The poor man’s food from the drought-hit belt of Marathwada is in the spotlight owing to its new status as superfood. While the elite love it for its health benefits, the poor need it to survive.
According to the recently released IPCC report, 143 million people are likely to be uprooted over the next 30 years due to increasing temperatures, droughts...
It also considered the distress situation that had developed in almost the entire farming area affected by these conditions through field verification, the...
Russia’s UN resolution rejected on Monday, would have been the first devoted to climate-related security danger as an issue of its own.
The UN's World Food Program has warned that half of Afghanistan's population is facing an acute hunger crisis, with millions forced to choose between...
Odisha’s farming takes a hit under a spell of extreme weather as drought and heavy rain keep farmers away from their fields
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Fires in Hawaii are unlike many of those burning in the US Western. They tend to break out in large grasslands on the dry sides of the islands and are...
A prolonged dry spell has hit the major tea-producing region of India
Three key farm laws have dramatically unleashed new battle-lines across the country. But the problems afflicting Indian agriculture remain basic: lack of...
It comes after Australia experienced its hottest and driest year on record in 2019, with the severe drought causing some towns to run out of water and fuelling...
Climate change will increase the frequency, duration and severity of droughts in many parts of the world, including India, hampering agriculture and pushing...
Cauvery Calling, an initiative taken by the Isha foundation, is a powerful reminder of how it can be used to improve peoples’ lives.
Acute shortages, increased demand, huge damages due to annual floods and droughts, and extreme contamination define the looming water scarcity
The red light has been blinking and now the government has acknowledged that India is facing the worst water crisis in its history with about 60 crore people...
People struggle for a pail of water in drought-hit areas of Vidarbha, Marathwada and Khandesh. A sluggish monsoon portends more trouble.
People struggle for a pail of water in drought-hit areas of Vidarbha, Marathwada and Khandesh. A sluggish monsoon portends more trouble.
People struggle for a pail of water in drought-hit areas of Vidarbha, Marathwada and Khandesh. A sluggish monsoon portends more trouble.
With reservoirs running dry, Tamil Nadu's water restoration system has struck a controversial note even as the government issues diktat on how the rain god...
Kerala's groundwater has fallen by 50 centimetres in 60 per cent of the aquifiers and is increasing. Intense heat and freak climate patterns are playing havoc...
Karnataka's peculiar weather pattern has left Chitradurga thirsty for water. Years of failed rains have taken their toll on this district declared drought-hit...
Maharashtra received inadequate rainfall this monsoon and the government recently declared drought in 151 out of the 353 talukas in the state.
Farmers have suffered crop loss of 33 per cent and above due to moisture stress in the districts, said a statement from the Special Relief Commissioner's...
The decision of declaring different blocks as drought hit was taken after due consideration of parameters set-up by different departments of the state...
