-PTI/ The Telegraph This is the 14th increase in price since March 7 The prices of CNG and cooking gas piped to household kitchens in the national capital on Saturday hiked by Rs 3 each in step with rise in input natural gas prices. The Rs 3 per kg increase in CNG price is the first hike in rates in over four months, while a Rs 3 per standard cubic metres increase in...

-IndiaSpend.com At present, India is developing an early warning system for landslides, but it is likely to be operational not before 2025 Mumbai: On September 24, a major landslide hit a water pump at Chaba in the Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh and reportedly damaged a pipeline worth Rs 5 crore that supplied water to the district. Earlier in June, relentless rains led to deadly landslides in Manipur's Noney district, killing more...

-Livemint.com What will happen to the PMGKAY beyond December 2022? It cannot continue indefinitely in its present form. At a time when central banks all over the world are into a round robin of interest rates hikes, in a context of impending recession in several major world economies, an unending war, and uncertainty about energy availability and pricing going into the northern hemisphere winter, the only cheering news was India’s further extension...

-India Today The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court that 2.23 per cent of four lakh hectares of grazing land in the state are under encroachment. In Short: * About 2.23 per cent of the total grazing land in Maharashtra is under encroachment * 24,513 encroachments have been removed from July 12, 2011 to September 15, 2022 * Bombay HC court asked the state govt what steps will it take to remove the encroachments The...

-The Hindu No plan to increase price of milk as of now, say federations As the festival season has started, milk cooperative federations are witnessing a strain in the supply chain as the production has witnessed a marginal decrease primarily due to the increase in fodder cost. The organised sector is witnessing a decrease in procurement and the federations expect the situation will be normal after Deepavali. Farmers, however, demanded an increase...