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crop failure news

2 debt-ridden farmers die by suicide after crop loss

Both the farmers allegedly ended their lives as they faced mounting debts following crop failure due to heavy rains (File photo)
Updated on Sept 28, 2024 08:10 am IST

Food, fuel, fodder: The maize challenge

A farmer irrigates a maize crop field. (AFP Photo)
Published on Dec 11, 2023 08:41 pm IST

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Tabletop mushrooms grown by the lab. (Kasper Kristoffersen)
Updated on Nov 24, 2023 09:33 pm IST

Levy of fuel surcharge a blow to power consumers: Hooda

Leader of Opposition and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the levy of FSA has delivered yet another blow to the consumers, who are already suffering from inflation. (HT File)
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 09:04 pm IST

Heatwave impact: Wheat yield falls by 13.5% in Punjab

Heatwave impact: Wheat yield falls by 13.5% in Punjab (HT)
Updated on May 11, 2022 03:00 am IST

As Andhra reels under drought, CM Jagan Reddy announces 2,000 cr relief fund

Jagan Reddy also announced the release of 1 crore each to all the 175 MLAs in the state, irrespective of their political affiliation, to help them take measures to resolve the drinking water scarcity in their respective constituencies.
Updated on Jul 12, 2019 11:22 am IST

Education gave this Yavatmal woman’s life a new direction

Shubhangi Jirapure with her son Om.
Published on Apr 08, 2019 08:12 am IST

2019 Lok Sabha elections: Yavatmal hopes its ground reality will change this time

The situation is no different for the family of Mohan Pawar, who committed suicide on August 28 by hanging from a tree at Morgawan village, a few km from Bodhbodan, which saw the highest number of suicides in the district.
Updated on Apr 08, 2019 01:05 am IST

2019 Lok Sabha elections: Farm widow in the fray in Yavatmal

Yede is the candidate for Prahaar Janshakti Party (PJP) led by Bacchu Kadu, an independent MLA from Achalpur Assembly constituency, which is a part of the Amravati Lok Sabha constituency
Updated on Apr 08, 2019 12:58 am IST

Crop failure drives farmer to suicide in Rajasthan

Officials said the farmer was depressed over the damage to his brinjal crop
Updated on Jan 01, 2019 01:47 pm IST

Tribal man carries wife, who took poison, on shoulders to hospital, but fails to save her

Rathod Ram (35), however, could not save his wife Pushpalatha (30), as she was declared brought dead by the doctors at the government hospital at Narnoor.
Updated on Oct 03, 2018 10:15 am IST

Farm suicides: HC tells Uttarakhand to form farmers commission within 3 months

A PIL in HC had alleged that four farmers had committed suicide in Uttarakhand last year over various reasons.
Updated on Apr 26, 2018 09:45 pm IST