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Ford to slash 4,000 jobs in Europe as dip in EV sales, subsidized Chinese rivals, scanty govt sops pose roadblocks
1 month ago

Ford to slash 4,000 jobs in Europe as dip in EV sales, subsidized Chinese rivals, scanty govt sops pose roadblocks

Live Mint  

Ford Motor Co. has announced plans to reduce its European workforce by 14%—eliminating 4,000 jobs by the end of 2027—as it faces mounting challenges in the electric vehicle market. The move comes amid sluggish sales, stiff competition from subsidized Chinese automakers, and what Ford describes as a lack of government support for EV adoption, as per an Associated Press report. …

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Kuruvai yield down 50 per cent in Thanjavur, farmers blame climate change
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Kuruvai yield down 50 per cent in Thanjavur, farmers blame climate change

New Indian Express  

THANJAVUR: Even as kuruvai paddy harvesting is under way in the district, farmers in several areas complain that the yield has dropped as compared to last year. While they mention the average paddy yield hovering over 4,624 kg/hectare and 5,000 kg/ hectare, which itself is lower than the 5,500 kg/ha recorded last year, farmers complain the yield this time is …

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Scanty solutions for safety
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Scanty solutions for safety

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: There are parts of the world where gender segregation occurs for reasons of anti-sexuality driven morality codes. It is also, in a strange way, semi-progressive: it exists in certain contexts in order to protect women — from Indian men and their obscene and violent ways. Ladies’ compartments have been a fixture on certain short-haul trains in Indian cities for …

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Prolonged monsoon may spoil crops; scanty rain hurts paddy in UP
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Prolonged monsoon may spoil crops; scanty rain hurts paddy in UP

Hindustan Times  

A surplus monsoon has helped to expand the area planted with key kharif or summer-sown crops but flooding in several states and scanty showers in others pose risks to farm output, analysts said. Last week, Karnataka revenue minister Krishna Byre Gowda said 58 people died due to widespread flooding in the state, which had damaged crops in 80,000 hectares. Heavy …

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Amid rain deficit, rise in agriculture power usage costs state additional ₹1,125 crore
4 months, 1 week ago

Amid rain deficit, rise in agriculture power usage costs state additional ₹1,125 crore

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab government is facing a staggering financial burden because of the scanty monsoon rainfall during the critical paddy transplantation season, driving a significant surge in agriculture power consumption. This sharp rise in power usage has added an extra ₹1,125 crore to the state government’s subsidy bill as the government provides free electricity to approximately 14 lakh agriculture tubewells across …

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Paddy production likely to be hit in U.P. as 35 districts face rain deficit
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paddy production likely to be hit in U.P. as 35 districts face rain deficit

Hindustan Times  

Rice production in Uttar Pradesh may get affected this year as the state has achieved only 88% of the paddy sowing target so far even as the sowing season for Kharif season has almost ended, people in the know of things said. The situation arises from uneven and deficit rainfall in most parts of the state which overall received 112% …

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Scanty rainfall worry for farmers of Sambalpur
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Scanty rainfall worry for farmers of Sambalpur

New Indian Express  

SAMBALPUR: The much-anticipated monsoon has disappointed the farmers in the district which has recorded scanty rainfall hampering the process of kharif cultivation. While the below-average rainfall this monsoon has slowed down agricultural activities in the district, the farmers are apprehensive about the possibilities of a low yield this season. Of the nine blocks in the district, except Dhankauda and Maneswar, …

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Scorching summer leaves its mark on Kerala’s farm sector
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Scorching summer leaves its mark on Kerala’s farm sector

The Hindu  

The scorching summer heat has dealt a sharp blow to the State’s farm sector, affecting close to 25,000 farmers and destroying crops — primarily banana, cardamom and paddy — worth ₹100.50 crore, as per the latest available data. Nearly half the affected farmers hit by the summer conditions are from Idukki, according to a preliminary report compiled by the State …

