Saurashtra woes: Helpless farmers hope for the miracle of water

Arid Saurashtra in Gujarat has been facing an acute agrarian crisis due to lack of water for irrigation

Ecological drought: where not just humanity but ecosystems suffer

US scientists have defined a new type of drought brought about by climate change, one which increases the vulnerability of ecosystems

Drought watch: More than half of India affected in July

Around 46.11 per cent of the country is ‘abnormally dry’ or ‘exceptionally dry’

वैज्ञानिकों ने बनाई नई प्रणाली, महीनों पहले दे देगी सूखे की चेतावनी

वैज्ञानिकों ने एक ऐसे पूर्वानुमान प्रणाली विकसित की है, जो महीनों पहले ही सूखे की चेतावनी देती है। यह प्रणाली उन करोड़ों किसानों के ...

Drought, literature and the lessons

It is imminently important for us to spend considerable time researching the water woes plaguing India and the indigenous solutions, existing in …

Maharashtra to move away from big dams?

CM Fadnavis said his government is considering Madhya Pradesh pattern of drought-proofing that follows small-scale water conservation measures

'We have the best model for predicting monsoon'

Suryachandra. A Rao, Associate Mission Director, Monsoon Mission talks about the latest monsoon prediction model deployed by the Ministry of …

सामान्य मानसून के बावजूद सूखे के पूरे आसार!

एक सामान्य मानसून के पूर्वानुमान को किसानों के फायदे से जोड़ना बेमानी बात है। जो रूझान दिख रहे हैं, उसे एक आपदा की शुरुआत ...

जीवंत लड़ाई

अगर आपको किसी ऐसी जगह पर रहना पड़े जो देश के गिने चुने अधिकतम सूखे क्षेत्र में आता हो, तो आप किस तरह के ...

Why is Karnataka protesting change in definition of drought?

New norms for declaring drought are too stringent to be practical and are indicative of Centre’s intention to pass on the financial burden …

Drought, but why: Area under cultivation has halved in Andhra Pradesh's Ananthapuramu

Decades of deficit rainfall, monoculture in agriculture and perpetually mounting farmer debts have left the district in the lurch

Drought, but why: Karnataka’s water woes won't go away by throwing money on it

Across Karnataka successive monsoon failures in 2018 brought on dire straits for the farmers

Coping with drought

Rainfall is scarce, groundwater levels have fallen; what exactly is happening in Rajasthan?

भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप में सूखे की गंभीरता को बढ़ा सकते हैं ऐरोसॉल: स्टडी

भारत, अमेरिका और कनाडा के वायुमंडलीय वैज्ञानिकों की टीम ने पता लगाया है कि एल नीनो वाले वर्षों के दौरान ऐरोसॉल के कारण भारतीय ...

Conflicts over water

Four of the 10 drought-hit states in the country face chronic conflicts because of poor water management and diversion of water to urban areas

Maha-drought no worry for IPL

The inaugural match of the Indian Premier League 2016 will be held as scheduled at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on April 9. Meanwhile, large …

The 4th estate pushes its limits

Malayala Manorama's water conservation campaign solves water woes of drought-plagued Keralities

A way out of drought

Despite the government sinking crores, plight of the drought-affected people remains unchanged

Protracted suffering

A third of US reels under drought

Likely to experience dry spell till at least October 

Drought-prone Banda district awaits the shower of poll promises

Poverty, hunger and deprivation plaguing the Bundelkhand region hardly become a poll issue

सूखे का दंश : आंध्र प्रदेश के अनंतपुरमु में आधी रह गई है खेती की जमीन

कई दशकों से बारिश की कमी, एक ही प्रकार की खेती और किसानों पर बढ़ते कर्ज के बोझ के कारण यह जिला पिछड़ रहा ...

अकाल के निशाने पर अफ्रीका ही क्यों?

उत्तर-पूर्वी नाइजीरिया, दक्षिण सूडान और सोमालिया में लगभग तीस लाख लोग गंभीर रूप से भोजन की कमी से जूझ रहे हैं। 

Gujarat declares drought after months of delay

While other states had declared drought months ago, Gujarat govt kept calling it a “scarcity of water”

Drought unites people

1,300 drought-prone Maharashtra villages build watershed structures on their own to harvest every drop of rain this monsoon