-Down to Earth Wednesday’s Kullu cloudburst among 10 major incidents since rains started June 29 in hill state The number of natural disasters in Himachal Pradesh has risen after the southwest monsoon entered the state June 29, 2022. More than 10 major incidents of landslides, flash floods and cloudbursts have been reported in which 44 people have died and 45 have been injured, according to state government data. Experts said the tampering of...
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RSS farmer body Bharatiya Kisan Sangh slams Centre’s farm policies -Ishita Mishra
-The Hindu Exim policy for agricultural produce should be long-term and in farmers’ interests, BKS says Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh’s (RSS) farmers’ group, criticised the Centre’s export and import policies. The BKS urged the government to frame long-term export and import policies that are in the interests of farmers. The BKS, which held a meeting of its all India managing committee in Raipur last week, said it’s being seen...
More »Fall in FMCG sales shows a declining quality of life
-The New Indian Express High inflation is not just a research figure fueling the economic debate. It has a real, negative impact on the daily lives of the masses. High inflation is not just a research figure fueling the economic debate. It has a real, negative impact on the daily lives of the masses. In this respect, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) that are bought daily have seen lower sales through June, compared...
More »In red hot pursuit: Tamil Nadu’s chilli farmers -Aparna Karthikeyan
-RuralIndiaOnline.org J. Adaikalaselvi, a farmer in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu’s top chilli -producing district, takes us through the hurdles in producing the lucrative crop: price fluctuations, water scarcity and climate change There’s a small cloud of dust, and the phut-phut of an engine: Adaikalaselvi comes riding on a bike, wearing a blue saree, a big nose ring, and a wide smile. A few minutes earlier, she had instructed us – from her chilli...
More »The way to control tuberculosis -T Jacob John and Sushil Mathew John
-The Hindu Three major deficiencies of the Revised National TB Control Programme need correction Tuberculosis is the worst among endemic diseases, killing 1.5 million people every year (WHO). TB affects adults in their most productive years and therefore impoverishes the family and the nation. In India, the TB capital of the world, the disease kills some 1,400 persons every day. These are gross estimates, for our health management system has no method...
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