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Review: Made by a solo Coen brother, ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ is trashy fun and exceedingly disposable
10 months ago

Review: Made by a solo Coen brother, ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ is trashy fun and exceedingly disposable

LA Times  

It’s fascinating that Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, longtime filmmaking collaborators and spouses, and the creative team behind the exploitation flick “Drive-Away Dolls,” have repeatedly — and lovingly — described their new film as “trashy” in interviews. The film itself is a “queering” of the ’90s crime caper, the kind of sardonic, ironic, muscular and oh-so-masculine film that the Coen …

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Generation at hydel projects drops by 85% in rain-deficit Himachal
11 months ago

Generation at hydel projects drops by 85% in rain-deficit Himachal

Hindustan Times  

The prolonged dry spell this winter has led to an 85% fall in power production in Himachal Pradesh. “With a rain deficit of 99.7% so far in January, there has been a significant reduction in water levels in the state’s five perennial river basins, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, Yamuna and Beas, adversely affecting generation in all power projects,” said principal secretary …

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With scanty rain and RE deficit, Karnataka falls short of power while demand surges
1 year, 2 months ago

With scanty rain and RE deficit, Karnataka falls short of power while demand surges

The Hindu  

The failure of the southwest monsoon and a surge in demand across various sectors has resulted in an unprecedented power situation in Karnataka with a mismatch in availability in demand. While the previous year’s power demand in the State on October 9 was 8,818 MW, on the same day this year, the demand is a whopping 15,403 MW, the Energy …

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Karnataka Minister calls for eye estimation survey to assess crop loss in Kalaburagi district
1 year, 3 months ago

Karnataka Minister calls for eye estimation survey to assess crop loss in Kalaburagi district

The Hindu  

Priyank Kharge, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and district in charge, directed the officials to conduct an eye estimation survey to assess crop loss due to scanty rainfall during the current Kharif season. Chairing a meeting with the officials of various departments to review the drought situation here on Saturda, Mr. Kharge ordered a survey of both agriculture …

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Satellite images show how floods ravaged Assam and Bangladesh
1 year, 3 months ago

Satellite images show how floods ravaged Assam and Bangladesh

India Today  

Continued impact of floods in many parts of India, following a season of relentless rainfall, and landslides has claimed many lives and displaced over four lakh people. A panoramic view of the Sentinel 1A SAR images of the Brahmaputra river extracted from Copernicus services - generated using an active system of recording microwave signals from the earth surface - shows …

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Why India may ban sugar exports for first time in seven years
1 year, 3 months ago

Why India may ban sugar exports for first time in seven years

Firstpost  

India is reportedly ready to ban sugar exports for the next season starting October, as scanty rainfall has affected cane yields in Maharashtra and Karnataka. With this, the Centre aims to check domestic prices and ensure adequate local supply of the sweetener India is reportedly ready to ban sugar exports for the next season starting October. India may ban sugar …

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Toolkit Case: Disha Ravi Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Modification Of Bail Condition Restricting Foreign Travel Without Prior Permission
1 year, 4 months ago

Toolkit Case: Disha Ravi Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Modification Of Bail Condition Restricting Foreign Travel Without Prior Permission

Live Law  

Climate activist Disha Ravi, accused in the 2021 “toolkit case”, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking modification of a bail condition requiring her to obtain prior permission from court each time before travelling abroad.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma reserved the order.Ravi was arrested by the Delhi Police from her Bengaluru residence on February 13, 2021. Climate activist Disha Ravi, accused …

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Himachal sees heavy tourist rush, 20,000 vehicles enter Shimla in 2 days
1 year, 8 months ago

Himachal sees heavy tourist rush, 20,000 vehicles enter Shimla in 2 days

Hindustan Times  

After a dull winter, scores of tourists were seen flocking to the Queen of Hills Shimla in the last two days. “Over 20,000 vehicles of both tourists and locals entered the state capital from the entry points at Shoghi and Ganahatti in last two days,” said superintendent of police Sanjeev Gandhi. More tourist vehicles entered the town on Saturday, “said …

