The New Indian Express

It’s been almost a month since the monsoon season officially set in, but the continued dry spell in many parts of the state has led to water levels in most major reservoirs depleting to alarming levels. The total quantum of water available in the four major reservoirs in the Cauvery basin, as of Saturday, is just about 14 tmcft.

Newsgram

In order to improve women’s lives and household nutrition and health outcomes in rural India, policies need to be context-specific, taking into consideration factors such as caste and location, says new research led by an Indian-origin scientist from University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England. . Read more at: https://www.newsgram.com/research-policies-need-context-specific-improve-womens-rural-india

The Sangai Express

Inadequate rainfall has been posing a serious challenge to paddy cultivation both in the hills and valley of the State. A top official of Agriculture Department said that the total area under paddy cultivation in the valley districts of the State is 1,13,000 hectares while 82,000 hectares in the hill districts are used for jhum cultivation of paddy. It is reported that Chief Minister N Biren would hold a high level meeting tomorrow and discuss about several measures which can help cultivation of paddy in the valley. An action plan may be formulated at the meeting which would be attended by officials of Agriculture Department, Water Resources Department, Minor Irrigation Department and other relevant departments in order ...

The Hans India

Stating that the government would definitely say ‘no’ to costly power hereafter, Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has categorically directed officials to take stringent steps to plug loopholes and revamp the existing system in AP power sector to make it more transparent and accountable to protect the interests of people and provide cost-effective power, according to Minister for Energy, Forest, and Environment Balineni Srinivasa Reddy.

The Economic Times

On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through his radio address, implored the nation to make a collective effort to tackle India’s water crisis. The country must, indeed, wage a war on water usage before it runs dry. GoI has to aggressively manage demand, and recycle sewage water. Unpopular as it may seem, a system of incentives and disincentives is necessary to alter how consumers use water. Without this, and mass citizen participation, this water crisis will sink us.

The Hans India

India is an agricultural country and students who opt courses pertaining to agriculture have a wide scope of job opportunities in the government sector, said Venkat A Naidu, managing director of Dr KN Modi University.