FAO warns of fresh locust attacks; demand to declare it a national calamity grows stronger July 13, 2020 At least 100 districts in 10 states of the country are under locust attacks at present. These are expected to...
2.5 million affected by floods; 24 dead in landslides; Baghjan oil well still on fire. Assam battling multiple disasters amid the COVID-19 pandemic July 11, 2020 Every year during the monsoon, Assam faces floods. But this year the crisis has magnified, as the state is handling...
‘Nutri gardens’ improving dietary diversity and nutritional status of rural women in Odisha July 7, 2020 Under the Odisha Livelihoods Mission, to address under-nutrition and anaemia in young women, about hundred thousand vegetable ‘nutri gardens’ have...
Meet Jayantiben, a last mile banking services provider in far-flung hilly areas of Uttarakhand July 7, 2020 During the lockdown, this unique banking correspondent has provided crucial banking services to villagers in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.
Despite the lockdown, rural women in Lucknow, UP process mango pulp into various products July 6, 2020 The Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, which trained these women in extraction and processing of mango pulp, is helping selling...
After securing rights over 5,352 hectares forest, this tribal village becomes an ecotourism hub July 1, 2020 Last August, the gram sabha of Jabarra village in Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh secured rights over 5,352 hectares forest. By focusing on...
Heavy rainfall washes away first kharif sowing in Maharashtra June 30, 2020 Small and marginal farmers in seven villages of Soegaon taluka in Aurangabad have suffered losses worth Rs 40 lakh as...
Yamuna riverbed mining: Miners throw rules of sustainable sand mining practices into the river June 29, 2020 Even during the lockdown, Dehradun in Uttarakhand witnessed illegal mining activities round the clock. Despite frequent protests by local villagers...
Centre’s recent agrarian market reforms may lead to mismanagement of water resources June 26, 2020 Recent changes in the agrarian market set-up will reduce the State’s role in the sector and promote entry of the...
At least 93 dead due to lightning in Bihar. Continuous heavy rainfall posing high flood risk; last year’s flood victims still living under tarpaulins June 26, 2020 The Met department has issued flood warning in Bihar due to continuous heavy rainfall expected over the region for the...
FAO warns of fresh locust attacks; demand to declare it a national calamity grows stronger July 13, 2020 At least 100 districts in 10 states of the country are under locust attacks at present. These are expected to...
2.5 million affected by floods; 24 dead in landslides; Baghjan oil well still on fire. Assam battling multiple disasters amid the COVID-19 pandemic July 11, 2020 Every year during the monsoon, Assam faces floods. But this year the crisis has magnified, as the state is handling...
‘Nutri gardens’ improving dietary diversity and nutritional status of rural women in Odisha July 7, 2020 Under the Odisha Livelihoods Mission, to address under-nutrition and anaemia in young women, about hundred thousand vegetable ‘nutri gardens’ have...
Meet Jayantiben, a last mile banking services provider in far-flung hilly areas of Uttarakhand July 7, 2020 During the lockdown, this unique banking correspondent has provided crucial banking services to villagers in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.
Despite the lockdown, rural women in Lucknow, UP process mango pulp into various products July 6, 2020 The Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, which trained these women in extraction and processing of mango pulp, is helping selling...
After securing rights over 5,352 hectares forest, this tribal village becomes an ecotourism hub July 1, 2020 Last August, the gram sabha of Jabarra village in Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh secured rights over 5,352 hectares forest. By focusing on...
Heavy rainfall washes away first kharif sowing in Maharashtra June 30, 2020 Small and marginal farmers in seven villages of Soegaon taluka in Aurangabad have suffered losses worth Rs 40 lakh as...
Yamuna riverbed mining: Miners throw rules of sustainable sand mining practices into the river June 29, 2020 Even during the lockdown, Dehradun in Uttarakhand witnessed illegal mining activities round the clock. Despite frequent protests by local villagers...
Centre’s recent agrarian market reforms may lead to mismanagement of water resources June 26, 2020 Recent changes in the agrarian market set-up will reduce the State’s role in the sector and promote entry of the...
At least 93 dead due to lightning in Bihar. Continuous heavy rainfall posing high flood risk; last year’s flood victims still living under tarpaulins June 26, 2020 The Met department has issued flood warning in Bihar due to continuous heavy rainfall expected over the region for the...
