-Hindustan Times Rahul Gandhi promised to provide land rights to the tribal farmers of Telangana once the Congress comes to power in the state in the next year’s assembly elections. Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday assured that the party, once voted to power at the Centre, would do away with Goods and Services Tax (GST) on handlooms to provide succour to the weavers. He also promised to provide land rights to...
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Over 25 Deaths Reported in Four States During Ganesh Idol Immersions
-TheWire.in/ With PTI inputs Nineteen deaths were reported in separate incidents in Maharashtra, three in UP, six in Haryana and one in Hyderabad during Ganesh idol immersions on Friday. New Delhi: More than 25 people, including children, have died during the immersion of Ganesh idols in four states of the country on Friday, September 9. The ten-day Ganesh festival, which had started on August 31, ended on Friday. Maharashtra At least 19 persons died, 14...
More »Organic takeover: How 10,000 farmers of Telangana, Andhra are steering a silent movement -Abhay Kumar Singh
-Down to Earth A federation of farmer-producer organisations has tapped into the growing organic market to help members raise incomes Catering directly to the consumers’ needs assures better marketability and incomes. This is what nearly 10,000 farmers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have realised over the past decade and are now steering a silent organic movement. It all began in 2009, when a group of consumers in Hyderabad, then part of unified Andhra...
More »How about MSP for cattle fodder? -Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair
-Deccan Herald RBI has only been talking about food inflation as it hits the 'human belly'. But what about the 'cow’s belly'? During a recent trip to Hyderabad in Telangana, this author met a very enterprising former NRI, who lived in the USA and has since returned to the motherland and set up a dairy farm to supply the people of the city with fresh cow milk and curd. Of course, the...
More »Explained: How Unplanned Development And Disregard To Natural Water Bodies Cause Urban Flooding -Mayank Jain Parichha
-Outlook India Experts say flooding in urban and peri-urban areas are happening due to unplanned waste dumping and continuous disregard for natural recharge structures like ponds, wetlands, and tanks. The Safdarjung Observatory, one of Delhi's primary weather stations, recorded 189.6 mm of rainfall between June 1 and July 22, which is less than normal (201 mm). But it didn’t change the picture. Every time it rains, water-logging and subsequent traffic snarl for...
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