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"No Grass For Livestock": Century-High Temperature Hits Europe's Farmers
- Sunday August 26, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
"Our cows have been living off hay cut in June, there isn't any grass," says Jean-Guillaume Hannequin, a farmer in eastern France, who like his counterparts across much of northern Europe is wondering how he will feed his animals this winter.
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In Bundelkhand, Anxiety And Confusion Over Yogi Adityanath's Loan Waiver
- Saturday June 10, 2017
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Hit by years of drought, 70-year-old Kalyan Singh saw the first decent crop in years in the last Kharif season. He made some money but not enough to repay his 49,000 farm loan taken three years ago. And then, the Yogi Adityanath government's announcement to waive the crop loans came. "I heard on TV that 1 lakh rupee loans will be waived," the small...
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Madras High Court Tells Tamil Nadu To Waive All Farm Loans Amid Protest In Delhi
- Tuesday April 4, 2017
- Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin
In an order that would bring relief to thousands of farmers in drought hit Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has directed the state government to expand its farm loan waiver scheme to include farmers who own more than five acres.
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UP Elections 2017: A Village Of 1,000 Shares How It's Hunkered Down For Notes Ban
- Wednesday February 8, 2017
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Raghunath, a 60-year-old farmer, surveys his two-acre farm in Bundelkhand with some concern. After four consecutive years of drought, the weather cooperated this year. Right after Diwali, he sowed the Rabi or winter crop of wheat, which now stands about two feet tall. On seeds, fertilizers, diesel for his water pump, he spent Rs 15,000. Then, on No...
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Puducherry, Karaikal Drought Hit, Says V Narayanasamy
- Thursday January 12, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
Puducherry and Karaikal regions are drought hit and affected farmers would be adequately compensated, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said on Wednesday.
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Drought-Hit Marathwada: Monsoon Delayed, Farmers Frantic
- Thursday June 16, 2016
- India News | Written by Ankita Sinha
Where is the monsoon? A question that cotton farmer Govardhan Ghadage thought was already answered with the Met Department's positive forecast. But with pre monsoon showers too vanishing in drought hit Marathwada's Beed district, Mr Ghadage is fearing the worst. As seeds worth Rs 15,000 that have already been sown are now at risk.
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Buyers Shun Gold During Akshaya Tritiya As Prices, Drought Sting
- Monday May 9, 2016
- Business | Thomson Reuters
Indians bought a third less gold than last year during the Akshaya Tritiya festival on Monday, according to industry officials' estimates, as droughts have hit the earnings of millions of farmers and the metal's price rallied.
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India's 2016 Monsoon Rains Seen Above Average: Private Weather Forecaster
- Tuesday April 12, 2016
- Business | Thomson Reuters
India's annual monsoon rains are likely to be 105 percent above a long-term average, the country's only private weather forecaster said on Monday, snapping two straight years of drought that cut farm output and hit farmers' income.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Water Train For Latur Running Hours Late - And With Less Than Expected
- Monday April 11, 2016
- India News | Reported by Tejas Mehta, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh
Latur in Marathwada is familiar with drought. For years, farmers have been battered by truant rains. As the emergency hits unprecedented extremes, a train filled with water is en route- but it's running several hours late and with a far smaller supply than initially planned.
- www.ndtv.com
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Save Water, Diversify Crops, Take Up Allied Jobs: PM Modi To Farmers
- Saturday March 19, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
With back-to-back droughts hitting the agriculture output hard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for steps to conserve water and asked farmers to focus on crop diversification and go for allied activities like dairy, poultry and food processing to boost their income.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bangkok Slaps Curfew On World's Biggest Water Fight Amid Drought
- Tuesday March 15, 2016
- World News | Reuters
The Thai capital will impose a curfew during Thailand's annual water festival next month to show solidarity with farmers hit by drought, city officials said today.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Declares Additional Funds For Drought-Hit Districts
- Saturday March 5, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
In a bid to provide relief to drought hit regions of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has declared additional funds to provide water tankers, solve electricity problems and provide education to children in rural areas.
- www.ndtv.com
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Act Fast To Check Farmers' Suicide In Maharashtra: Lawmaker To Government
- Thursday March 3, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
The government was today urged to act urgently to prevent suicides by farmers in Maharashtra who have been hit hard by the drought and were facing distress.
- www.ndtv.com
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Vietnam Hit By Worst Drought In 90 Years
- Tuesday March 1, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Vietnam is suffering its worst drought in nearly a century with salinisation hitting farmers especially hard in the crucial southern Mekong delta, experts said Monday.
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Zimbabwean Farmers Fear The Worst As Cattle, Crops Succumb To Drought
- Wednesday January 27, 2016
- World News | Reuters
In the dusty village of Mafomoti, southern Zimbabwe, farmers have already lost cattle and crops in the severest drought to hit the nation in a quarter of a century. But the worst may be yet to come.
