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Nepal flash floods trigger Gandak alert in Bihar; several districts at risk

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- A massive flash flood originating from the Tibet-Nepal border on Wednesday has raised concerns over a possible surge in the Gandak river in Bihar, prompting authorities in the st... Read More


Heavy rain to lash north, central India; flash flood risk in several districts

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Several parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, as well as eastern and northeastern India, are likely to receive heavy rainfall, with many areas at risk of flash floods. A lo... Read More


Mint explainer: why the Centre wants to extend its Rs.10,000 crore food-processing scheme

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has sought a five-year extension for its flagship Rs.10,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM... Read More


Centre to leverage AI for maintaining rural roads

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- New Delhi: The Centre is planning to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into e-MARG to enable GPS-enabled dashcam footage to replace isolated manual photographs during road i... Read More


IMD forecasts widespread rain across central, northeast India; monsoon activity to stay subdued over peninsular region

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- A low-pressure area over northeast Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas is likely to trigger isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall in east Madhya Pradesh on 22 August, while monsoo... Read More


Mint Explainer | PM Modi's 'Sapt Dhara': India's farm-to-food strategy and why it matters

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address put agriculture alongside manufacturing, technology, infrastructure and defence as one of seven streams driving India towa... Read More


India allows duty-free sugar imports as prices surge

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- India has allowed duty-free imports of up to 1 million tonnes of raw sugar until 31 October, marking its first significant sugar import, as the government moves to cool soaring d... Read More


India's reservoir storage deficit narrows, but water stress persists

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- India's reservoir storage deficit has narrowed sharply over the past month as a revival in monsoon rainfall replenished water levels, offering some relief for irrigation and drin... Read More


India's fertilizer subsidy faces a waste problem

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- India is spending more to subsidize fertilizer even as much of what farmers apply to their fields is lost before crops can use it. Around two-thirds of fertilizer applied to cro... Read More


Monsoon rains to intensify across east, central and north India as depression forms

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- A depression over Jharkhand and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal is set to intensify monsoon rainfall across parts of eastern and central India over the next two days, with isolate... Read More