State agriculture minister Dattatray Bharane has confirmed a large contraction in the production of cotton and soybean, while the agricultu...

El Niño's early onset has triggered a cascade of atypical weather events worldwide. India faced not only monsoon challenges but also signif...

Key pulse and oilseed prices have risen sharply compared to last year. Scanty rains are affecting the current kharif crop and raising rabi ...

El Niño effect: El Niño has left more than 50% of India grappling with drought conditions, severely affecting kharif crops currently in the...

India is considering liberalizing foreign direct investment norms for plantations. More commercial crops like bananas could be included und...

Indian Railways is testing vetiver, an aromatic-rooted grass native to India, as a low-cost nature-based solution to stabilise vulnerable s...

Maharashtra's Chief Minister announced a Rs 48,000 crore waiver for farmer electricity dues. This move facilitates new agricultural power c...

Marathwada dams hold only thirty-four percent water stock this year. Over one hundred villages now depend on water tankers for daily needs....

Marathwada's water reserves in 11 major irrigation projects have dropped to a critical 33.59% due to a delayed monsoon, with two reservoirs...

In the national capital, retail onion prices are ruling at Rs 20-25 per kg depending on the varieties, as per the trade data.

Uddhav Thackeray said cultivators had gone to the national capital to get their demands fulfilled but they were lobbed with teargas shells ...

This year, 134 districts , the maximum, reported moderately to extremely dry conditions.

Gupta, in a letter addressed to BCCI President Shashank Manohar, had stated that a standard cricket field requires a minimum of 80,000 to 1...

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today said drought-affected farmers were not getting the sanctioned financial assistance.

This is the second successive year of drought in Maharashtra. In fact, the state has experienced three such calamities in the last four yea...

Fadnavis, along with his ministerial colleagues, will pursue the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official told after the Cabine...

According to the India Meteorological Department, the monsoon this year is expected to be 93 per cent of the long-term average.