Haryana seeks Rs.4,050 crore from centre for drought relief
August 10th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 10 (IANS) The Haryana government Friday sought financial assistance of Rs.4,050 crore from the central government to compensate farmers in view of the drought-like conditions in the state.Chief ... Read more...
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Drought-hit Karnataka seeks farm insurance date extended
July 20th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 20 (IANS) Drought-hit Karnataka Friday sought an extension of the national agricultural insurance scheme for farmers who availed loans as well as those did not."As the state is ... Read more...
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US hit by worst drought since 1950s (Lead)
July 20th, 2012 - 4:31 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The US has been hit by the worst drought since 1950s, with almost two thirds of the country toiling it out, a report said.The National Oceanic ... Read more...
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US hit by worst drought since 1950s (Lead)
July 20th, 2012 - 4:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The US has been hit by the worst drought since 1950s, with almost two thirds of the country toiling it out, a report said.The National Oceanic ... Read more...
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US faces worst drought in over 50 years
July 20th, 2012 - 4:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The US has been hit by the worst drought since 1950s, with almost two thirds of the country toiling it out, a report said.It said, as ... Read more...
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Telangana, Sethusamudram rock parliament
March 29th, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon Thursday following demands for a separate Telangana state as well as protests on the ... Read more...
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Plant found with built-in drought alarm
January 13th, 2012 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) A signal found in plants could act as a drought alarm, allowing them to adapt to such extreme conditions.Scientists stumbled on the signal while trying to ... Read more...
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Wildfire destroys hundreds of homes in Texas
September 6th, 2011 - 9:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) A huge wildfire has destroyed about 300 homes near Austin city in the drought-hit US state of Texas, authorities said.The blaze started Sunday afternoon in the ... Read more...
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Forest trees retain memories of their origin
July 12th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 12 (IANS) Trees may not be all that different from humans when it comes to certain memories about their origins. And they could, therefore, respond to stress situations ... Read more...
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India seeking details on Brahmaputra diversion (Lead)
June 13th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) India Monday said details have been sought from its embassy in Beijing about reports that China was considering a new plan to divert the ... Read more...
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Brahmputra diversion? India seeking details from embassy in China
June 13th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) India is seeking details from its embassy in China about reports that Beijing was considering a new plan to divert the Brahmaputra river from its ... Read more...
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35 mn affected by drought in China
May 28th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 28 (IANS) Nearly 35 million people in China have been affected by severe drought conditions due to low rainfall and insufficient flow of water from the upper reaches ... Read more...
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Frequent droughts posing potential threat to food security in China
February 18th, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Feb.18 (ANI): The increase in frequency and severity of droughts in China in recent times, has posed a potential threat to food security, causing heavy crop losses."Catastrophic drought occurred once ... Read more...
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Congress activists protest against government apathy towards farmers in Madhya Pradesh
February 13th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by ANI
Bhopal, Feb 13(ANI): Activists of the Congress party staged a demonstration in Bhopal on Sunday to protest against the neglect of farmers by the state government.Farmers and agriculturalists in Madhya Pradesh have ... Read more...
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2.57 million Chinese affected by drought
January 31st, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Jan 31 (ANI): Around 2.57 million people and 77.4 million mu (5.16 million acres) of crops have reportedly been affected by the ongoing drought in China.The Xinhua news agency quoted ... Read more...
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2.5 mn Chinese suffering from drought
January 31st, 2011 - 9:30 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 31 (IANS) Around 2.57 million people in China are facing shortage of drinking water, the national drought control authorities have said.Due to the ongoing drought situation, 5.16 million acres of ... Read more...
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Genetic mutation helps plants use less water without biomass loss
January 12th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): Purdue University researchers have made a discovery that could reduce the amount of water required for growing plants and help plants survive and thrive in adverse conditions.They have ... Read more...
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Orissa wants paddy procurement norms relaxed
January 1st, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 1 (IANS) Orissa has requested the central government to relax paddy and rice procurement norms for the state as its farmers faced a calamity of rare severity in 2010, an ... Read more...
