Central government likely to announce bailout package for sugar mills
New Delhi: Concerned over mounting cane arrears of more than Rs 22,000 crore, the government is likely to announce a bailout package ...
Farmers’ agitation; vegetables prices soar
Chandigarh, Jun 3: Vegetable prices at various cities in Punjab, Haryana started soaring in the wake of the dwindling fresh supplies ...
Balyan stresses to bring water in Concurrent List
New Delhi, Sep 8 : In the wake of a row over Cauvery water, Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan today underscored the need for ...
SC asks Karnataka to release 15k cusecs of Cauvery water
New Delhi, Sep 5 : Supreme Court today directed Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu ...
Fungi may cause bananas to go extinct in 5 to 10 years : Study
Bananas – one of the world’s top five staple foods – may become extinct in just five to 10 years due to ...
Goa suspends bus services to Karnataka over river dispute
Following reports of anti-Goa protests in northern Karnataka over the Mhadei water tribunal ruling, the Goa government on ...
Centre asks states to set up 1 lakh biogas plants
New Delhi : In a bid to push clean energy, the Centre has asked the states/UTs to set up one lakh biogas plants of one to six ...
Paddy sowing down 10%, pulses area falls 37%
New Delhi, Jun 10 : Total area sown under paddy is lower by 10 per cent so far in this kharif season at 5.75 lakh hectares, ...
Water stressed India: Old and new solutions
The World Resources Institute’s March 2016 report said 54% of India was water stressed, with scarcity affecting every part of the ...
Norway : first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation
The Norwegian parliament pledged the government’s public procurement policy will become deforestation-free after a ...