Publisher - Modern Rural India

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…

26 April 2022 - Driving southward from Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli city, one crosses many towns and villages with all the typical scenes one would expect – busy buses and trains, students in a rush, and construction labourers…

EduGorilla, an EdTech company that provides online mock tests with an emphasis on state competitive exams in vernacular languages, has recently raised ₹16.5 Crores in a funding round led by SucSEED Indovation Fund.According to the…

The GST Appellate Tribunal is already much-delayed, and the apex court has directed the government to set it up swiftly. It presents a greenfield opportunity to build a completely online dispute resolution system that can…

Riverside Insights, which offers assessments and data insights on learning abilities and achievements, has recently announced that it has acquired Aperture Education, a leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning…

In an effort to combat growing rates of dangerous alcohol use, a program in Alabama is using personal interactions to help drinkers see the problems their drinking may cause.   In rural Alabama, that means providing one-on-one…