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Locals, environmentalists concerned over depleting snow cover, rising temperatures in Shimla
1 year, 10 months ago

Locals, environmentalists concerned over depleting snow cover, rising temperatures in Shimla

The Hindu  

Harsh winters with heavy snowfalls beginning in December itself, covering Shimla in a white mantle of snow till March-end or even early April have become a thing of the past now. There is growing concern among environmentalists and locals over the rising temperatures and depleting snow cover that the snow line is moving upwards and the "Queen of Hills" gradually …

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Plea in Mumbai court seeks initiation of trial against Ajit Pawar, others in MSC Bank scam
2 years, 1 month ago

Plea in Mumbai court seeks initiation of trial against Ajit Pawar, others in MSC Bank scam

India Today  

An application has been filed before the special court in Mumbai that deals with cases related to Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly, praying that the court issue process against all the accused involved in the commission of offences alleged in the FIR in the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam allegedly worth Rs 25,000 crore. The case involves …

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Understanding the Durga Puja economy
2 years, 2 months ago

Understanding the Durga Puja economy

The Hindu  

There is added enthusiasm in the celebration of Kolkata’s Durga Puja after its inclusion as the 14th entry from India in UNESCO’s ‘Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’ last December. A 2013 ASSOCHAM study estimated the size of the Durga Puja industry at ₹25,000 crore, around 3.7% of West Bengal’s GDP at that time. A recent British Council …

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Vishwa Hindu Parishad hits back at BJP spokesperson Shazia Ilmi
2 years, 3 months ago

Vishwa Hindu Parishad hits back at BJP spokesperson Shazia Ilmi

The Hindu  

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s spokesperson Vinod Bansal said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party had to clarify whether it supported the views expressed by its spokesperson Shazia Ilmi in her recent article published in a national daily, in which, he alleged, she was trying to “divide the party and vitiate its image by supporting the anti-India gang crying for …

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Broken rice exports banned as scanty rain hits output
2 years, 3 months ago

Broken rice exports banned as scanty rain hits output

Live Mint  

The Union government on Friday announced a ban on exports of broken rice, a day after it imposed a 20% duty on exports of paddy, husked rice, and semi-milled rice, as it expects a 10-12 million tonnes drop in rice production this fiscal due to deficient rainfall in major rice production states such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and West …

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Vasantha’s List
2 years, 3 months ago

Vasantha’s List

The Hindu  

My first move to Chennai was as a young bride many moons and geopolitical phenomena ago. She grew agitated, advancing as I backed up against the wall… ‘Urulakizhangu?’ She moved in, curling her fingers into a ball, chopping and slicing at the air, even more frenzied. I stuck the V List on the fridge, but Vasantha’s demands grew more complex. …

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Bihar: Nitish Kumar's chopper makes emergency landing due to bad weather condition
2 years, 4 months ago

Bihar: Nitish Kumar's chopper makes emergency landing due to bad weather condition

Firstpost  

Nitish Kumar was on a scheduled aerial survey of drought-hit areas in Aurangabad, Jehanabad and Gaya districts Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s helicopter made an emergency landing in Gaya on Friday because of bad weather conditions, a senior police officer said. Kumar was on a scheduled aerial survey of drought-hit areas in Aurangabad, Jehanabad and Gaya districts. “While returning …

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Political Leaders Using The Police to Settle Political Scores is Not Democracy
2 years, 7 months ago

Political Leaders Using The Police to Settle Political Scores is Not Democracy

The Quint  

Shortly after receiving bail, Mevani was rearrested in connection with another case. A court in Assam's Barpeta later severely criticised the state police for trying to implicate Mevani in what it termed a "manufactured case" of assault on a woman constable. Maharashtra MLA Ravi Rana and MP Navneet Rana were arrested and booked for sedition for attempting to recite the …