Says total of about Rs 7,000 cr-worth loans in 11,809 villages will be restructured

Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air, scientists said after unveiling new research showing that oceans have hel

Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air, scientists said after unveiling new research showing that oceans have hel

At a time when the state is reeling under the worst-ever drought in its recent history, about 80% Pimpri-Chinchwad residents are using double the amount of water prescribed in the national norms.

A delegation of the All-Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Union called on Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhawan here today and presented a memorandum of their demands.

Country faces more frequent and more severe weather events if it fails to make deep and swift cuts to carbon emissions

New Delhi: The government doesn’t want to be legally obliged to provide subsidized rations to the poor — under the National Food Security Bill — when they need them most such as during droughts, floods, fire, cyclones, earthquakes and other natural calamities.

In the proposed bill, the government has inserted a special provision to suspend its legal commitment to provide subsidized grains to the
poor whenever it — along with the Planning Commission — decides that such calamities have occurred.

Switch From Rain-Fed Crops To Cash Crops

Hiware Bazar: For those who wonder if Maharashtra can tide over the current drought situation, Hiware Bazar, with its ‘yes we can’ spirit, is the answer. Notwithstanding the fact that Ahmednagar is facing its worst drought since Independence, Hiware Bazar in the same district has no water scarcity.
It’s not that Nature favoured Hiware Bazar with a special bounty. In fact, the village had received a normal rainfall of 199 mm last year, just like most regions that are hit by water scarcity today. But the 1,300 residents of Hiware Bazar scripted their destiny differently.