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Thursday, April 9, 2026
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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.

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.

Congress uses ‘rural’ mantra to fight BJP in PM Modi’s home state Gujarat

Congress had got whitewashed in Gujarat in 2014, but this time, it is raking up issues like farmer distress and unemployment to attack the BJP's state government.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.