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Usha Rai

Khushi added a new chapter in India’s history of dog cardiology.

Gurgaon cocker spaniel India’s first dog to get a pacemaker

The seven-year-old’s heart had been functioning at just four per cent of its capacity.

06 Feb 2020 2:21 AM

Strengthening of vocational skills and provision of jobs was an issue raised by many young people. Though many came from farming families, they said agriculture was no longer able to sustain small farmers.

YouthBol flags concerns of young people, will govt act?

Rajni was going to school in her village and loved her books, games and learning.

11 Dec 2019 2:55 AM

Earth Heroes green barren hill and champion Bharatpur’s birds

At the state level, Pramila has been felicitated and feted, receiving the Prakruti Bandhu and Prakruti Mitra awards.

20 Nov 2019 3:59 AM

While Gurgaon, Delhi and several modern cities are still struggling to get housewives to segregate wet and dry waste for proper management of solid waste, in Danapur, Khagaul, Phulwari Sharif blocks of Patna district of Bihar, representatives of women’s self-help groups are spearheading the charge to reduce the waste discarded in the open dumping grounds.

Wet waste becomes black gold for Bihar’s smart homemakers

Every 300 kg of wet waste turns into about 30 kg of khaad or manure in about 40 to 45 days. It can be sold or used by the local body.

07 Nov 2019 4:48 AM

An apron with the female reproductive organ

Making adolescent care work: Sabarkantha raises the bar

The Central government’s pan-India flagship project for adolescents has been a slow starter, though launched with fanfare in 2014.

05 Sep 2019 5:50 AM

The CFL has given women a platform to interact with 60 women from different villages and discuss their lives and aspirations.

Of smartphones, financial literacy and opportunity in Haryana’s khap lands

In just five months, women who had inhibitions about using smartphones are using WhatsApp, Google and making video calls confidently.

19 Aug 2019 12:26 AM

National Family Health Survey-4 data for Gujarat had shown that 32.4 per cent of the 43 per cent under-five mortality was among the urban poor.

The many faces of anaemia in Gujarat’s urban settlements

To ensure that healthy eating becomes the norm, a Mahila Arogya Samiti of about 20 women was formed for four slums.

12 Aug 2019 4:26 AM

Restoring the joys of the natural world to children is naturalist and filmmaker Rakesh Khatri, who set up Eco Roots Foundation in 2012 with his wife Monica and son Animesh.

Naturalist puts environment back on curriculum, grooms eco-warriors

In the ICSE syllabus for Class 4 students on environment, there is a chapter on sparrows and saving them by creating nests based on Rakesh’s work.

17 Jul 2019 2:04 AM

While more girls are now accessing secondary education, boys are dropping out.

Reproductive choice part of unfinished population agenda

One hundred and seventy nine governments called for comprehensive healthcare, including voluntary family planning, safe pregnancies and childbirth.

21 May 2019 1:05 AM

A picnic at a Kosara farm (Photo: Vijaya Pushkarna)

Kosara: Community-based farming by the urban elite

The growth of the crops is managed by the Kosara team, which keeps you updated on the app.

25 Feb 2019 12:56 AM

Pure London Fair: Bhadohi’s small band of women carpet weavers going places

Understandably with its focus on organic carpets, Mandira Utsav is trying to give the women that extra edge in the competitive carpet industry.

09 Jan 2019 5:28 AM

Goat and poultry rearing are the second livelihood options after agriculture with 7,668 households in goat-rearing and 2595 in poultry as per a survey in March this year.

Scrambling up the entrepreneurial ladder in Khandwa

Gurpreet Bhatia, AKRSP’s cluster manager at Pandhana, has found that incomes of people maintaining poultry increases by Rs 10,000 every two months.

10 Oct 2018 12:43 AM

Meghna Gulzar with father Gulzar. (Photo: Raju Shelar)

Gulzar: Lyricist, director and a doting father

Written beautifully, Because he is… is a must read for Bollywood fans, Urdu lovers and young parents!

09 Sep 2018 12:15 AM

A novel that unfolds quietly in a Himalayan monastery

Magical, mystical Ladakh and love that transcends the physical

Hemis abounds in philosophy that is not spouted by a preacher or a teacher but one who speaks from life’s experiences.

10 Aug 2018 12:27 AM

The last to construct a toilet at Kamli was Husna, who was extremely poor. The community helped her with construction, and today it is as good as any in the village.

Blue and green doors herald ‘Izzat Ghars’ in UP’s Bahraich district

Each toilet has a tap inside as well as outside and a hand pump that cranks water into a tank for the toilet.

25 Jul 2018 11:38 PM

Psychlinis: A story By Shama Husain Notion Press, pp. 232, Rs 300

Understanding the disturbed mind

What doctors want for patients of maniac depression is a placid, calm and harmonious state.

22 Jun 2018 12:59 AM

Kallu Ram poses with bottle gourd in his field

Bumper vegetable, wheat yields push back farm distress in UP

Kallu Ram has halved the use of chemical fertilisers and is supplementing it with vermi-composting.

02 May 2018 2:34 AM

Babita Kumari selling mushrooms to a customer.

Girls in Patna grow mushrooms to support their families, education

Babita and other young girls have, in fact, revived mushroom farming in Kurkuri.

09 Apr 2018 12:20 AM

Poor local women in Bihar are being trained as Pashu Sakhis to care for goats and improve their production and productivity.

Investing in Bihar goats to improve rural poor incomes

A women’s empowerment component has also been woven in and the money from goat rearing is expected to go directly to the women.

02 Mar 2018 12:55 AM

Rural Education and Development (Read) India, through its Community Library and Resource Centres (CLRCs) in 107 villages across 12 states, leads in the empowerment race.

Libraries, resource centres inspire rural women on road to prosperity

Many of them have stepped out of their homes for the first time and are enjoying the freedom and growing sense of self-worth.

02 Feb 2018 2:59 AM

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