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Covid Recovery Poses Dire Climate, Health Risks: Report
Countries' fossil fuel-powered Covid-19 recoveries will have long-lasting consequences on human health and risk worsening the food and water insecurity, heatwaves and infectious diseases, a major assessment warned Thursday.
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Hunger, Drought, Disease: UN Climate Report Reveals Dire Health Threats
Hunger, drought and disease will afflict tens of millions more people within decades, according to a draft UN assessment that lays bare the dire human health consequences of a warming planet.
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Central Team Assesses Damage Caused To Rabi Crop Due To Drought In Karnataka
Karnataka, which is reeling under severe drought, may have to wait till a new government comes to power at the Centre in order to get approval for relief package, according to sources.
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As India Battles Monsoon Crisis, Meet Scientists Who Are Making It Rain
The monsoon is a whimsical beast, on most occasions it rains but sometimes it does not despite rain bearing clouds being in the sky. So can creation of artificial rain help? This is a controversial technology and is not fully understood. The Ministry of Earth Sciences has launched a massive experiment in Maharashtra to understand the business of cl...
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Rabi Crop Loss: Central Team On 3-Day Maharashtra Visit
A central government team will begin a three-day visit of Maharashtra on Wednesday to assess damage to rabi crop due to drought.
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6% Water Left In Marathwada Dams, Farmers Blame Government For Suicides
This 45-year-old farmer in Maharashtra ended his life just a day before the state cabinet toured the drought-hit Marathwada to assess the ground-level situation in the region. The situation is so grim that the dams in the region are left with just six per cent of water.
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Odisha Submits Final Drought Report, Seeks Rs 2,234.29 Crore
The Odisha government on Friday submitted the final drought assessment report to the central government, seeking Rs 2,2344.29 crore assistance to mitigate the drought situation in the state.
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Central Team Visits Drought-Hit Regions, Maharashtra Seeks Rs 4,000 Crore Aid
A Central team is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra to assess the damage in drought-hit areas, after the state government sought a relief package of Rs 4,000 crore from the Union government. The state had earlier declared drought in 15,747 villages across Maharashtra.
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Maharashtra Cabinet Panel on Drought to Table Report Tomorrow
The Cabinet sub-committee, set up to frame changes in the century-old norms of assessing field crop yield in Maharashtra, will be taken up in the weekly Cabinet meeting tommorow, State Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse said today.
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Central Team to Be Sent to Karnataka to Assess Drought: PM Modi
A central team is being sent to Karnataka soon to assess the drought situation there, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told an all-party delegation from the state led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah which raised the matter along with a number of other issues.
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Centre to Release Rs 88 Crore Fund for Drought Relief in Rayalaseema, Andhra Pradesh
The Centre would "immediately" release Rs 88 crore for Andhra Pradesh, in the wake of drought in Rayalaseema region and deput teams for assessing the extent of damage caused due to the calamity.
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Central teams visit drought hit areas in Karnataka
The Central teams drafted for an on the spot assessment of the drought situation in Karnataka visited parts of Bijapur and Chitradurga on Thursday.
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DMK wants Tamil Nadu government to announce relief package for farmers
DMK president M Karunanidhi today demanded that Tamil Nadu government make a "genuine assessment," of the drought-situation in the Cauvery Delta region and announce a relief package for affected farmers.
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Covid Recovery Poses Dire Climate, Health Risks: Report
Countries' fossil fuel-powered Covid-19 recoveries will have long-lasting consequences on human health and risk worsening the food and water insecurity, heatwaves and infectious diseases, a major assessment warned Thursday.
-
Hunger, Drought, Disease: UN Climate Report Reveals Dire Health Threats
Hunger, drought and disease will afflict tens of millions more people within decades, according to a draft UN assessment that lays bare the dire human health consequences of a warming planet.
-
Central Team Assesses Damage Caused To Rabi Crop Due To Drought In Karnataka
Karnataka, which is reeling under severe drought, may have to wait till a new government comes to power at the Centre in order to get approval for relief package, according to sources.
-
As India Battles Monsoon Crisis, Meet Scientists Who Are Making It Rain
The monsoon is a whimsical beast, on most occasions it rains but sometimes it does not despite rain bearing clouds being in the sky. So can creation of artificial rain help? This is a controversial technology and is not fully understood. The Ministry of Earth Sciences has launched a massive experiment in Maharashtra to understand the business of cl...
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Rabi Crop Loss: Central Team On 3-Day Maharashtra Visit
A central government team will begin a three-day visit of Maharashtra on Wednesday to assess damage to rabi crop due to drought.
-
6% Water Left In Marathwada Dams, Farmers Blame Government For Suicides
This 45-year-old farmer in Maharashtra ended his life just a day before the state cabinet toured the drought-hit Marathwada to assess the ground-level situation in the region. The situation is so grim that the dams in the region are left with just six per cent of water.
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Odisha Submits Final Drought Report, Seeks Rs 2,234.29 Crore
The Odisha government on Friday submitted the final drought assessment report to the central government, seeking Rs 2,2344.29 crore assistance to mitigate the drought situation in the state.
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Central Team Visits Drought-Hit Regions, Maharashtra Seeks Rs 4,000 Crore Aid
A Central team is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra to assess the damage in drought-hit areas, after the state government sought a relief package of Rs 4,000 crore from the Union government. The state had earlier declared drought in 15,747 villages across Maharashtra.
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Maharashtra Cabinet Panel on Drought to Table Report Tomorrow
The Cabinet sub-committee, set up to frame changes in the century-old norms of assessing field crop yield in Maharashtra, will be taken up in the weekly Cabinet meeting tommorow, State Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse said today.
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Central Team to Be Sent to Karnataka to Assess Drought: PM Modi
A central team is being sent to Karnataka soon to assess the drought situation there, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told an all-party delegation from the state led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah which raised the matter along with a number of other issues.
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Centre to Release Rs 88 Crore Fund for Drought Relief in Rayalaseema, Andhra Pradesh
The Centre would "immediately" release Rs 88 crore for Andhra Pradesh, in the wake of drought in Rayalaseema region and deput teams for assessing the extent of damage caused due to the calamity.
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Central teams visit drought hit areas in Karnataka
The Central teams drafted for an on the spot assessment of the drought situation in Karnataka visited parts of Bijapur and Chitradurga on Thursday.
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DMK wants Tamil Nadu government to announce relief package for farmers
DMK president M Karunanidhi today demanded that Tamil Nadu government make a "genuine assessment," of the drought-situation in the Cauvery Delta region and announce a relief package for affected farmers.
