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Kharif sowing picks up, but still 21% below last yearKharif sowing lags significantly behind last year due to delayed and uneven monsoon rains. Paddy, pulses, and oilseeds acreage shows substa...- Mumbai rains: When will it stop? Here's what IMD forecast saysMumbai grapples with heavy monsoon downpours, prompting a Red Alert for several districts. Waterlogging has disrupted normal life and traff...
- Food prices ease in June as focus shifts from war to cropsWhile this eased immediate fears, attention is now shifting to potential challenges like lower acreage, weaker yields, and adverse weather ...
- Concerns rise over low procurement for onion buffer stockGovernment efforts to build a buffer stock of onions are lagging significantly, with less than 5% of the target procured despite multiple p...
- Sahara vs Great Green Wall: An 8,000-km green belt is being built across Africa's Sahel region; aims to stop desert expansionAfrica's Great Green Wall is an 8,000-kilometre restoration initiative stretching from Senegal to Djibouti, aimed at reversing decades of d...
- Enrol under PM Fasal Bima Yojana by July 31: Maharashtra agriculture minister to farmersMaharashtra Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharane has urged farmers to enroll in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana by July 31. This rev...
- The 'little boy' in the Pacific, India's monsoon and the big test aheadIndia's crucial monsoon season has begun sluggishly, with a significant rainfall deficit raising concerns for the farm economy. Delayed sow...
- Clouds over kharif sowing: Met sees below-normal rain in JulyJuly brings a worrying forecast for India as monsoon rains are predicted to be below normal, falling short of 94% of the long-term average....
- Scientists found a desert-adapted pest-fighting mite that could help protect crops across the world's driest regionsChilean researchers have stumbled upon a population of the beneficial predatory mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis, thriving in the extremely ar...
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan to assess Arunachal, Assam flood damage; ground and aerial survey on July 1Union Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Kiren Rijiju, alongside Arunachal Pradesh CM, are assessing flood damages in the Northeast. Despi...
- Kharif sowing drops 22.7% as weak monsoon delays planting across IndiaPaddy (rice), the main kharif crop, saw a decline of 25.17% to 2.57 million hectares. Despite the government's push to plant legumes and oi...
- Oil cools, monsoon heats up concerns for India's rural economyThe recent drop in crude oil prices is providing some relief from inflation worries. Yet, the unpredictable monsoon season poses a serious ...
- No smartphones, internet or AI: This Karnataka boy from Chikkamagaluru, who learnt about space from encyclopaedias, now sends advanced satellites into orbitA Karnataka village boy, Awais Ahmed, once reliant on encyclopedias for space knowledge, co-founded Pixxel, a company now orbiting Earth wi...
- NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar launches stir over farm loan waiver, accuses Maharashtra government of betrayalNCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar has initiated a farmers' protest in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, accusing the Maharashtra government of reneging ...
- Extreme heat adds pressure to food supplies already hit by warMeteorologists warn of prolonged high temperatures due to El Niño, compounding climate change impacts and already high farming costs. This ...
- Can a weak monsoon slow India's economy? Here's what investors need to knowA 10% rain deficit could add as much as one-percentage-point to headline consumer inflation driven by food prices, according to research by...
- Centre extends MSP procurement deadline in UP to July 8, approves over 6.18 lakh rural housesFarmers in Uttar Pradesh will benefit from an extended wheat, gram, and lentil procurement period until July 8. Additionally, over 6.18 lak...
- El Niño is set to further disrupt India's $300 billion farm supply chainIndia's crucial monsoon rains are delayed, disrupting the nation's $300 billion farm economy just as planting season begins. This agricultu...
- Govt draws up contingency plans for 315 districts amid 42% rain deficitIndia faces a significant 42% rainfall deficit this monsoon, exacerbated by El Nino. The government is implementing contingency plans acros...
- India has contingency plans in place amid 40% rainfall deficit, says Agriculture CommissionerWhile India is currently facing 40 per cent rainfall deficit, the country has prepared district-level contingency plans to tackle possible ...
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