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Friday, November 21, 2025
TopicRural India

Topic: Rural India

Numbers are clear. Saving rural UP from Covid catastrophe must be a national mission

Official statistics give you no idea of the devastating pandemic that is raging through rural UP.

Political point scoring must stop in Goa. Rope in experts to know cause of hospital deaths

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She was 8 months pregnant, was ‘forced’ into UP poll duty that killed ‘135 teachers’

Among the UP teachers who died after poll duty was an 8 months pregnant woman. RSS-affiliated Rashtriya Saikishik Mahasangh has decided to boycott counting duty on 2 May.

With panchayat polls, UP’s Gorakhpur has more Covid cases in its villages than in towns

According to govt data, in past 10 days, cases from rural areas of Gorakhpur division outnumbered cases from urban areas on 4 days. Doctors say official numbers 'tip of iceberg'.

Urban unemployment jumps as states announce Covid curbs, economic indicators hit

Urban unemployment rate touches double digits in the week ended 18 April. Business shutdowns and curbs on movement again set to hit urban economy.

Rural India can’t be dustbin of history. Three farm laws have shown farmers need a New Deal

Indian agriculture will follow an Indian path. Farmers are not vestiges of the past. They are here to stay.

44% rural Indians willing to pay for vaccine, 51% say Covid ‘Chinese conspiracy’, survey finds

The survey by Gaon Connection revealed that nearly 20% of the respondents considered Covid an 'act of God', 22% blamed the negligence of the people & 18% did not share any view.

Why hopes of India’s economic recovery rest on farmers and rural demand

Higher disposable incomes with farmers are expected to boost demand from automobile to cement to gold jewelry.

PM Modi launches physical distribution of property cards under SVAMITVA scheme

The move will pave the way for villagers to use property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits.

Why 5G is unlikely to solve India’s digital connectivity problems

Considering that even 4G hasn’t reached majority of Indians, 5G seems a distant dream for those living in rural or under-serviced areas.

On Camera

Dr Umar Nabi has shattered a popular misconception about terrorism

The good and the bad in the Islamic tradition are so intertwined that there is no good Islam to fight the bad one. The way out is not the true Islam, but the true nationalisation of it.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.