Search Result

Search Result
Sustainable Development

Systematic approach to in-situ water harvesting assures irrigation

During summer, the field is ploughed and furrows (one foot depth) are made. When it rains the water stays back in each of the furrows and sinks into the soil. Fast changing...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Agriculture Dept plans to shut shop in Bangalore, rates city zero farm zone

Department proposes total exit from city as farmland under the plough plummets to 0-300 hectares in RSKs from up to 7,000 hectares earlier Bangalore city is poised to soon ...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Land for ladies

Breaking the stereotype of rural women, 39-year-old Suresho Saini proudly drives a tractor to plough 1.6 hectares (ha) of agricultural land in Rahimpur village in Uttar Pra...

Read More
Sustainable Development

A reporter’s notebook

Crime against women in Uttar Pradesh might have hit the headlines, but following two Khabar Lahariya journalists on a day’s work shows that little has changed over de...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Bengaluru's trash talk

City administration makes fresh promises to get an extension to dump its waste at Mandur village. But will the five-month breather be enough for Bengaluru to overcome its g...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Kerala Panchayat sets an example by ensuring safety for women

While crimes against women are being reported in all corners of the country, one panchayat in Kerala’s Alappuzha district has made it its mission to ensure that the s...

Read More
Environment

India need not worry about a drought yet

The weather bureau predicted on Friday that it will begin raining early next month. The criterion for the assessment of droughts is clear. For the millions of Indians waiti...

Read More
Hollywood

Katy Perry And Staples Make Roar Happen In Washington, DC

Staples and global pop music superstar Katy Perry continue to “Make Roar Happen” in Washington, D.C. today by announcing 55 local classroom projects have been f...

Read More
Environment

India counts human and economic cost of late monsoon

Record temperatures have left many Indians suffering, causing scientists to explore possible climate link Meteorological researchers in India suspect that climate change is...

Read More
Health

90% kids vaccinated against Japanese Encephalitis in East Champaran

On the second day of two-day special Japanese Encephalitis (JS) vaccination drive in East Champaran district over 90 % children were vaccinated against the disease at all A...

Read More