-The Hindu Nestham, an NGO, in association with Nabard, conducts a training programme for women members in preparation of mango jelly VIJAYAWADA: Nestham, a non-governmental organisation, in association with Nabard, conducted a training programme on preparation of mango jelly for 120 members of women's self-help groups at Sitharampuram, Kotha Edara, and Krishnavaram villages in Agiripalli Mandal of Krishna district. Under the Micro Entrepreneurship Development Programme (MEDP) of the Nabard, the NGO mobilised women...
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Dalits attacked over temple festival row
-The Times of India NELLORE: At least five dalits were grievously injured at Ramapuram village of Tada Mandal in the district when they were chased and attacked by upper caste landlords following a dispute over the festival of the village goddess on Monday. In the mayhem that lasted for two hours, the landlords smashed the valuables of the panic-stricken dalits after forcing them to flee their homes. The tension spread to four...
More »Haves and have-nots, chained by loss-Sanjay Mandal
-The Telegraph Bengal - Defrauded Many households in Calcutta have a domestic help or a driver who has lost money by investing in Saradha schemes - a common thread that has spun a perception that the poor are the sole victims of the sham company. But Sudipta Sen's promise of high returns had blurred the divide between the haves and the have-nots as well as the educated and the uneducated. Travels across the semi-urban...
More »Kolam farmers fall back on their ancient wisdom-S Harpal Singh
-The Hindu ADILABAD: Many in the field are viewing it as a retro step but, the aboriginal Kolam farmers of Birsaipet-Kolamguda in Utnoor Mandal in Adilabad opted to fall back on their ancient wisdom with regard to irrigating crops. Instead of going in for the individualistic bore well as a source of irrigation, the 35 Kolam families in this village decided to dig five open wells to collectively irrigate the 250...
More »Infant, maternal health improving: Survey-Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu Uttarakhand continues to perform well and Uttar Pradesh poorly on key health indicators as per the findings of the Annual Health Survey (AHS) conducted in 284 districts of nine States. The nine States for which health indicators were released on Friday constitute 50 per cent of the country's population. While Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) - the number of deaths of children less than...
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