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Changing rainfall patterns cause for worry in India -Nidhi Jamwal

-India Climate Dialogue The meteorological department’s analysis of annual rainfall for the past 50 years has found significant increasing or decreasing trends in districts that could put a spanner into India’s food security scenario. Since June 13, there has been a hiatus in the advance of southwest monsoon in the country due to the weakening of its circulation pattern. This dry spell is expected to soon change as the monsoon is likely...

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BJP fears bitter taste of sugarcane -JP Yadav

-The Telegraph Kairana: Ganna, the sugarcane crop, is threatening to overshadow any talk of "Jinnah" and sour the BJP's chances in Monday's test against a combined Opposition in a corner of western Uttar Pradesh. After the shock setbacks in Gorakhpur and Phulpur in March, the Kairana Lok Sabha by-election has become crucial for the BJP. It's also critical for its rivals, offering a test, days after the Karnataka drama, of whether a united...

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Several people killed as storm, rain hit UP, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Delhi-NCR

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: More than 40 people were killed on Sunday across the country as rain, thunderstorms hit various states throwing life out of gear and leaving behind a trail of destruction. Deaths were reported from Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Delhi-NCR. 18 people killed as thunderstorm hits Uttar Pradesh At least 18 people were killed and 28 injured in hail and thunderstorm that hit different parts of...

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Before and after Javed Abidi -Vaishnavi Jayakumar

-The Indian Express India’s disability movement will not be the same again. I wonder if 50 years down the line, India’s disability movement’s timeline will be viewed as before and after Javed Abidi. The unexpected passing away of this colossus a few days back has shaken all — from activists who were his contemporaries to reporters wondering aloud on Twitter about whom to ask for quotes in future coverage of disability. So where...

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Disability rights crusader Javed Abidi dies at 53 -Manash Pratim Gohain

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India’s global face of disability rights movement, Javed Abidi, died of chest infection on Sunday. He was 53. Abidi, who founded the Disability Rights Group (DRG), and was serving as the director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People, is survived by his mother and two siblings.   Born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, he was diagnosed with spina bifida. Abidi wasn't operated on...

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