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India's Weather Fury: 13,000 Lives Lost, Crops Ravaged, Relief Falls Short
In 2025, extreme weather events battered India, leaving behind a trail of destruction-from flash floods and landslides in the hills to devastating floods in the plains. Official data reveals the staggering human and economic cost of these disasters.
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NASA Says Shift In Stubble Burning Time Impacting Air Quality In North India
For decades, long rivers of smoke and haze have spread across the Indo-Gangetic Plain from October to December as farmers burn off crop residue after the rice harvest.
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Is Earth Really Getting Too Hot To Live? Scientist Explains Climate Change
Hot air evaporates a lot more water, so crops, forests and landscapes in some areas dry out, which makes them more susceptible to wildfire. Each Celsius degree of warming can cause a sixfold increase in wildfire over parts of the western US.
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Opinion | A 'Diet Coke' Moment: Why A Congress Group Is Suddenly Turning 'Minimalist'
Since 2014, a series of defeats in Lok Sabha and in most of the assembly polls have shaken the Congress's self-belief and faith in ideology. But a new crop of leaders is coming up now.
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"No One Came To Buy": Madhya Pradesh Banana Farmers Forced To Destroy Crop
The crisis for banana farmers in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, has reached a heartbreaking point they are now being forced to destroy their own harvest.
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Air Quality Body Urges Punjab To Curb Stubble Burning Incidents
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Saturday called for urgent and coordinated action by Punjab to curb stubble burning incidents, even as it said that Haryana has shown a significant decline in such cases
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Maharashtra Government Denies Paying Only Rs 6 Aid As Alleged By Farmer
A day after a farmer from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra claimed that he received only Rs 6 for crop losses, the state agriculture department on Thursday said the amount was not paid by the government.
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Double Shock For Madhya Pradesh Farmers: Rain, And Now Power Supply Cap
After unseasonal rain devastated crops across Madhya Pradesh, farmers have now been hit by a second shock - a controversial electricity department order restricting power supply to just 10 hours a day.
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Maharashtra Farmer Waits Months For Crop Loss Compensation, Gets Rs 6
A farmer from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra on Wednesday claimed to have received only Rs 6 as compensation from the government for the crop losses he suffered as a result of heavy rains and subsequent flooding.
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Farmer Says Got ₹2.30 Instead Of 1.5 Lakh As Crop Loss Aid, Official Replies
A farmer in Maharashtra was shocked after his bank account was credited with only Rs 2.30 as the government's alleged compensation for crop loss caused by unseasonal rainfall.
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Stubble Burning In Punjab, Haryana Reduced By 50% This Year: Top Expert To NDTV
A total of 4,754 stubble burning incidents were recorded in Punjab and Haryana between September 15 and November 2 last year. This year, it has dropped to 2,384.
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"Farmers Must Develop Habit Of Repaying Loans": Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has asked farmers to try to repay bank loans if they can, and not wait for a bailout every time.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmer Dies By Suicide After Crops Destroyed By Unseasonal Rain
A farmer allegedly died by suicide after his standing paddy crop was destroyed during the unseasonal rains in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district.
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"People Will Send DMK Home": TVK Chief Vijay Over Crop Damage In Tamil Nadu
Actor-politician Vijay has questioned the ruling DMK government in Tamil Nadu for failing to protect farmers whose grains were damaged during the recent rainfall.
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'Kill Wild Boar, Eat Their Meat': Kerala Minister's Solution For Crop Damage
Kerala Agriculture Minister P Prasad on Saturday claimed the growing menace of wild boars destroying crops could be tackled more effectively if people were allowed to consume their meat.
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India's Weather Fury: 13,000 Lives Lost, Crops Ravaged, Relief Falls Short
In 2025, extreme weather events battered India, leaving behind a trail of destruction-from flash floods and landslides in the hills to devastating floods in the plains. Official data reveals the staggering human and economic cost of these disasters.
-
NASA Says Shift In Stubble Burning Time Impacting Air Quality In North India
For decades, long rivers of smoke and haze have spread across the Indo-Gangetic Plain from October to December as farmers burn off crop residue after the rice harvest.
-
Is Earth Really Getting Too Hot To Live? Scientist Explains Climate Change
Hot air evaporates a lot more water, so crops, forests and landscapes in some areas dry out, which makes them more susceptible to wildfire. Each Celsius degree of warming can cause a sixfold increase in wildfire over parts of the western US.
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Opinion | A 'Diet Coke' Moment: Why A Congress Group Is Suddenly Turning 'Minimalist'
Since 2014, a series of defeats in Lok Sabha and in most of the assembly polls have shaken the Congress's self-belief and faith in ideology. But a new crop of leaders is coming up now.
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"No One Came To Buy": Madhya Pradesh Banana Farmers Forced To Destroy Crop
The crisis for banana farmers in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, has reached a heartbreaking point they are now being forced to destroy their own harvest.
-
Air Quality Body Urges Punjab To Curb Stubble Burning Incidents
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Saturday called for urgent and coordinated action by Punjab to curb stubble burning incidents, even as it said that Haryana has shown a significant decline in such cases
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Maharashtra Government Denies Paying Only Rs 6 Aid As Alleged By Farmer
A day after a farmer from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra claimed that he received only Rs 6 for crop losses, the state agriculture department on Thursday said the amount was not paid by the government.
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Double Shock For Madhya Pradesh Farmers: Rain, And Now Power Supply Cap
After unseasonal rain devastated crops across Madhya Pradesh, farmers have now been hit by a second shock - a controversial electricity department order restricting power supply to just 10 hours a day.
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Maharashtra Farmer Waits Months For Crop Loss Compensation, Gets Rs 6
A farmer from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra on Wednesday claimed to have received only Rs 6 as compensation from the government for the crop losses he suffered as a result of heavy rains and subsequent flooding.
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Farmer Says Got ₹2.30 Instead Of 1.5 Lakh As Crop Loss Aid, Official Replies
A farmer in Maharashtra was shocked after his bank account was credited with only Rs 2.30 as the government's alleged compensation for crop loss caused by unseasonal rainfall.
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Stubble Burning In Punjab, Haryana Reduced By 50% This Year: Top Expert To NDTV
A total of 4,754 stubble burning incidents were recorded in Punjab and Haryana between September 15 and November 2 last year. This year, it has dropped to 2,384.
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"Farmers Must Develop Habit Of Repaying Loans": Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has asked farmers to try to repay bank loans if they can, and not wait for a bailout every time.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmer Dies By Suicide After Crops Destroyed By Unseasonal Rain
A farmer allegedly died by suicide after his standing paddy crop was destroyed during the unseasonal rains in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district.
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"People Will Send DMK Home": TVK Chief Vijay Over Crop Damage In Tamil Nadu
Actor-politician Vijay has questioned the ruling DMK government in Tamil Nadu for failing to protect farmers whose grains were damaged during the recent rainfall.
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'Kill Wild Boar, Eat Their Meat': Kerala Minister's Solution For Crop Damage
Kerala Agriculture Minister P Prasad on Saturday claimed the growing menace of wild boars destroying crops could be tackled more effectively if people were allowed to consume their meat.
