India, Oct. 3 -- When Droupadi Murmu became India's 15th President in July 2022, her little-known hometown of Rairangpur in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district was suddenly spotlighted. Once a dusty town with poor roads, inadequate healthcare, and crumbling infrastructure, Rairangpur has since been undergoing a transformation

New steel and concrete structures have begun to come up. In July, Rairangpur was declared a separate police district, though the crime rate has not changed. A new Ayurveda college and an integrated Ayurveda, Yoga, and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (Ayush) hospital are under construction. A tribal research centre is taking shape. A Rs.43 crore sports complex, with a synthetic track, is nearing completion. The D...