Publisher - Modern Rural India

Vaccine policies involving denials of public entitlements fail to understand that many are unable to access the shots. Nor are they based on evidence-based science, public health practices and ethics. Such denials only…

It’s not uncommon for kids to show up to Marietta Memorial Hospital’s emergency room for mental health help. Linda Sistrunk, a social worker and director of behavioral health at the hospital in southeastern Ohio, says that’s a big…

WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved the development of new research funding opportunities, providing up to $63 million for studies on reducing maternal…

By simultaneously carrying out multiple development schemes in a village, can its all-round development be made more sustainable? The Uttam Gram program, in Haryana's Donkhera village, provides some answers. Shashank Devra…

14 February 2022 - It is estimated that global demand for millets will soar to $12 billion by 2025, as the world looks at healthier food grains. India is one of the largest producers of millets, with an annual output of…

16 February 2022 - Media plays an important role in informing and shaping public opinion around major issues. They provide a check on failures in governance, keeping things from getting out of hand. Speaking of food…

14 March 2022 - In April last year, 30-year-old Bishnu Priya Giri killed herself and her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter. She was suffering from depression. In June, 19-year-old Suchithra hung herself from the ceiling fan…

India’s premier technology institutes IIT-Gandhinagar, IIT-Kharagpur and IIT-Madras have announced online learning opportunities for students in areas of entrepreneurship, technology and artificial intelligence respectively.‘Camp…

Buffeted by low prices, middlemen and uncertain rains, and lacking adequate state support, families that have grown oranges for decades fear they will not be able to continue living off their lands much longer. Ratna Bharali…

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is launching a free online Mathematics course called ‘Out of the Box’. The course is about multiple approaches to problem-solving. It will be conducted through IIT Madras Pravartak…