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    Saying that water shortages will reflect in paucity of water for irrigation, the report says both, agriculture and industry will be impacted by the...
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    CAQM Sets a Target of 4.5 Crore Plantations for NCR During FY 2024-25

    Various central government agencies in the NCR have also been asked to target about 12,07,000 plantations as per the plans for FY 2024-25 as...
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    Agriculture

    New Report Highlights Urgent Need for Climate-Resilient Strategies for Marginal Farmers

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    Will the Move Towards a Cleaner, Sustainable Future Carry Along Coal Miners?

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    The Story of Basmati: A Story for Our Times, Going Two Centuries Back

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    Mines Ministry Launches Fourth Tranche of Auction of Critical and Strategic Minerals

    The union minister of coal and mines and the minister of state for coal and mines also declared the preferred bidders for the six...
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    Disaster Management

    Home Ministry Hosts High-Level Meeting to Review Preparedness for Flood Management

    Union home minister, Amit Shah, emphasised on the need to integrate weather, rainfall and flood warning related apps developed by various departments. Union home minister,...
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    Animals and wildlife

    NDDB to Execute Upgradation of Biocontainment Facility

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    Sri Lanka’s Middle Class Shrinks as Nearly 400,000 Households Slide Down Income Ladder, Says Boston Consulting Group

    BCG says that policymakers and businesses alike will need strategies that address both the scale of the rural middle class and the constraints facing households that have slipped downward if the gains of recovery are to become more widely shared.
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    India Ranks 100th on Global Hunger Index 2026 as Child Wasting Hits Highest Level in South Asia

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