1 man, 130 ponds: How a Rajasthan man’s heartbreaking encounter with thirsty desert animals inspired a remarkable mission. ‘I made a promise.’Sharvan Patel, a wildlife photographer, witnessed animals struggling for water in Rajasthan's desert. He was moved to action after seeing d...
28 May, 2026, 02.22 PM IST
Disaster alert! Complex weather events big drain on global economySouth Carolina faced more than 100 fires amid perfect conditions of dry air, arid land, and gusting winds. This event exemplifies the incre...
10 Mar, 2025, 12.07 AM IST
Heavy rain alert for north, coastal KarnatakaThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow alert for three districts — Bidar, Vijayapura and Kalaburagi. The three distric...
23 Sep, 2023, 12.25 PM IST
India's women water warriors transform parched landsThe world's second-most populous country is struggling to meet the water needs of its 1.4 billion people -- a problem worsening as climate ...
30 Jun, 2022, 08.53 AM IST
Need to get rid of description that 'farmer means poor': Union Minister Kailash ChoudharyEven in any story (literary work) on farmers, it always starts with 'a poor farmer used to live in this village', he said, adding that the ...
23 Dec, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
PM Modi inaugurates development projects worth Rs 3,240 crore in UP's MahobaThe prime minister who arrived in Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh this afternoon inaugurated Arjun Sahayak Project, Ratauli Weir Project, Bhaoni Da...
19 Nov, 2021, 03.59 PM IST
Rajasthan experiments with rain water harvestingThe major challenge for the project, which was launched in January this year, was not scarce rainfall but preventing a massive annual wasta...
06 Sep, 2016, 11.57 AM IST
Ukraine keen to set up aircraft MRO facility in Andhra PradeshWhile promising all assistance from the government, the Chief Minister asked the Ukraine delegation to come up with a detailed project prop...
20 Jul, 2016, 03.51 PM IST
Humanitarian crisis in Marathwada as drought forces families to migratePeople are forced to migrate to cities in search of jobs, but what makes the situation poignant is that they are sometimes forced to leave ...
21 Apr, 2016, 05.49 AM IST
In parched Latur, 10,000 litre water for Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse's helipadLocal officials used 10,000 litres water for the helipad at Belkund village where the minister paid a visit to review the drought and water...
15 Apr, 2016, 08.15 PM IST
Mumbai school kids pool in Rs 20 lakh for drought-hit peopleMoved by the plight of drought-hit people in Marathwada, students have pooled in Rs 20 lakh as their contribution towards providing succour.
11 Apr, 2016, 04.21 PM IST
Monsoon to weaken till August 20 over entire country, says Indian Institute of Tropical MeteorologyThe current forecast says, "A fresh spell of good rainfall will propagate from Indian ocean to Southern Peninsula around August 20".
07 Aug, 2015, 05.54 PM IST
Hope for Marathwada: Private companies seed rains in Maharashtra's parched landsThe state government has signed a MoU with Khyathi Climate Modification Consultants (KCMC) to execute cloud seeding over the next three mon...
04 Aug, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
Delhi fields shrink amid realty boom, water crisisThe cropping pattern has also changed. Farmers now prefer growing mustard as it needs little water.
23 Apr, 2015, 12.20 PM IST
New land bill may hold up infrastructure projects in North IndiaSources said some district collectors consulted in the build-up to the draft law had already put forth their reservations about the blanket...
03 Aug, 2011, 11.00 AM IST
- Iceman cometh
Chewang Norphel hates making small talk. But he likes building glaciers. Busy recording the process for posterity, the 74-year-old from Lad...
02 Jan, 2010, 12.21 PM IST
- Nuanced sloganeering: Jai ho to our conflicting realities
They are a bouncy coda to Slumdog Millionaire that contains many codes dissonant with the emerging superpower tag we gleefully wear.
23 Feb, 2009, 03.31 AM IST