Why India’s rural distress has an acute urban problem
By ANSHUMAN TIWARI Even high support price for crops is unlikely to solve the issue. While government mandarins are struggling to evolve a politically correct hike […]
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Muthoot Fincorp, NSDC to train 10,000 youth under PMKVY
New Delhi: Muthoot Fincorp Limited announced its partnership with National Skill Development Corporation to train over 10,000 youth over the next three years and make […]
To Control Pollution, Greenpeace India Asks Environment Ministry To Speed Up Implementation Of National Clean Air Programme
New Delhi:Â Â With a massive haze of dust enveloping Delhi and the pollution levels dropping to “severe” category, a green body has urged the Environment Ministry […]
Telangana cultivators join hands with 100 consumers to launch India’s first community-supported model of agriculture
By  TS Sudhir Chakri Bai of Arjunnayak hamlet near Zaheerabad in Telangana cannot help teasing the assembled crowd which has travelled 120 kilometres from Hyderabad. “You people […]
Cabinet approves 3-year action plan for agricultural education
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the continuation of the Three Year Action Plan (2017-2020) of the scheme for Agricultural Education Division and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) […]
India’s food grain production to reach new record
By Susan Reidy India’s food grain production in 2017-18 is expected to reach a record high of 279.5 million tonnes, according to a report from the […]
India ranks 137th on Global Peace Index 2018
India has moved up four places to the 137th rank among 163 countries on the 2018 Global Peace Index, due to a reduction in the […]
Female politicians are better for the Indian economy
By Maria Thomas In both the upper and lower houses of parliament, women hold just under 12% of seats each, according to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, […]
Amazon to Starbucks: 3 Women’s Simple Ideas That Could Save the Environment!
By Jovita Aranha These three women prove that you needn’t be an environmentalist with fancy degrees to sow the first seed of change. All you need […]
India extracts more groundwater than China-US, says study
KOCHI: India accounts for one-fourth of the total groundwater extracted globally, more than that of China and U.S combined and cities and villages in the […]