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Study that could help you grow a better green roof garden
December 30th, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): Researchers from the Department of Horticulture at The Pennsylvania State University have evaluated the influence of substrate type and depth on establishment of five common green roof plants.Plants ... Read more...
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Drought may threaten much of globe in coming decades
October 20th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): A new research has revealed that United States, along with other heavily populated countries, face a growing threat of severe and prolonged drought in coming decades.The research, conducted ... Read more...
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Too much rain takes crunch out of Himachal apple
September 29th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 29 (IANS) Looks can be deceptive. And this also holds true for apples from Himachal Pradesh, at least this year.By Vishal GulatiThe deep crimson apples hitting the market from ... Read more...
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Drought-tolerant crops move closer to becoming reality
August 26th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 26 (ANI): Scientists have made a significant advance on the discovery last year by the University of California, Riverside's Sean Cutler of pyrabactin, a synthetic chemical that mimics a naturally ... Read more...
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Government says it is for 300 percent MPs’ pay hike (Second Lead)
August 17th, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The government Tuesday said it was ready to hike the salary of MPs by a whopping 300 percent after several members staged noisy protests in the ... Read more...
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Cabinet defers bill to hike salary of MPs (Lead)
August 16th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The cabinet Monday deferred a bill that sought to hike the salary of MPs from Rs.16,000 to Rs.50,000, official sources said.
The bill was scheduled to be tabled ... Read more...
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Scientists Blame Global Warming For High Temperatures
July 29th, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) President Barack Obama has called for a strict policy to be enacted on climate legislation and it seems that it is his statement that has suddenly ... Read more...
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Rain showers brings down temperature in Kullu
April 18th, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by ANI
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Apr 18 (ANI): Tourists and locals rejoiced as rains lashed Kullu hills and neighbouring areas in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday .Rainfall, which started in the morning, brought relief from ... Read more...
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25 Vidarbha farmers committed suicide in a week: activist
March 29th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, March 29 (IANS) As many as 25 debt-ridden farmers have committed suicide in the past one week in the agrarian crisis-hit Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an activist said Monday.
"While six ... Read more...
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Amazon rain forests were unaffected from once-in-a-century drought in 2005
March 12th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 12 (ANI): A new NASA-funded study has concluded that the Amazon rain forests were remarkably unaffected in the face of once-in-a-century drought in 2005, neither dying nor thriving, contrary to ... Read more...
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Plant hormones found to increase cotton yields during drought conditions
March 11th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 11(ANI): Scientists from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have found that a naturally occurring class of plant hormones called cytokinins has been found to help increase cotton yields during drought ... Read more...
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Avalanche kills 18 in Pakistan
February 18th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 18 (DPA) At least 18 people were killed after a large avalanche hit an alpine hamlet in Pakistan's northwestern district of Kohistan, police said Thursday.
Kohistan police chief Mohammad Ilyas said ... Read more...
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Maximise benefits of rural jobs scheme : PM
February 2nd, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday called for better
coordination between the government's flagship rural jobs scheme and other matching welfare programmes to accelerate the development of ... Read more...
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Mapping soybean genome may help fight world hunger
February 2nd, 2010 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have identified and recorded more than 1 billion base pairs of soybean DNA, which could lead to improvements for one of the world's ... Read more...
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Hair reveals ancient Peruvians were stressed out
December 3rd, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 3 (ANI): Scientists have across evidence in the form of a stress hormone in the hair of Peruvian individuals who lived between 550 A.D. and 1532 that suggests that people ... Read more...
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Bundelkhand gets Rs.7,266 crore drought relief package (Lead)
November 19th, 2009 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved a Rs.7,266 crore package for drought relief and agricultural development of the Bundelkhand region, that spans Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, ... Read more...
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Punjab procures 130 lakh tonnes paddy
November 10th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) Over 130 lakh tonnes of paddy have been procured in Punjab this season, officials here said Tuesday.
Over 98 percent of the paddy procured was purchased by government agencies, ... Read more...
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