-IndiaToday.in From Assam to Odisha and in many other states, floods were a natural phenomenon. But we turned them into monsoon mayhem by squeezing our rivers. Here is why we must rethink our response to this annual crisis. Every monsoon, lakhs of people in Indian states such as Bihar, Assam, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are affected by floods when rivers swell and spread their waters amid pounding rain. Hundreds of men,...
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A rain dampener for kharif crops this monsoon poses price risks -Dharmakirti Joshi and Adhish Verma
-Livemint.com An uneven distribution of rainfall has left several key rice-producing states parched even as others had to battle excess water The patchy progress of the southwest monsoon this year has cast a long shadow on India’s kharif crop produce, particularly of rice, which is an important constituent of the government’s food distribution programmes. The threat comes right after wheat production in the rabi season took a hit from heatwaves and at...
More »Raise coverage under food security Act: Supreme Court tells Centre -Bhavini Mishra
-Business Standard The apex court directed the Centre to re-determine coverage in accordance with Section 9 of the NFSA The Supreme Court directed the Centre to come out with a solution so that benefits under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) are not restricted in accordance with the Census 2011. And, more and more needy persons get the benefits under the Act. Keeping in mind that the ‘Right to Food’ is a fundamental...
More »Rain deficit stays big in UP and Bihar, on the mend in rest of East India -Vinson Kurian
-The Hindu Business Line Fresh circulation forms in Bay, triggers another spell over East and Central India Rain deficit over East and North-East India has improved markedly except in Bihar and Uttar Pradeshwhere it stays above 40 per cent even as the monsoon enters the last week of this penultimate month of August, also normally the second rainiest, and stays moderate to strong over other parts of the country on Wednesday morning. The...
More »The case of the missing scientific Indian -CP Rajendran
-The Hindu India has failed to propagate scientific literacy not only among the public, but also among scientists themselves This 75th year of Independence is a major milestone for India; a time to take stock of the developments in various spheres over the last seven decades. Sadly, with some notable exceptions such as this newspaper, the print and electronic media have not really taken stock of what has happened to science education...
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