Covid-19 vaccination drive rolled out in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, skepticism lingers

Some ASHA workers refused to get the jab on Saturday 

COVID-19 lockdown: Himachal fruit growers battle input shortages

Cartons, boxes and crates used to pack fruits are in short supply

Bullet Train: Gujarat activists take fight to the Japanese side

Write to nodal Japanese agency, ask it to share its report on the project

Punjab procures wheat in the shadow of COVID-19

Here are the problems farmers face despite government efforts

Why Bhavnagar farmers oppose limestone mining

Letter to high court-appointed panel lists reasons

COVID-19: Sitharaman’s ‘agri bouquet’ does not cut ice with farm experts

Farmers need immediate help rather than plans for the future, they say

COVID-19: Sitharaman’s MSME talk draws scepticism

Demand needs a leg-up: experts; Migrants question goes unanswered

Himachal's farm success story at risk of going awry

Controlled-atmosphere farming shows a way of bucking agrarian crisis

COVID 19: Punjab’s rural economy takes a big hit

Small farmers, labourers among the worst-hit; wheat harvest under cloud

COVID-19: How did Gujarat become second worst-affected state?

Routine flow of visitors from Mumbai, Indore was overlooked, sources said 

Small farmers, daily wagers take to vegetable retail selling in Himachal due to lockdown

The development is being seen as a positive outcome of the COVID-19 lockdown

In race to outdo COVID-19 outbreak, Himachal trips at last hurdle

The state was planning to come out COVID-19-free till two weeks ago

COVID-19: Alang’s ship breakers look at workers from diamond, other sectors to stay afloat

The industry witnessed a reverse migration of at least 75 per cent of its workforce

Saraswati: River, myth or mirage

While experts say there was a river system in place where the Haryana government is trying to revive the water body, there are doubts whether it …

COVID-19: Himachal’s pastoral community in the shadow of lockdown

As demands of milk products plummet, economy of pastoral community in Himachal stands disrupted 

COVID-19: Gujarat labourers, tribals forced to take 250 km-long journeys on foot

The workers reportedly began their journey on March 23, 2020, with some accompanied by their wives, children  

How good hydroelectric really is: Non-profit's report calls out sector

Himdhara report alleges ecological costs, falling revenues, oversight in Himachal hydel projects

COVID-19 lockdown: What Punjab, Himachal are doing to keep substance abuse at bay

Amid lockdown, many substance users have turned to alternate drugs fearing withdrawal symptoms 

Why potato means bad news in Punjab now

A cycle of misery kicked off by demonetisation still haunts farmers as well as cold storage owners

No end to discrimination against Punjab’s Dalit women labourers, says study

A recent study examined 927 Dalit women labour households across four districts. A lot of them reeled under debt, faced sexual harassment 

Mushroom papads, jams, cakes to soon hit markets to push production

This is an effort to popularise it so people don’t consider it a non-vegetarian food or are unaware of its nutritional benefits, says the …

Himachal apple growers left high and dry as commission agents dupe them

The farmers are organising themselves to press for a key law supposed to protect them, to be implemented properly

Himachal needs help to tackle growing drug problem

Nearly a third of Himachal Pradesh's population are the youth, a population group particularly vulnerable to drug abuse  

Farmers in Punjab are burning stubble as an act of rebellion

They are angry that even as they suffer from farm distress and do not get any proper returns on their labour and produce, the onus of stubble …

COVID-19 lockdown a pause in Himachal’s exotic vegetable success story

Demand for produce plummets, forcing most farmers to throw away the crop or feed it to cattle