Image used for representation purpose ony. | Photo Credit: B. Mahadev The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 10, 2024) said the Centre and the Karnataka Government should resolve the issue of release of financial assistance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the State for drought management Attorney General R. Venkataramani, appearing for the … Read more
Demonstrators hold a placard that reads “Trump Climate Disaster” during a protest against the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. President. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: Among the first executive orders that Donald Trump signed after taking over as President on January 20 was to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement … Read more
Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder and CEO, Garuda Aerospace with a drone. | Photo Credit: The Hindu After tractors and farm equipment, drones are now transforming the way farming is done in India by offering solutions to several challenges faced by farmers today. With a fleet of about 7,000 drones deployed in this sector, the Indian agricultural … Read more
Representational image only. File The Supreme Court of India on Monday (January 27, 2025) observed that the issue of snakebites was prevalent “throughout the country” and asked the Union Government to take all States on board to “do something” in making available snakebite treatment at medical facilities. A Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and S.V.N … Read more
Doctors checking on Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose hunger strike entered its 21st day on Monday (December 16, 2024), have recommended immediate hospitalisation due to his deteriorating health. However, he has refused to receive any medical treatment. The 70-year-old Mr. Dallewal, a cancer patient, has been on a fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border … Read more
According to the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department, elephants have traditionally migrated between the Namsai area of the State and Myanmar through the Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement An elephant has been camera-trapped in India’s easternmost tiger reserve after 12 years, fuelling conservation hopes. Officials manning the 1,985 sq. km … Read more
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Government is making efforts continuously to increase the income of farmers and various schemes are in place for it, Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday (December 17, 2024). The Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister also told the … Read more
The new design incorporated a “worst-case scenario” — meaning the maximum possible rain in the upstream glacier lake, modelled by the India Meteorological Department, in the South Lhonak region over the next 100 years influencing further downstream modifications. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Fourteen months after a devastating glacier lake outburst flood in … Read more
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: ANI Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday (December 23, 2024) urged the Modi government to not do further “injustice” to farmers by pursuing “anti-farmer policies”. On the occasion of former Prime Minister Charan Singh’s birth anniversary, which is celebrated as Kisan Divas, Mr. Kharge hailed farmers as … Read more
The Bengal Nagpur Railway had been tasked by the British Indian government with developing rail networks in eastern and central India. In 1900, when its workers were digging in Jharsuguda, now a district in Odisha, they stumbled upon large coal deposits. Nine years later, Jharsuguda’s first coal mine was established and a century later the … Read more
A file photo of coffee beans in an estate in Kodagu district (Coorg) of Karnataka. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Coffee planters are a confused lot this year. On the one hand, coffee prices have hit a record high. On the other, vagaries of the weather through 2023 and 2024 have resulted in erratic … Read more