rural areas
- Business
Reliance Jio launches India’s 1st satellite-based Internet to connect inaccessible areas
Delhi: Reliance Jio on Friday successfully demonstrated India’s first satellite-based giga-fibre service to provide high-speed, affordable Internet services in inaccessible areas across the country. Called JioSpaceFiber, it was showcased on the first…
- Telangana
Obesity on rise among rural families in Telangana: ICRISAT study
Hyderabad: Many rural families in Telangana now eat more carbohydrates as they are more affordable than sourcing limited protein and micronutrient-rich options, a recent study by the International Crops Research Institute for…
- India
78% parents in rural India want their daughters to be at least graduate: Survey
New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) At least 78 per cent parents in rural India aspire to educate their daughters till graduation and beyond, according to a survey report. The “State of Elementary…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: UoH to train students, teachers on modern biology from rural areas
Hyderabad: The skill development centre of the School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (UoH) has received Rs 81.62 lakh funding to conduct training programme on modern biology for students and teachers…
- India
MP: PM Modi blames Congress for rural discrimination in state
Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lambasted the Congress and accused it of discriminating against rural India during its long rule in the country. While addressing a gathering in Madhya Pradesh’s…
- Telangana
Women’s Day: Rs 750 cr interest-free loans fund released for Telangana SHGs
Hyderabad: On the occasion of Women’s Day, Rs 750 crore were released towards providing interest-free loans to women’s self-help groups (SHGs) in Telangana by the state government. Urban development minister KT Rama…
- Telangana
Telangana: KTR inaugurates development works at Rajanna-Sircilla
Hyderabad: Telangana municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao inaugurated ‘Palle Dawakhana’ developed at a cost of Rs 20 lakh in Jillella of Thangallapalli Mandal on Monday. Rural clinics with modern touches were…
- India
Only 50 pc rural households have tapped drinking water under Jal Jeevan Mission
New Delhi: Even as the deadline of providing drinking water through taps to every rural household under the government’s ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) by 2024 is fast approaching, only 50.3 per…
- Business
Reliance Jio, GSMA roll out initiative to train rural women in digital skills
Mumbai: Reliance Jio and global mobile network operators’ organisation GSMA on Tuesday announced the roll-out of their digital skills programme to train rural women in India. The programme aims to provide need-based…
- Business
Financial literacy poor across urban, rural population in country: RBI survey
New Delhi: A general perception is that most of the rural population is not well-versed in digital banking in India. However, in what can be termed as a revelation, according to a…
- India
Bihar: 24 women forced to undergo tubectomy surgery in Khagaria
About 24 women from Bihar’s Khagaria underwent a tubectomy procedure at Alauli Heath Centre allegedly without the administration of anaesthesia leaving them squirming in pain. The incident happened over the weekend. Tubectomy…
- India
Unemployment rate in India climbs due to rise in urban joblessness
New Delhi: The unemployment rate in India touched 7.71 percent on August 14, 2022. The main reason behind its rise is urban joblessness. As per the data by the Centre for Monitoring…
- Andhra Pradesh
Ayekart unites with AP govt to uplift local Agri-entrepreneurs
Visakhapatnam: Ayekart, India’s first integrated tech platform, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) here on Tuesday to boost Self-Help Groups (SHG), Farmer Producer Organizations…
