with broken rice, fish and a lot of love
A forgotten delicacy from Assam: Tita Phool, cooked with broken rice, fish and a lot of love

By Puspanjalee Das Dutta

A writer fondly recalls her grandmother’s special dish made with a special kind of tita phool (bitter flowers) that was carefully prepared to keep coughs, colds and fevers at bay from her beloved family members.

A writer fondly recalls her grandmother’s special dish made with a special kind of tita phool (bitter flowers) that was carefully prepared to keep coughs, colds and fevers at bay from her beloved family members.

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