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Opinion

Don't rain on the monsoon parade

About 57 per cent of the farmland in India is rain-fed, and failure of monsoon thus affects a large section of the...

5 March 2017 3:17 AM IST

Opinion

360 Degree: Red earth, no pouring rain

Australia also made much larger, comprehensive investments in water conservation and efficiency.

5 March 2017 3:03 AM IST

World

When Brazil ran concentration camps during droughts

The people forced in were not enemies, prisoners of war, or a targeted ethnic group but rural inhabitants desperate for...

21 Feb 2017 12:06 PM IST

Opinion

Why must Bharat feed India at its cost?

The Agriculture Census shows only 58.1 million hectares of land was actually irrigated in India.

17 Jun 2017 1:57 AM IST

World

14 civilians killed as soldiers clash over food aid in Somalia

Somalia is 1 of 4 countries singled out by the United Nations in a $4.4 billion aid appeal to avert catastrophic hunger...

9 Jun 2017 8:01 PM IST

Science

Arctic sea ice melt to exacerbate California droughts study

A new research shows that the melting Arctic sea ice could render sun-soaked California vulnerable to a recurrence of...

5 Dec 2017 6:56 PM IST

India

Tamil Nadu tells Supreme Court: No drought suicides

It said the 30 suicides reported by district collectors were due to a variety of causes, but not drought.

29 April 2017 2:03 AM IST

India

Pawar issues warning to Shinde government over drought situation in...

In a letter written to chief minister minister Eknath Shinde, the NCP founder said that he cannot keep quiet when the...

3 Jun 2024 11:53 PM IST