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How ‘NaMo Drone Didis’ are pushing past their limitations & transforming India’s rural landscapes

The ‘NaMo Drone Didi Initiative’ was announced by PM Modi on 15 August last year to train 15,000 women-led Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in the use of agricultural drones.

In UP’s Gorakhpur, women have taken the lead to run the family — with a little ‘self-help’

In Gorakhpur's Jigina Bhion, 18 self-help groups are helping women support their families, after husbands lost jobs during the pandemic. They say 'we would've starved without this'.

Yogi govt alleges scam in nutrition scheme for kids but gives contracts to ‘tainted’ firms

Yogi Adityanath govt has given contracts to same firms it accused of supplying poor quality food to children.

Rural livelihoods plan in focus ahead of 2019 as BJP looks to gain from welfare push

The thrust is as political as it is policy driven. It helps the BJP portray itself as a pro-rural poor party and tap into...

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Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

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.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

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.