With no rain since the second week of September, the protracted dry spell is giving sleepless nights to farmers in the hill state, a majority of whom have already completed the sowing of rabi crops

AGARTALA: Climate change has taken it’s toll on agriculture sector of northeast over the years, which prompted the scientists to go for vulnerability assessment and issuing warning to both farming

Jharkhand has produced more rice than it needs this season, thanks to the monsoon bounty after three consecutive years of drought, enabling the state to set up procurement centres in all 24 distric

Officials had prepared to tackle drought, but nature had other plans

Berhamupur: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday laid the foundation-stone for the proposed anti-Maoist Vijayawada-Ranchi corridor at Aska in Ganjam district.

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s workhorse rocket, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C18), triumphed once again when it successfully put four satellites in orbit this morning.

MALKANGIRI: With over 90 per cent of standing crops in 40 gram panchayats in Kalimela and Podia blocks damaged, farmers, pani panchayat members and locals recently laid siege to Potteru Irrigation

It will be launched from Sriharikota on October 12; two satellites built by students

BHUBANESWAR: The BJP Krushak Morcha on Tuesday sought the intervention of Governor MC Bhandare for inclusion of nine more districts in the list of drought-hit.