This earthy flavour helps locals in Odisha fight adverse climate

Leafy greens like mutthi saag come in handy for poor people to meet their nutritional requirements

Poor post-harvest storage, transportation facilities to cost farmers dearly

If procurement of farm produce increases with the announcement of a new MSP, farmers’ post-harvest losses may increase manifold

About 9.4 million people in need of food assistance in Syria; 716,000 more than in 2015

The production of wheat in Syria reduced by an alarming 55 per cent in 2015-2016

Water scarcity may cause upto 6% loss in GDP: World Bank

Water shortage may also increase migration and conflicts in some regions, finds a World Bank report

India's queue for toilets is the longest

If you stretched all 774 million people in India now waiting for household toilets, the queue would stretch from Earth to the moon – and …

Over 100 cities pledge to make food systems sustainable in urban areas

Urban centres will be key actors in achieving Sustainable Development Goals, including eradication of hunger by 2030:FAO chief

About 1.3 million children and adults facing water crisis in Ukraine

Low rainfall, coupled with destroyed water-supply system, has worsened shortage in the conflict-hit European country

Coal crunch hits Maharashtra power plants: Mahagenco

Officials deny shortfall in power supply

Water woes

Tiger that ate snakes

According to report

88,000 fake ration cards

Orissa government to save Rs 40 crore by cancelling them

Farmers foil water tariff hike, for now

Maharashtra’s water regulatory authority to hold more public hearings

Failure from the jaws of success

Chhattisgarh reduced infant mortality a few years ago, but threw away the good work  

Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation

Heavy metals polluting Kolkata's groundwater

Creation of Greater Bangalore will strain the city's resources

JNNURM: a Nehruvian farce

Review finds ADB's policy doesn't hold water

Since 1998, adb has invested us $960 million in urban projects in India.

Oil in the well

Power trickles down

Successful cooperatives compel Maharashtra government to hand over control of irrigation facilities to farmers

आत्महत्या को कम कर सकता है पानी में मौजूद लिथियम : शोध

शोध के अनुसार पानी में स्वाभाविक रूप से मौजूद लिथियम आत्महत्या की दर को कम करने में मददगार होता है

नौले-धारों के साथ दम तोड़ रही है उत्तराखंड की परंपरा

हिमालयी राज्य उत्तराखंड में नौला और धारों का पानी पिया जाता था, लेकिन इनमें से अधिकांश सूख चुके हैं, जिसके साथ-साथ एक परंपरा भी ...

मानसून की तैयारी में जुटे मध्य प्रदेश के ग्रामीण, ऐसे बचाएंगे अपने हिस्से का पानी

पानी की कमी झेल रहे मध्य प्रदेश के गांव अब तालाब बचाने की मुहिम चला रहे। ग्रामीणों के प्रयास देखकर सामाजिक संस्थाएं भी आगे ...

IIT Kharagpur to steer Saraswati 2.0 for reuse of treated water

The institution will steer three pilot projects to treat wastewater, make it re-usable and also explore its usage in compost or value …