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Drought Conditions Spread Across India, Farmers Put On Edge
A comparison of the last week of June 2025 and the last week of June 2026 shows a clear increase in drought-affected regions.
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Stalagmite Holds Key To Predicting Droughts, Floods In India: Study
Stalagmites can help scientists predict droughts and floods in India, a recent study suggests. To unlock some secrets about climate change, a team of researchers went to an unusual cave in India.
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Where's The Relief? Top Babus From 10 States Summoned By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has summoned top bureaucrats from 10 states to explain why they have not provided food grains, loan waivers and compensation for crop losses to millions of people hit by a drought last year.
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Desperate For Water, Five Men Die In Haryana Trying To Revive A Well
Five Dalit villagers have died trying to revive an unused well in Haryana, the police said on Tuesday, as the country reels under one of the worst droughts on record. The five men were killed by toxic gas in the pit of the well in the Jind district on Monday when they went in to clean it. “The well had not been in use for about five to six years ...
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More Than 300 Million Indians Suffer From A Crippling Drought
In the blistering sun and swirling dust, farmer Dhananjay Hanumant Suryavanshi squats on his empty land and caresses the parched earth.
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Over Half Of India’s 91 Water Reservoirs Below Last Year’s Levels
Water storage status of 91 reservoirs.
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8 States Facing Drought, Seek Relief of Rs 24,000 Crores from Centre
As many as eight states have reported occurrence of drought out of which seven have sought more than Rs 24,000 crore as financial assistance from the Centre under National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
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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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Drought Conditions Spread Across India, Farmers Put On Edge
A comparison of the last week of June 2025 and the last week of June 2026 shows a clear increase in drought-affected regions.
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Stalagmite Holds Key To Predicting Droughts, Floods In India: Study
Stalagmites can help scientists predict droughts and floods in India, a recent study suggests. To unlock some secrets about climate change, a team of researchers went to an unusual cave in India.
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Where's The Relief? Top Babus From 10 States Summoned By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has summoned top bureaucrats from 10 states to explain why they have not provided food grains, loan waivers and compensation for crop losses to millions of people hit by a drought last year.
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Desperate For Water, Five Men Die In Haryana Trying To Revive A Well
Five Dalit villagers have died trying to revive an unused well in Haryana, the police said on Tuesday, as the country reels under one of the worst droughts on record. The five men were killed by toxic gas in the pit of the well in the Jind district on Monday when they went in to clean it. “The well had not been in use for about five to six years ...
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More Than 300 Million Indians Suffer From A Crippling Drought
In the blistering sun and swirling dust, farmer Dhananjay Hanumant Suryavanshi squats on his empty land and caresses the parched earth.
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Over Half Of India’s 91 Water Reservoirs Below Last Year’s Levels
Water storage status of 91 reservoirs.
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8 States Facing Drought, Seek Relief of Rs 24,000 Crores from Centre
As many as eight states have reported occurrence of drought out of which seven have sought more than Rs 24,000 crore as financial assistance from the Centre under National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
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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.
