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Topic: Jharkhand

3 months after being flown home, Jharkhand’s struggling migrants now want to return to cities

Jharkhand govt has tried to generate jobs under MGNREGA and is launching new schemes, but workers are struggling with low wages and lack of money.

Soil for Ram Mandir construction angers Jharkhand tribals, VHP blames Christian missionaries

Soil from Jharkhand is sourced from 1,100 sarna sthals, which are places of spiritual significance to tribals. Followers of Sarna school believe they are a religion independent of Hinduism, Islam or Christianity.

Plea in SC against Jharkhand govt’s appointment of DGP for ‘violating’ fixed tenure orders

The petitioner said he is aggrieved by the violation of the top court's order with regards to appointment of MV Rao as acting DGP by JMM-led govt 'to satisfy their political interest'.

Covid talent contests and Didi kitchens — how Dumka relied on community to survive lockdown

Dumka’s Deputy Commissioner writes on how connecting with people allowed her to be an accessible leader during the Jharkhand district’s Covid fight.

Tulsi oil hand sanitiser, Covid awareness in Mundari language — Khunti’s localised Covid battle

Deputy Commissioner of Khunti, Suraj Kumar, writes about how his Jharkhand district restored its livelihood economy, while containing the spread of Covid-19.

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren home quarantines after cabinet minister tests Covid-19 positive

Soren, whose samples are expected to be tested today, had recently met Drinking and Sanitation Minister Mithilesh Thakur, who tested positive for COVID-19.

Commercial coal mining is key to Modi’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat, but states need to do their bit

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren has chosen to oppose commercial coal mining, which damages our national interests as it makes it difficult to deal with local issues.

Robots delivering meals to patients, low cost PPEs — West Singhbhum’s innovative Covid fight

Aditya Ranjan, Deputy Development Commissioner of West Singhbhum, tells how hunger is deadlier than Covid in Jharkhand, but the govt has risen to the occasion.

Ranchi’s Covid success story — helplines for stranded workers and one lakh meals a day

District Magistrate Rai Mahimapat Ray writes about Ranchi's battle against Covid-19 and staying vigilant instead of celebrating early success.

Newborn, debt-ridden family: What 2 jawans killed in Galwan leave behind in native Jharkhand

Ganesh Hansda (21), resident of East Singhbhum district, and Kundan Kant Ojha (26), native of Sahibganj district, are among the 20 deceased soldiers.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.