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Chouhan urges states to speed up watershed projectsRural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged states to accelerate watershed projects. He emphasized clear, measurable outcomes fo...- Storm in a wine glass: As climate change and young consumers reshape the wine world, can India take advantage?Global wine regions face climate challenges and declining demand. India's wine tourism is experiencing significant growth and expansion. Yo...
- Men's Hockey World Cup: India not handling transition well, say former starsThe 3-5 defeat to Argentina, which ended India's semifinal hopes, exposed weaknesses that have repeatedly surfaced since the Paris Olympics.
- Flex reflections from Brazil: India’s ethanol push faces lessons from Brazil’s Proalcool crisisIndia debates ethanol mandates, drawing lessons from Brazil's Proalcool program. Brazil's initial success faced a late 1980s crisis due to ...
- 'Free is the most expensive word in public policy,' says CEA NageswaranChief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran warned that offering utilities like water below cost undermines infrastructure, encourages wast...
- In 1910, Beavers nearly disappeared from the US. Today they are reshaping rivers againNorth America's beaver population faced near extinction due to the fur trade. Fashion changes and conservation efforts allowed their number...
- Maharashtra govt to waive Rs 48,000 crore pending farm power dues: Devendra FadnavisMaharashtra's Chief Minister announced a Rs 48,000 crore waiver for farmer electricity dues. This move facilitates new agricultural power c...
- Several Stanford students stage walk-out as Google CEO Sundar Pichai begins speechPro-Palestinian students at Stanford University staged a walkout during Google CEO Sundar Pichai's commencement address. Protesters condemn...
- Over 1.2 cr families coming out of poverty due to Congress govt's guarantee schemes: Karnataka GuvKarnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has noted that over 1.2 crore families are moving out of poverty and rising to middle-class status d...
- Karnataka to consider parking govt funds in Co-Op banks, says CM SiddaramaiahCooperative banks, the CM said, should be stable. Only then could they lend to farmers. “If farmers get timely loans, it will lead to bette...
- Maharashtra pattern 'Jal Kranti' can change farmers' fate, fast-track highways network: Gadkari'Jal Kranti', a brainchild of the Road Transport, Highways and MSME Minister Gadkari, entails excavation or dredging of ponds in drought-pr...
- Centre removes export incentives for onionUnder MEIS, the government provides duty benefits depending on product and country.
- Bidar's drought-proof action: a model for others to followFaced with worst ever drought, the district in Karnataka has desilted historical wells and tanks for the first time in last five decades wi...
- Not feasible to shift matches out of Pune: BCCI tells HCBCCI's counsel Rafiq Dada also told the high court that the cricket board is ready to supply over 60 lakh litres of non-potable water to dr...
- Aamir Khan: Brand ambassador for drought-free Maharashtra; Fadnavis denies reportsThe 'Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyaan' scheme aims to make 25,000 villages drought-free in 5 years.
- Chhattisgarh will soon get rid of Naxal menace: GovernorAppreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching 'PM Crop Insurance Scheme', he said the farmers of Chhattisgarh will be benefited o...
- Why two consecutive droughts don't affect India the way it used to?Two back-to-back droughts years have made so little impression on the lives and minds of people that they wonder why food prices are up.
- Drought can result in law and order problems in Maharashtra: Sharad PawarPawar today said he will seek a meeting with Modi to impress upon him the seriousness of drinking water scarcity and drought situation in M...
- Linking rivers won't make India drought free: Rajendra SinghTerming the project as "model of industrialisation and urbanisation", he said the plan was "very dangerous" from environment perspective to...
- El Nino may impact India's GDP by 1.75%: AssochamDeficiency in rains could also impact food inflation, which has always been a concern to policy makers, it said.
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