-Livemint.com Rainfall in the entire country in August has seen a deficit of 23% so far, according to IMD data New Delhi: A patch of red signifying deficit rains, cutting across the length of India from Haryana in the north to Kerala in the south, is threatening to worsen farm distress, shows rainfall data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The June to September south-west monsoon which irrigates over half of India’s crop...
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Flood situation in Assam, Bihar grim; improvement in West Bengal
-PTI NEW DELHI: The flood situation in Assam and Bihar remained grim on Tuesday with more deaths reported and lakhs remaining affected while it improved slightly in West Bengal. Ten deaths were reported in Assam, taking the toll in the second wave of floods in the state to 28, officials said. The Brahmaputra river and its tributaries are flowing over the danger level snapping surface communications across Assam, even as flood waters submerged...
More »India's elephant population stable: Census -Jayashree Nandi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: An elephant census released by the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change on Saturday revealed an expansion in elephant areas, even while the jumbo population remained "stable" at 27,000. The report 'Synchronised elephant population estimation India 2017', released on World Elephant Day, estimates that the exact population of jumbos in the country is 27312, with Karnataka reporting the highest population at 6049, followed...
More »Over 37% of schools in India have no electricity
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In an indicator of the state of school infrastructure in the country, Centre told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that over 37% of schools did not have electricity connections till March 2017. While only 62.81% schools in the country have electricity connections, Jharkhand is at the bottom of the list with just 19% schools in the state having access to electricity. The national capital along...
More »1,211 police stations in India do not have working telephones and 260 have no vehicles, data shows -Abhishek Dey
-Scroll.in These numbers differ significantly from corresponding figures collected from the previous year. Data collected by the Bureau of Police Research and Development shows as many as 1,211 police stations – about 8% of India’s 15,555 police stations – do not have a functional telephone. The data, which was collected by the bureau for its upcoming annual report on police organisations in India, also shows 260 police stations (1.6%) do not...
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