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Topic: Rural

Gurugram elite are giving up corporate life to become urban farmers. Money isn’t the motivation, peace is

Three millennium city residents show how they have walked away from constant phone calls and long traffic jams for a lifestyle where nature is therapy.

Kerala’s local self-governance app K-SMART set to go rural. Now, ‘know your land’, file mass petition

The upgraded version of the portal will be launched in over 1,000 local bodies of state. It was initially launched last year in 93 urban local bodies.

SubscriberWrites: Golden years, silver challenges–Can India’s elderly shape the future?

Rural seniors might appear healthier on paper—diabetes at 8.3 percent and hypertension at 29.8 percent—but far too many go undiagnosed due to scarce healthcare services.

UK government launches Rural Flood Resilience Partnership

The collaboration is aimed at tackling flood risks, coastal erosion in rural areas.

Centre announces Rs 70,125 cr scheme to extend road network, connect 25,000 remote villages

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announces 62,500 km of new roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-IV.

India’s 1st water bodies census: 2.4 mn water bodies, 97% in rural areas, more than half privately owned

Most of these water bodies are in West Bengal, followed by UP, Andhra, Odisha & Assam. While 1.6% have been encroached upon, 16.3% are 'not in use', according to report released by Modi govt.

Nearly 64% of over 88 lakh Covid vaccine doses given in rural areas on 21 June, govt says

India achieved a 'historic milestone' by administering 88.09 lakh Covid vaccine doses in a single day Monday with MP administering the maximum number of jabs, a govt official said.

Why India’s big fuel retailers are focusing on rural revival

Diesel is the most widely used fuel in India, accounting for 40% of total use, and the agricultural sector is the second-biggest consumer of diesel after transportation.

Study finds Indian households with female children reduce practice of open defecation

The study found a reduction in open defecation owing to a firstborn child being a girl far greater in poor urban households than richer ones.

India’s urbanisation isn’t just happening in cities. Modi govt must tap these new areas

Census towns and other rurban areas bridge the gap between India’s large cities and rural areas, and supply goods and services to the hinterland.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

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.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.