-The Hindu Business Line A bank-supported NGO initiative has transformed agriculture in the Hubli-Dharwad area Can a small investment of, say, ₹97,000, for digging farm ponds make for increase in farm incomes and improvement in farmers’ livelihoods? Can such farm ponds lead to an increase in cropping intensity and higher productivity? Can these minor investments then be replicated across the country as only 50 per cent of India’s net sown area of...
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How Indian women bear the brunt of deadly heatwaves -- indoors and outdoors -Disha Shetty
-Scroll.in From reduced productivity leading to lowered incomes, to dangerous indoor heat as a result of cramped conditions, extreme weather is taking its toll. Each night, Aliya Shakir Sheikh keeps one eye fixed on her toddler and three-day-old baby. At the same time, she struggles to stay focused on work, painstakingly sticking tiny, shiny stones onto embroidered cloth by hand. Time is of the essence: the unbearable heat has already made her...
More »Survey reveals why rural women offer biscuits to their children for breakfast
-The Hindu A women’s voluntary group working is helping counter malnutrition among children in 30 villages of Belagavi district in Karnataka. They are creating awareness among mothers about malnutrition and nutritious food BELAGAVI: Members of Jagruti Mahila Okkoota, who were on a door-to-door survey on the food habits in some villages of Belagavi district in Karnataka, found that women were giving biscuit and tea to their children for breakfast while they ate...
More »More than a quARTer of MSMEs lost market share due to pandemic
-The Hindu Business Line Half of them suffered a contraction in their EBITDA margins because of a sharp rise in commodity prices More than a quARTer of India’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) lost a market share of over 3 per cent due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to CRISIL Research’s SME Report 2022. Please click here to read more. ...
More »In one of the wettest places on eARTh, devastating landslides and flash floods leave 34 dead -Rokibuz Zaman
-Scroll.in The state has said excess rainfall is to blame but experts and activists on the ground say rampant mining and construction has destroyed the landscape. On the morning of June 17, it was raining heavily when a family of five sat down to have breakfast in Kenmynsaw village in Meghalaya’s East Khasi village. The rainfall triggered landslides in the area. As they heard the rumble of a landslide, 54-year-old Drit Byrsaw and...
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