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What Explains Rural India’s Diabetes Problem? -Sweta Akundi

-TheWire.in South India has a higher rate of diabetes compared to North India, possibly due to its partiality towards white rice, which has a high glycaemic index. At a healthcare clinic in Thodathara, a village in the Thavanampalle mandal near Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, Dr Vijay Kumar calls in his next patient. “He is the most disciplined man I know,” Dr Kumar says with a hint of pride. Reddyappa Reddy walks in and takes...

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Menstrual huts turn hub of creativity in this Kerala village -Nejma Sulaiman

-The New Indian Express Women in Chinnaparakudy tribal settlement find a source of livelihood, reports  Nejma Sulaiman IDUKKI: Many tribal hamlets in Idukki still follow the primitive practice of secluding menstruating girls and women for up to a week in special huts called ‘valaimapura’. At the Chinnaparakudy settlement in Adimaly panchayat, however, the ‘menstrual hut’ has been converted into a hub of creativity, one that offers a livelihood for women.  Earlier, like in...

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Village common land cannot be sold: Supreme Court -Hitender Rao

-Hindustan Times No part of the village common land can be re-partitioned amongst the proprietors and such land would not be available for sale, the Supreme Court ruled Chandigarh: Thousands of acres of village common land (shamilat deh) in Haryana sold off by shareholders or gram panchayat for monetary gains would get freed with the owners being ousted following a Supreme Court ruling on Thursday. The shamilat deh is reserved and used...

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This Jharkhand village becomes perfect example for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ as it builds back its water wealth -Mukesh Ranjan

-The New Indian Express In an example of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat,’ a village located in the Maoist hotbed Khunti in Jharkhand is becoming self-reliant in meeting its water needs. RANCHI: In an example of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat,’ a village located in the Maoist hotbed Khunti in Jharkhand is becoming self-reliant in meeting its water needs. Guni village has adopted measures of water conservation by taking advantage of the ‘Deen Dayaal Upadhyaya Swawalamban Yojana’ (DDUSY) of...

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Trinamul leader's killing in Birbhum sparks violence, arson; Governor seeks report from chief secy -Arnab Ganguly

-The Telegraph Panchayat office-bearer dies after bomb attack, but DGP denies political motive, state government forms SIT; 10 charred bodies recovered in Baktui in Rampurhat; Dhankhar says law and order in Bengal has ‘capsized’ Calcutta: Murder of a Trinamul panchayat office-bearer in a Birbhum village on Monday night sparked an orgy of violence that has claimed the lives of at least 10 more people with seven charred bodies found by the fire...

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