-The Indian Express Vidarbha’s farmers have escaped the worst of drought this year and hope to gain from high arhar prices. Wardha (Maharashtra): About 95 km from Nagpur and to the left of National Highway-7 leading to Hyderabad is a 14-acre farm that is now the cynosure of many eyes. This field, at Daroda village in Hinganghat tehsil of Wardha district, radiates only green with no traces of white or brown dots —...
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Drought crisis worsens: nine states declared hit -Archana Shukla
-MoneyControl.com CNBC-TV18's Archana Shukla reports that with India in the throes of one of the most severe droughts in recent times, the numbers of drought-hit districts is only expected to rise in the coming weeks. Tamil Nadu may be drowning, but nine other states in the country are thirsting for a drop of water and have approached the central government for emergency drought relief. CNBC-TV18's Archana Shukla reports that with India in...
More »NCERT to publish tactile books for visually challenged -Anuradha Raman
-The Hindu Tactile books with maps and diagrams for visually challenged students will become a reality soon with the National Council of Educational Research and Training introducing them in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. So far, books in Braille had no maps and diagrams. The NCERT is seeking suggestions from the States before it can start the process. “The exercise calls for a special training for teachers, but we...
More »Nearly half of India’s districts drought-hit as crisis accelerates -Samar Halarnkar
-Hindustan Times India, the father of the nation famously said, lives in its villages, or, as many call it, Bharat. There is no doubt that a great shift is underway: As 600 million move out of rural areas over the next 35 years, India will need about 500 new cities. But unless Bharat offers a fraction of the hope that ushered in Narendra Modi’s era, the ongoing urban transformation of India...
More »Heavy rain torments coastal TN,brings life to a halt in Chennai -K Lakshmi
-The Hindu Army columns, boats deployed to rescue those stranded Very heavy rain returned to Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, battering the already-ravaged coastal areas and bringing life to a grinding halt in Puducherry and Chennai. Heavy rain in the catchment areas of the Chembarambakkam reservoir (25 centimetres between 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday) forced the authorities to discharge water at the rate of 20,000 cubic feet per second into the Adyar...
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