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Telangana farmers in trouble after unseasonal rains destroy crops

Most districts of the state registered a huge rainfall excess in September, which affected paddy, maize and cotton crops

What triggers desertification in India

A low down on the most important causes behind desertification in every state of the country. Addressing these will be critical to meet targets …

When wasteland bears fruits

Chikapalli Anasuyamma has transformed over two dozen wastelands into forests in Telangana

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 24 – June 30)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Telangana approaches Supreme Court to stop work on Polavaram

Environmental clearance given to the project in 2005 is not applicable today, it contends

All you need to know about Fall Armyworm attack on India, Africa

Here’s a round-up of what’s being touted as the biggest ever pest attack

Fall Armyworm attack: Dependence on maize hits Telangana farmers hard

Monocropping maize prepared a ground for the pest attack in the state

Opinion: PM-KISAN is a sop to farmers in an election year

 Centre's money transfer scheme worth Rs 6,000 a year has left out landless agricultural labourers

Our politicians’ tryst with superstition

The world’ biggest functioning democracy has its politicians busy with auspicious days and places for important decisions and events

Indian states’ implementation of plastic ban a mixed bag

Tamil Nadu is the latest entrant to the band of Indian states that have banned single-use plastics; here’s a status update on all of them

KCR sworn in as first chief minister of Telangana

Reconstruction will be state's top priority, but to implement his agenda Chandrasekhar Rao will need to develop a cordial relationship with the …

Can uterus control the brain too?

A study shows that hysterectomy causes memory loss in patients

Northeast Monsoon has a slow start

Most regions, including coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Kerala, southern Karnataka and Tamil Nadu recorded rainfall deficit from …

What does Modicare mean for India's poor and sick?

In the absence of a proper public health infrastructure, what does Ayushman Bharat mean for millions of poor & sick? Kundan Pandey travels to …

Can a barren land be turned into a food forest?

Till two years ago, a plot of 38 hectares in Telangana was barren, but soon it will be a venue for an international convention on permaculture

Why India's debut farm investment support scheme is leaving out many beneficiaries

The most expensive farmer welfare scheme in Telangana is providing land-owning farmers monetary assistance even before they plant the first …

Telangana govt puts restrictions on glyphosate sale

The objective is to curb the illegal use of herbicide-tolerant BT cotton

Telangana’s revised District Mineral Foundation Rules to increase political interference

The amendment to the Rules has taken away the right of people to participate in making decisions on a fund meant for them

Stimulus that can spoil the milk sector

Karnataka government's financial stimulus to its dairy cooperative is benefitting 2.5 million farmers, but can destabilise the national market

Millets make a comeback in rural areas

Pilot projects in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha are aimed at initiation of millets in the dietary consumption pattern

After an erratic monsoon, farmers in nine states struggle with pest outbreaks

Although most states in India lose five to 10 per cent of crops to pest attacks every year, the scale and intensity of the recent attacks is a …

Telangana pushing for organic farming, but focus is now on giving respite to farmers

Telangana's Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister, Jupally Krishna Rao, says his government is offering loan waiver and subsidies to farmers

How is fodder crisis rendering livestock vulnerable?

Today, India faces an acute fodder shortage that has left drought-hit farmers and livestock vulnerable. Jitendra finds out how fodder crisis has …

Seeds of decline

Frequent pest attacks, rising seed costs and declining returns are forcing farmers to abandon India's first genetically modified (GM) crop, Bt …