Tag: Rural

More trees can reduce diarrhoeal disease in rural kids

New York: When it comes to sanitation, trees may not be more important than toilets, but a study of 300,000 children in 35 nations has found that increasing tree cover in watersheds can reduce the burden of diarrhoeal disease, which has many causes, including waterborne pathogens. Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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India's rural broadband project wins Mozilla's innovation challenge

Brussels: A Mumbai-based initiative to offer affordable rural broadband services has won Mozillas Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, the non-profit organisation behind the open source browser Firefox said. In its bid to both bridge the digital divide and empower unconnected communities, ‘Project Gram Marg Solution for Rural Broadband’ has created a technology that utilises unused white […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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