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Irrigating vegetables with wastewater spreads disease: Study

Here is what a new study has found.

14 Oct 2018 9:44 AM IST

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Deadly pesticide use increases at illegal pot farms: Study

The chemical is intended for use as an insecticide but is so powerful that a quarter of a teaspoon can kill a 300-pound...

30 May 2018 9:37 AM IST

The average Indian had access to 5,200 cubic metres a year of water in 1951, shortly after Independence when the population was 350 million.

India needs to act quickly to fix its water woes

Water is a multi-dimensional resource requiring an understanding of many other disciplines for its sustainable...

22 March 2018 6:27 AM IST

Ice stupa, the biggest man-made ice structure in the world, was made by Sonam Wangchuk in Ladakh in order to make water available during the sowing season.

Man-made glacier leads to a new water world

Climate change is a global phenomenon but in an ecologically fragile zone like Ladakh, it is more discernable.

31 March 2017 5:48 AM IST

Devendra Fadnavis

Shiv Sena has not being able to accept the BJP as a bigger partner'

We did come under a lot of pressure when Andhra Pradesh and Telangana took steps to waive loans for farmers, says...

2 July 2017 1:54 AM IST

At current costs of cultivation and prices, agriculture has lost much of its sheen and looks jaded.

Agriculture's 1991-moment

Agriculture has been ill-served by the indifference of the Establishment for the last at least 40 years.

2 July 2017 6:31 AM IST