-Livemint.com About 12.1 million hectares of the 30.6 million hectares of wheat planted was Damaged from the hail and rain on 1 March to 18 March New Delhi: India's wheat crop may be smaller than the record forecast by the government after hailstorm this month Damaged planted areas. About 12.1 million hectares of the 30.6 million hectares of wheat planted was Damaged from the hail and rain on 1 March to 18...
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How 46 million Indians are being slowly poisoned -Chaitanya Mallapur
-IndiaSpend.org Drinking water across the country is contaminated by arsenic, fluoride, pesticides, and fertilisers Around 46 million people in India-or the size of the population of Spain-are exposed everyday to contaminated water, which could lead to serious health issues such as crippling skeletal Damage, kidney degeneration, cirrhosis of the liver and cardiac arrest. Water from as many as 78,508 rural habitations is contaminated by arsenic, fluoride, iron or nitrate. Pesticides and fertilisers also...
More »Ill-timed rain Damages crops in 1.8cr hectares across 13 states
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Recent rains and hailstorm in different parts of the country had Damaged Rabi crops in about 181 lakh hectares of land across 13 states during February 28-March 16 with UP and Rajasthan facing the brunt. The affected cultivable land is huge if one looks at the total cultivable area (600 lakh hectare) in the current Rabi season. The wheat crop faced the maximum Damage due to...
More »'Monsoon likely to be normal'
-Business Standard Assocham-Skymet report, however, says untimely rain likely to reappear in north India in 5-6 weeks India's southwest monsoon, which accounts for almost 80 per cent of the country's total precipitation, is expected to be normal this year, predicts a joint study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry and private weather forecaster Skymet. However, there would be pockets where the showers are expected to be deficient. These include Himachal Pradesh,...
More »In arid Marathwada, villagers dig hours to fill a pot of water -Priyanka Kakodkar
-The Times of India BEED/JALNA: In the pitch darkness at 3am, the village of Katchincholi empties out onto the bone-dry river bed of the Godavari. Armed with as many pots as they can carry, the women start digging the gravel with their hands. Once a muddy pool of water appears, they scoop it into their pots. Then they strain the sludge and stones. This is the water the village drinks. A single...
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