drought

Warming climate affecting snowfall, raising risk of summer droughts: Study

June 06, 2024 1:05 am

Seasonal stream flows in less snowy areas are delayed as winters are becoming drier and warm-season rain arrives later in the year becoming a more dominant source of river flow.

Suffering drought, heat, blackouts, Mexicans head to the polls

May 30, 2024 7:31 pm

Dwindling rainfall, outdated infrastructure and the El Nino weather phenomenon have contributed to particularly strong droughts, experts say.

Human rights panel summons chief secretary over colleges not giving fee waivers

May 09, 2024 9:26 pm

GR directed colleges to waive fees for student from drought-hit areas

Long, dry spell: Drought conditions could cause food inflation

May 03, 2024 11:58 pm

Low water levels in reservoirs frame post-election challenge. Food inflation must be contained

Barren fields and empty stomachs: Afghanistan’s long, punishing drought

March 19, 2024 7:16 pm

Several years of punishing drought has displaced entire swaths of rural Afghanistan, leaving millions of children malnourished and plunging already impoverished families into deeper desperation.

Express View on Bengaluru’s looming water crisis: The warning

March 16, 2024 9:25 am

Bengaluru's woes are a crisis foretold. Other Indian cities must learn lessons from it

Drought-hit Karnataka to release water for irrigation one last time before the next monsoon

January 08, 2024 9:22 am

Karnataka has been facing its worst drought in recent years due to monsoon failure. As many as 216 of the 236 taluks in the state have been declared drought-hit.

Himalayan region, Northeast India likely to experience more flash drought events in near future, flags expert

December 05, 2023 6:33 am

The findings of the study conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar (IITGN) by research scholar Shanti Shwarup Mahto further reveal that over 80 per cent of the country-level flash droughts occurred during the monsoon season.

Drought declared in 40 tehsils, govt to now treat revenue circles as unit

November 07, 2023 3:13 pm

Under the present revenue administration, each district is divided into sub-divisions for administrative convenience. Each division may consist of 4 to 5 talukas. These talukas are further subdivided into revenue circles.

Amid drought and rain deficit, rabi sowing slows in Maharashtra

November 05, 2023 5:07 pm

Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde has expressed concern that the area under rabi sowing is likely to decrease by 7.89 lakh hectares in 2023-24.

3,000 communities struggle to survive as drought dries up the Andes

December 03, 2022 1:16 pm

China's rivers dry up amid its worst drought on record

August 24, 2022 11:12 am

Last week, the country issued its first national drought alert of the year, after areas like Shanghai, the Yangtze Delta region and Sichuan province in southwest China reported weeks of severe heat.

Record temperatures, dry rivers, fires: Drought declared in several parts of Britain

August 13, 2022 2:37 pm

A drought has been officially declared in some parts of southern and central England, following the driest summer of the past fifty years.

‘If they die, we all die’: Drought kills in Kenya

November 08, 2021 6:31 pm

As world leaders address a global climate summit in Glasgow, pastoralists in Kenya watch their beloved animals suffer from lack of water and food.

On Day 2, protesting farmers march towards Mumbai’s Azad Maidan

June 22, 2020 6:10 pm

Thousands of farmers and tribals began a march from different parts of Maharashtra to culminate at Azad Maidan and ask for some of their long-pending demands to be met.

Video Of The Water Train Reaching Latur

April 20, 2016 12:00 pm

Third Of India Drought-Hit, Govt To SC

April 20, 2016 11:52 am

Crisis call for Ethiopia as food aid due to run out soon

February 10, 2016 1:33 pm

Focus attention on farmers affected by drought: Rahul Gandhi to Centre

January 23, 2016 12:39 pm

Mahoba, Jan 23 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday addressed a gathering in Mahoba district of the Bundelkhand region and said that the government should focus its attention to Bundelhand's drought-affected farmers. He added that the Congress would urge the Narendra Modi-led Government to take steps to uplift lives of farmers in Bundelkhand.

Rahul Gandhi meets villagers in UP's Mahoba district

January 23, 2016 12:37 pm

Mahoba, Jan 23 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi met villagers in Mahoba district of the Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Earlier in the day, Rahul held a 'padyatra' in the drought-hit region. Drought conditions and unseasonable rains have destroyed winter crops in the area. In the past few years, several farmers have committed suicide due to poor crop production in Bundelkhand. The Congress vice-president will also hold meetings with women self-help group at the Supa railway station.

Explained: How El Niño will affect India

June 06, 2020 3:42 pm