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Stock picks of the week: 5 stocks with consistent score improvement and upside potential of up to 22%As the market grappled with confusion over the Strait of Hormuz, there was more trouble for the bulls. After a few days of respite, another...
Women climb down dried up well, walk miles as water crisis hits Nashik villageBorichi Bari village in Maharashtra faces a severe water crisis, forcing women to risk their lives climbing into wells for water. Wells are...
Congress targets Maharashtra govt over water woes in rural areasThe Congress party criticizes the Mahayuti government over a severe water crisis in Nashik, where women risk their lives to obtain water fr...
This Thane firm has a solution that a hungry world would need increasinglyA small-scale speciality chemical company has shown how to boost crop yield by avoiding fertiliser and unnecessary costs even in the midst ...
Companies use halted plants’ kitchens to feed migrantsThe ongoing lockdown, forming part of the Covid-19 containment measures, has forced rural migrants to head back to their homes after jobs i...
Veggies face new pests: Low prices, rising input costsPotato prices in the Delhi wholesale market have hovered around Rs 5/kg for most months in the past three years, and garlic prices at the I...
Mumbai to Delhi, why farmers like Mathurabai keep marchingAround 200 farmers’ unions organised under the umbrella of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, but each district had been...
Farmers march to Mumbai's Azad Maidan for land rights, drought reliefThe morcha traversed through Dadar and the JJ flyover before reaching the Maidan, adjacent to the Mumbai municipal corporation headquarters.
Why are upset Maharashtra farmers marching to Mumbai? Here is the economics & politics of the rowThe Economic Survey of Maharashtra has projected a negative agriculture growth at 8.3 per cent for financial year 2017-18.
NDMA asks fishermen in east and west coasts not to venture outFishermen living along and off South Gujarat and North Maharashtra coasts are advised not to venture into the sea till tomorrow morning.
Maharashtra government bans digging borewells below 200 feetThe government has sanctioned Rs 750 crore for water distribution, out of which Rs 500 crore has already been provided to district collecto...
Water scarcity in Maharashtra leading to disputes over use of water in damsIn addition to inter-state disputes, changing climate and its impact on water availability have triggered district-level disputes over the ...
Farmer sells land to make film on drought in NashikA year later, they are reaping the success of the award-winning film that has won accolades for its sensitive depiction of drought-hit farm...
Maharashtra declares drought in 14,708 villagesThis is the second successive year of drought in Maharashtra. In fact, the state has experienced three such calamities in the last four yea...
Rain water harvesting boon for industries during water cutsAccording to the Industries Association, industries will be able to sustain the water cuts due to the rain water harvesting system they hav...
BJP will get absolute majority in Maharashtra polls: Prakash JavadekarInformation and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said that BJP will get absolute majority in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elect...
Water in the line of fire in MaharashtraWith only 20 per cent usable water in state's reservoirs, a drinking water crisis is looming large over urban as well as rural Maharashtra.
- Wholesale mkt blames it on supply, unseasonal rain
Onion prices have hit the roof across the southern states — Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
- State declares over 20,000 villages as ‘scarcity hit’
Maha govt placed more than 20K villages in scarcity-hit category.
- Oil price hike hit small businesses worst
However, the Indian SMBs, under the double whammy of inflation and soaring oil prices, are looking at solutions to tide over the crisis. Ta...