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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the UN High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land degradation and Drought, through video conferencing, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

India to restore 26 million acres of degarded land, says PM Modi

'Sadly, land degradation affects over two-thirds of the world today,' Modi said

15 Jun 2021 6:59 AM IST

A vendor waits for customers next to his stall along a street in Kabul on September 14, 2021. (Karim SAHIB / AFP)

One month after fall of Kabul, economic crisis stalks Taliban

Impromptu markets where people sell household goods for cash have sprung up across Kabul, although buyers are in short...

15 Sept 2021 11:21 AM IST

The government has started preparing to announce a drought in the state.

Odisha seeks financial assistance for helping drought-affected farmers

The crop loss of nearly 33pc has been recorded in pockets of nine districts in Odisha.

28 Dec 2018 4:53 PM IST

Villagers dig out water almost blackened water on a daily basis. (Photo: ANI)

Chattisgarh: Villagers compelled to drink drain water in Dantewada

Villagers of Dantewada are forced to dig out water from a drain and consume contaminated water every day.

22 May 2018 3:06 PM IST

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A tale not for the faint-hearted

Jasoda begins stoic and remains so going about the business of living life the best she can.

18 March 2018 1:41 AM IST

More than half of the country faces high water scarcity. Out of the 1.2 billion people living in the country, about 742 million live and farm in agricultural heartlands.

Water-stressed India stares at harder crisis

India's rivers are drying and are symptomatic of the dire state of water crisis.

4 Jun 2018 12:43 AM IST

About 700 farmers have committed suicide in the drought-hit Vidarbha and Marathwada region. (Photo: AFP)

Maharashtra sends 16 MPs to Australia, NZ to study farmer loan system

The total expenditure will be Rs 6 lakhs per head, half of which will be borne by the government in effect, the...

4 May 2017 1:45 PM IST

Expressing serious concern over a number of farmers committing suicide across the country. (Representational image)

Supreme Court seeks govt plan to check farmers' suicide

The scheme must focus on providing alternate employment opportunities in the event of drought or other natural...

28 March 2017 1:48 AM IST

Farmers protest by throwing tomatoes on National Highway-33 at Bundu near Ranchi for not getting a fair price for their produce. (Photo: PTI)

Loan Waiver is no free lunch

The 3 stakeholders here are farmers, governments and banks. Each of them has to look at this scheme from different...

2 July 2017 6:41 AM IST

Shiv Sena MLA Gautam Chabukswar. (Photo: Facebook/Gautam Chabukswar)

Shiv Sena MLA sends 'proxy' to address drought-hit farmers

Former corporator Yashodhar Phanse posed as Shiv Sena MLA Gautam Chabukswar and visited the constituency of Chabukswar.

13 May 2017 12:45 PM IST

Patrick Kilonzo fills a hired bowser water tanker before embarking on a 70 kilometre journey to deliver the water to thirsty wildlife in the Tsavo West National Park in Kenya. (Photo: AFP)

Farmer brings water to Kenya's drought-stricken wildlife for 6 months

He reached out to foreigners, who had participated in a conservation programme he runs, to ask for donations to pay for...

5 March 2017 9:38 PM IST

In February, UNICEF said the drought in Somalia could lead to up to 270,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition this year. (Photo: AFP)

110 dead in last 48 hours due to drought: Somalia

In 2011, some 260,000 people starved to death due to famine in Somalia.

5 March 2017 10:26 AM IST