The extended monsoon in India, projected to linger into late September, carries mixed implications for the country’s agricultural sector. While monsoon rains are crucial for the nation’s farming, which depends on them to irrigate fields and replenish reservoirs, an unusually prolonged season could spell trouble for summer-sown crops nearing harvest.
The rainy season has always been a time of anticipation and activity in the sal forests of Junglemahal, where the wild edible mushroom Astraeus hygrometricus, locally known as Kurkur Chhattu, flourishes.
Makar Sankranti is one of the most auspicious days for Hindus when they take a dip in holy rivers; it’s also a day to enjoy, feast, donate and meditate
The deceased farmer was identified as Moolchand Maina, a resident of Bijukhedi village in Vidisha district.
In January 2015, students in south India displayed remarkable initiative at a civic festival. Ten students from East/West School, Bengaluru,…
