India Has World’s Highest Number Without Clean Water: Report
India has the world's highest number of people without access to clean water - imposing a major financial burden on people, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Drought-Hit Telangana Farmers Sink Deeper In Debt After Digging Borewells
"Our livelihood is just on land. Hoping against hope, we dig borewells to grow crop. When it fails, what can we do? The government should help."
‘We Have Neither Food Nor Water’: Drought And Despair In Telangana
In a small village in Telangana, it's past noon and tempers are as high as the blistering heat. It's a blistering 42 degrees in...
Unpaid Tractor Loan Prompted Bank Warning – Then, A Heart Attack
M Subramani died of a heart attack after receiving a bank envelope stating he owed them Rs 15 lakh.
Grow Lentils, Soyabean, Said PM Modi. Farmers Responded. And Now…
Millions of farmers look set to switch from growing pulses and oilseeds after a government campaign to boost output became a victim of its...
With An Unforgiving Drought, A Cattle Crisis In Marathwada
Non-governmental organisations or cooperatives can set up cattle camps like these, but need a minimum of 500 animals, in order to get subsidy from the government to run them.
For Single Women In Marathwada, New Rules To Allow Them Land
Rajshree Gungoo, a chatty 27-year-old with a quick smile, speaks up at a gathering of about 40 women discussing the challenges facing single women...
Inadequate Breastfeeding May Drain Indian Economy Of US $14 Billion: UN Report
United Nations: Nearly one lakh children die every year in India due to diseases that could have been prevented through breastfeeding, according to a...
A Farmer Could Not Repay A Tractor Loan, His Family Paid The Price
A farmer and a former soldier in Tamil Nadu's in Vellore district was shocked to receive a legal notice which threatened arrest and auction...
In Drought-hit Latur, The Fear Of Riots Over Water
Groups of people have been banned from gathering near water sources in the Latur district of Maharashtra after violent skirmishes between increasingly desperate residents living in an area hit by drought.
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