Smart farming in a warm world
Over the last decade, many of Bundelkhand’s villages have faced significant depopulation. Famous of late for farmer protests, the region, which occupies parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, has been
Bundelkhand
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Avaada Power commits Rs 10,000 cr investment in UP
Avaada Power, a clean energy company, today said it will invest Rs 10,000 crore in setting up 1,600 MW solar projects in Uttar Pradesh. The firm signed an MoU with the UP government during Investors
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86 lakh farmers benefited from loan waiver in UP: Minister
Meerut: Uttar Pradesh health minister Siddharth Nath Singh, while giving his government’s report card after 100 days in power, on Wednesday declared that 86 lakh farmers in the state have benefitted from
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Three more farmers end lives in Madhya Pradesh, 20 suicides in fortnight
BHOPAL: Distressed over their debts, three more peasants allegedly ended their lives in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the number of farmers' suicide in the state to 20 since June 8. While
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'Green Marriage' to create environmental awareness
One may have heard of big fat Indian weddings displaying the wealth more than anything else. But a small village in Uttar Pradesh's parched Bundelkhand region was recently witness to a wedding with a difference.
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Environmentalists oppose plan to link Indian rivers
Environmentalists on Thursday lambasted ambitious plans to bring much needed water to remote central India by linking two rivers, in the latest clash over dwindling water resources. The Ken-Betwa project
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Water conservation programme for Budelkhand to be launched tomorrow
The Centre has planned an extensive water conservation programme for drought prone areas of Bundelkhand (Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh), Marathwada (Maharashtra) and Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput
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Madhya Pradesh tiger shifted due to river-link project
The “controversial” Ken-Betwa river-linking project proposed in poverty-ridden Bundelkhand region in Madhya Pradesh has found its first victim in Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), robbing the national park of
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Rain fury: Flood damage in state pegged at Rs 1000 crore
BHOPAL: Floods have triggered an agrarian crisis in Madhya Pradesh and farmers of Vindhya, Bundelkhand and western MP areas worst-hit. However, the government's silence on compensation has been attributed
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Illegal stone mining: Forest ranger opens fire in Panna
BHOPAL: Amid increasing number of incidents of confrontation between forest department and mining mafia, a range officer opened fire to stop a tractor-trolley carrying illegally mined stones from reserved