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Kavitha Iyer
Kavitha Iyer works as Associate Editor with The Indian Express, Mumbai.
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Film on onion price crash makes a mark
July 01, 2019 03:37 IST
A gentle probing of agriculture produce purchase mechanisms, the film follows a father-son duo to the mandi, the marketplace, to tell the story of lakhs of onion and vegetable farmers who have suffered dramatic price collapses in recent years.
Mon, Jul 01, 2019
Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana: 45 lakh farmers’ claims accepted for 2018 Kharif seasonSubscriber Only
June 26, 2019 03:45 IST
Data shows that while 49.8 lakh farmers received payments for claims they made under the Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in 2017 Kharif season, 45 lakh farmers’ claims were accepted for the 2018 Kharif season.
Wed, Jun 26, 2019
Maharashtra: Fewer farmers get crop insurance than in 2017 Kharif seasonSubscriber Only
June 26, 2019 01:39 IST
Data shows that while 49.8 lakh farmers received payments for claims they made under the Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in 2017 Kharif season, 45 lakh farmers’ claims were accepted for the 2018 Kharif season.
Wed, Jun 26, 2019Crop insurance: Farmers say claim rejections high despite droughtSubscriber Only
June 22, 2019 05:53 IST
The Shiv Sena, which is holding a region-wide drive to assist these farmers, says Aurangabad district alone would have 10,000 to 12,000 such cases of rejection on technical ground.
Sat, Jun 22, 2019
Marathwada: Zero rabi crop, bone dry wells, serial hunger strikes in despairSubscriber Only
June 20, 2019 04:41 IST
More than half the villages where the state Groundwater Survey and Development Agency’s summer survey found a depletion of over 3 metres from the five-year average are in Marathwada — 1,467 villages.
Thu, Jun 20, 2019
Maharashtra Economic Survey: Crop sector growth to dip by 8% this yearSubscriber Only
June 18, 2019 02:40 IST
In five of the last seven years, the state has reported depressed growth in the farm sector on account of low rainfall and poor irrigation infrastructure.
Tue, Jun 18, 2019
Slowing down of crop loans discussed in meeting chaired by CM FadnavisSubscriber Only
June 08, 2019 03:03 IST
Access to credit still major worry for farmers ahead of sowing season
Sat, Jun 08, 2019
The memorabilia I inherited is worthy of any museum: Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
June 03, 2019 02:33 IST
Filmmaker and writer Rinki Roy Bhattacharya is currently holding a retrospective of films starring Nutan to mark the latter’s 83rd birth anniversary. The daughter of film legend Bimal Roy talks to The Indian Express about preserving her father’s legacy.
Mon, Jun 03, 2019
Trauma from casteism: Students say need mental health facilities, support groupsSubscriber Only
June 01, 2019 03:36 IST
While on the one hand, these discussions reiterate that discrimination takes multiple forms, on the other hand, some are also drawing attention to the need for accessible and affordable mental health care for those suffering distress associated with subtle and unsubtle casteism.
Sat, Jun 01, 2019
Maharashtra: In debut, VBA polls 41 lakh votes, king-maker in several seatsSubscriber Only
May 25, 2019 13:25 IST
The votes polled by the VBA candidate were in excess of the margin in two more seats — Chandrapur where the Congress candidate won and Amravati where an NCP-supported Independent won.
Sat, May 25, 2019
Nanded: Chikhalikar, whose journey began in Congress, comes full circle with victory over ChavanSubscriber Only
May 25, 2019 05:07 IST
BJP leaders in Nanded said the plan to wrest the seat was in the making for two years at least, with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis himself taking charge of the strategy.
Sat, May 25, 2019
Anger real, but Maratha voters did not look to rout Shiv Sena-BJPSubscriber Only
May 25, 2019 04:41 IST
While Marathas typically have a mixed voting pattern, historian-author Shrimant Kokate of the Sambhaji Brigade said that the Congress-NCP was unable to cash in on the community’s disenchantment with the state government.
Sat, May 25, 2019
Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections: Nationalism trumps drought in MarathwadaSubscriber Only
May 24, 2019 05:45 IST
Across these regions, where mitigation measures to tackle a grave water and fodder scarcity had barely begun during the election campaign, BJP leaders had run a campaign almost entirely on issues of national security, the Pulwama attack and the Balakot airstrike.
Fri, May 24, 2019
Marathwada: Major upset for Congress, Sena; VBA makes debutSubscriber Only
May 24, 2019 05:09 IST
The Congress also lost in Hingoli, where sitting MP Rajeev Satav had preferred not to contest. Congress candidate Subhash Wankhede, an import from the Sena, lost to the Sena’s Hemant Patil by over 2,37,000 votes.
