A year on, farmers in Thanjavur, who lost their crops to Cyclone Nivar, yet to receive compensation under PM Fasal Bima Yojana

Because of data mismatch and discrepancy, many farmers in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu complain that they have not been...

Farmer suicides dropped but suicides among agriculture labourers rose in 2020: NCRB

While suicide cases have risen among agricultural labourers by 18 per cent in 2020, such deaths have decreased among land-owning...

Basic amenities missing, national athlete KM Chanda’s family lives amidst mining dust in UP’s Mirzapur

With no tap water and electricity supply at her house, athlete KM Chanda’s childhood struggles can be imagined by witnessing...

Two days of rain wash away months of hard work of farmers in Bihar

Unexpected rainfall between October 18 and 20 destroyed hundreds of hectares of standing crops in Bihar, leaving farmers distraught, especially...

Safdarjung hospital teeming with patients as dengue cases cross 1000 mark and record 6 deaths in Delhi

Delhi recorded 531 cases of dengue last week taking the toll to 1,536 this year. 6 people in Delhi have...

Madhya Pradesh: Farmers’ hopes to recover from losses dashed as infestation destroys paddy crop

Farmers in Madhya Pradesh were already in despair as the rains in September had damaged their til, moong and urad...

Shortage in fertilisers throw farmers in Lalitpur district in turmoil

Farmers in Lalitpur, UP have been queuing up for days on end to get a few sacks of fertilisers to...

Child rights body suggests raising legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21; experts demand stronger enforcement of existing laws

Priyank Kanoongo, the chairperson for National Commission for Protection of Child Rights said that the probability of a person remaining...

Killing of a migrant worker in Srinagar fractures decades-old connection between Kashmir and a village in Bihar

When gol gappa vendor Arvind Kumar Sah was killed in Srinagar on October 16, shockwaves were felt 2000 kms away...

Explained: AY.4.2 — a new Delta variant of COVID19 has been found in India and here’s what we know so far

So far, 17 samples of AY.4.2 lineage of COVID19’s Delta variant have been identified in India. The identification of a...