Centre plans to construct 42 water harvesting structures every hour to counter monsoon deficit

As per government documents, the current year’s progress report on MGNREGA shows that around 33,000 structures have been completed and work …

PDS handover

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राजस्थान ने जारी की सिलिकोसिस नीति, क्या पीड़ितों को मिलेगा फायदा

सिलिकोसिस पीड़ितों के लिए काम कर रहे संगठनों ने कहा है कि पॉलिसी को धरातल पर लागू करने से ही पीड़ितों को फायदा मिलेगा

Rajasthan to create pneumoconiosis fund with DMF money

The fund will be used to execute a comprehensive policy on the disease, which is widely prevalent in the mining state

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Dastaan on pastoralists: interview with Ankit Chadha

Ankit Chadha is a Delhi-based performer of "Dastaangoi", the art of storytelling that evolved across the Muslim world before coming to the Indian …

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A unique experiment to involve the people in bringing water to desert communities is under way in Rajasthan.

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Rajasthan government impressed the US president and left its people high and dry

How do we view the Bawaria community?

Are the Bawarias of Rajasthan hunters, nomads or a tribe of criminals?

Utopia on lease

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Camel dairying: The solution to rescuing Rajasthan’s state animal

If demand for camel milk rises, more livelihoods could be supported and more camel herds saved

More to roosting than meets the eye

A new study from Rajasthan is uncovering interesting facets about the behaviour of Indian water birds that should aid in their conservation

18 Chinkaras die within a fortnight in Jaislamer

Cause of death included getting entangled in wire fencing and being attacked by stray dogs

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