This story was first published in The Better India on April 7, 2016 Until 2011, the Dabri village on the outskirts of Birni, one of the 13 community development blocks of Giridih district in Jharkhand state, suffered from intermittent and often non-functional Internet connectivity. It was served by only one telecom provider, which was slow…
This story was first published by The Better India on April 24, 2016. Sixteen-year-old Abner Manzar was on a road trip in Rajasthan with the Red Rickshaw Revolution team when he got a chance to meet an inspiring woman who had been fighting child marriage in her village. He shares his interaction with the woman…
Geospatial Information Regulation Bill will tremendously complicate how we use navigation and apps on our phones
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There is a huge market in rural India for refurbished digital devices
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बाईस साल के मल्हार इंदुल्कर कोंकण क्षेत्र में बहने वाली वशिष्टि नदी के तट पर रहते हैं। जब उन्हें यह पता चला कि वहां का औद्योगिक कचरा नदी के जीव-जंतुओं को नुकसान पहुंचा रहा है, तो उन्होंने ऊदबिलाव के संरक्षण में खुद को झोंक दिया। ऊदबिलाव बीमार मछलियों को खा लेता है, जिससे नदी में…
For some people, their true calling is all about giving something back to society
The district collector of Bokaro has integrated the use of WhatsApp to manage the administration of the district