- www.ndtv.com
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"No Grass For Livestock": Century-High Temperature Hits Europe's Farmers
- Sunday August 26, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
"Our cows have been living off hay cut in June, there isn't any grass," says Jean-Guillaume Hannequin, a farmer in eastern France, who like his counterparts across much of northern Europe is wondering how he will feed his animals this winter.
- www.ndtv.com
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In Bundelkhand, Anxiety And Confusion Over Yogi Adityanath's Loan Waiver
- Saturday June 10, 2017
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Hit by years of drought, 70-year-old Kalyan Singh saw the first decent crop in years in the last Kharif season. He made some money but not enough to repay his 49,000 farm loan taken three years ago. And then, the Yogi Adityanath government's announcement to waive the crop loans came. "I heard on TV that 1 lakh rupee loans will be waived," the small...
- www.ndtv.com
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Madras High Court Tells Tamil Nadu To Waive All Farm Loans Amid Protest In Delhi
- Tuesday April 4, 2017
- Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin
In an order that would bring relief to thousands of farmers in drought hit Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has directed the state government to expand its farm loan waiver scheme to include farmers who own more than five acres.
- www.ndtv.com
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UP Elections 2017: A Village Of 1,000 Shares How It's Hunkered Down For Notes Ban
- Wednesday February 8, 2017
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Raghunath, a 60-year-old farmer, surveys his two-acre farm in Bundelkhand with some concern. After four consecutive years of drought, the weather cooperated this year. Right after Diwali, he sowed the Rabi or winter crop of wheat, which now stands about two feet tall. On seeds, fertilizers, diesel for his water pump, he spent Rs 15,000. Then, on No...
- www.ndtv.com
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Puducherry, Karaikal Drought Hit, Says V Narayanasamy
- Thursday January 12, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
Puducherry and Karaikal regions are drought hit and affected farmers would be adequately compensated, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Drought-Hit Marathwada: Monsoon Delayed, Farmers Frantic
- Thursday June 16, 2016
- India News | Written by Ankita Sinha
Where is the monsoon? A question that cotton farmer Govardhan Ghadage thought was already answered with the Met Department's positive forecast. But with pre monsoon showers too vanishing in drought hit Marathwada's Beed district, Mr Ghadage is fearing the worst. As seeds worth Rs 15,000 that have already been sown are now at risk.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Buyers Shun Gold During Akshaya Tritiya As Prices, Drought Sting
- Monday May 9, 2016
- Business | Thomson Reuters
Indians bought a third less gold than last year during the Akshaya Tritiya festival on Monday, according to industry officials' estimates, as droughts have hit the earnings of millions of farmers and the metal's price rallied.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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India's 2016 Monsoon Rains Seen Above Average: Private Weather Forecaster
- Tuesday April 12, 2016
- Business | Thomson Reuters
India's annual monsoon rains are likely to be 105 percent above a long-term average, the country's only private weather forecaster said on Monday, snapping two straight years of drought that cut farm output and hit farmers' income.
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
Water Train For Latur Running Hours Late - And With Less Than Expected
- Monday April 11, 2016
- India News | Reported by Tejas Mehta, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh
Latur in Marathwada is familiar with drought. For years, farmers have been battered by truant rains. As the emergency hits unprecedented extremes, a train filled with water is en route- but it's running several hours late and with a far smaller supply than initially planned.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Save Water, Diversify Crops, Take Up Allied Jobs: PM Modi To Farmers
- Saturday March 19, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
With back-to-back droughts hitting the agriculture output hard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for steps to conserve water and asked farmers to focus on crop diversification and go for allied activities like dairy, poultry and food processing to boost their income.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bangkok Slaps Curfew On World's Biggest Water Fight Amid Drought
- Tuesday March 15, 2016
- World News | Reuters
The Thai capital will impose a curfew during Thailand's annual water festival next month to show solidarity with farmers hit by drought, city officials said today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Maharashtra Chief Minister Declares Additional Funds For Drought-Hit Districts
- Saturday March 5, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
In a bid to provide relief to drought hit regions of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has declared additional funds to provide water tankers, solve electricity problems and provide education to children in rural areas.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Act Fast To Check Farmers' Suicide In Maharashtra: Lawmaker To Government
- Thursday March 3, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
The government was today urged to act urgently to prevent suicides by farmers in Maharashtra who have been hit hard by the drought and were facing distress.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Vietnam Hit By Worst Drought In 90 Years
- Tuesday March 1, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Vietnam is suffering its worst drought in nearly a century with salinisation hitting farmers especially hard in the crucial southern Mekong delta, experts said Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Zimbabwean Farmers Fear The Worst As Cattle, Crops Succumb To Drought
- Wednesday January 27, 2016
- World News | Reuters
In the dusty village of Mafomoti, southern Zimbabwe, farmers have already lost cattle and crops in the severest drought to hit the nation in a quarter of a century. But the worst may be yet to come.
- www.ndtv.com