Fri, May 24, 2019
Jillian Haslam’s journey finds its way to Hollywood studiosSubscriber Only
May 22, 2019 07:53 IST
In Mumbai after a hectic trip involving visits to her 7 feet by 7 feet home below a staircase in Kidderpore and the dormitory of her former boarding school, Sholder says Haslam’s story is a very cinematic subject, “almost like a Charles Dickens classic, a great and improbable tale with twists and turns”.
Wed, May 22, 2019
Mumbai: Aarey’s tribals set to battle for rights over land, seek to use FRASubscriber Only
May 18, 2019 01:57 IST
Aarey is home to over 20 tribal hamlets, their rice plantations and vegetable fields, as well as a wide variety of flora and fauna, a lake and winding roads in densely-wooded areas, besides cattle farms and nurseries.
Sat, May 18, 2019
Tunnelling under the Mithi: how Mumbai Metro is meeting the challengeSubscriber Only
May 15, 2019 00:27 IST
Seventeen Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) lowered by contractors of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd into Mumbai’s belly have now completed burrowing through about half the 33.5-km route of the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro Rail, India’s first fully underground Metro system.
Wed, May 15, 2019
Colaba-Bandra-Seepz line: A 170-m Metro tunnel that will go right under Mithi riverSubscriber Only
May 13, 2019 08:10 IST
As work continues on India’s first completely underground Metro Rail line, the section between the Dharavi and Bandra Kurla Complex stations will also witness India’s second under-river tunnelling for a mass transit project, after similar subway tunnel construction beneath the Hooghly in Kolkata.
Mon, May 13, 2019
Mumbai: Trained as caregivers, 24 tribal youth set to be placed in citiesSubscriber Only
May 09, 2019 02:55 IST
Earlier this week, 24 tribal youth completed a three-month course as caregivers, all of them set to be placed in coming days with hospitals or at residences of senior citizens requiring assistance. A second batch of 30 adivasi youth began their training on Wednesday.
Thu, May 09, 2019
Groundwater depletes in 279 talukas, Marathwada worst hitSubscriber Only
May 08, 2019 03:55 IST
Of the 76 talukas in Marathwada’s eight districts, 72 are facing serious depletion in groundwater levels, with more than 5,000 villages in this region recording a dip of more than one metre when compared to the five-year average.
Wed, May 08, 2019No BoM loans for drought-hit farmers: ‘Step anti-farmer, insensitive’Subscriber Only
May 01, 2019 03:57 IST
Farmer leaders said fresh credit seems to be a problem for farmers in various parts of the state where after two or three years of drought, very large sections of the rural population will require credit in coming weeks, in preparation for the kharif sowing season.
Wed, May 01, 2019
Lok Sabha polls 2019: Falling onion, tomato prices could make BJP sweat in final phase in MaharashtraSubscriber Only
April 27, 2019 08:47 IST
If minimum support price for oilseeds and pulses and cane dues were the issues in the first three phases of polling in Maharashtra, the final phase on Monday will see large swathes of the state’s tomato and onion-growing belt going to polls.
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
A shoemaker, woman football coach, hip-hop artiste: TEDx to feature Dharavi’s inspiring storiesSubscriber Only
April 27, 2019 07:50 IST
Raghuveer Surupa, one of the organisers of TEDx Dharavi, is an IIM alumnus who has organised previous TEDx talks, including at IIM Ranchi and BITS Hyderabad. Among those scheduled to speak is Megha Gupta, who set up online platform Dharavimarket.com for Dharavi’s artisans.
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
Nearly quarter of Mumbai and Thane candidates ‘did not complete Class X’Subscriber Only
April 25, 2019 03:06 IST
These findings are part of an analysis of the election affidavits of all 139 candidates contesting in the seven constituencies, conducted by non-partisan civil society group Mumbai Votes through their Informed Voter Project.
Thu, Apr 25, 2019
Damanganga-Vaitarna-Godavari project: Their water under threat from river linking, tribals want candidates to oppose projectSubscriber Only
April 19, 2019 01:44 IST
Under the project, dams will be constructed in five villages of Mokhada - Nilmati, Ghatkarpada, Pulachiwadi, Bedukpada and Udhale. Wednesday’s rally saw villagers from these villages participating, as well as those from nearby villages and hamlets.
Fri, Apr 19, 2019Journalism of Courage
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