As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.
Fund-collection efforts and organisational work is taking place under banner of Markazi Milli Muslim League, banned in both India and the US as a front-organisation of LeT.
The forced evacuations started on Friday ahead of the Indian warning and have continued to date, said a spokesperson at Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority.
During his visit, Trump avoided questions on plans to shrink Federal Emergency Management Agency, as pressure grows over whether more could’ve been done before the July 4 floods.
Officials say toll is likely to rise by Tuesday as the scale of the disaster becomes clearer. So far, over 850 people have been rescued and 41 remain missing.
Rescue operations are underway as houses collapse in Baramati and around 30 people remain stranded in Phaltan, Satara. The districts of Pune, Solapur, Raigad, and the Mumbai-MMR region have received heavy rainfall.
The ruling came in a case where a developer challenged Haryana’s reclassification of its land near the flood-prone Tangri River from 'residential' to 'agricultural'.
As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.
New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour.
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In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
So, there will be a shortage of rice for ethanol? I say that’s a good thing. This whole business of growing more subsidized rice from tax money, and then selling the ethanol again to the taxpayer, needs to stop. Ask Punjab farmers to switch to pulses and oilseeds and cotton instead, to reduce our imports. Everyone will benefit from this.
Punjab is not India’s rice bowl. Telangana is.
So, there will be a shortage of rice for ethanol? I say that’s a good thing. This whole business of growing more subsidized rice from tax money, and then selling the ethanol again to the taxpayer, needs to stop. Ask Punjab farmers to switch to pulses and oilseeds and cotton instead, to reduce our imports. Everyone will benefit from this.