Revisiting demonetisation: ‘Cashless’ village in Maharashtra has returned to cash

Many shop owners in Dhasai have packed up their card swiping machines, citing network issues and lack of cards among customers.

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· Sep 18, 2017 · 09:00 am

In charts: Farmers across India are sowing more cotton, less oilseeds and pulses

Cotton acreage has increased by 18%.

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· Sep 05, 2017 · 06:30 am

It isn’t just #MumbaiRains: Silvassa, parts of Konkan received heavy showers too

Meanwhile, the toll in Bihar floods has crossed 500.

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· Aug 29, 2017 · 10:15 pm

Met department says monsoon is going well, but reservoirs across India tell a different story

The department has predicted 98% of the average rainfall this season.

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· Aug 26, 2017 · 07:30 am

Chinese-Indians in Canada want India to apologise for interning them during 1962 war

Nearly 3,000 Chinese-Indians were rounded up during the month-long war and after, and sent to an internment camp in Rajasthan. Many were held for four years.

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· Aug 24, 2017 · 09:00 am

The DD Files: When Shyam Benegal brought India’s entire history to TV screens in ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’

Benegal’s monumental series, based on ‘A Discovery of India’, is Nehruvian in scope and its lapses.

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· Aug 20, 2017 · 09:15 am

One year and 57 rallies later, ‘silent’ Maratha mega rally in Mumbai finds its voice

Maharashtra’s dominant caste made a show of strength in the state capital on Wednesday.

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· Aug 10, 2017 · 10:30 am

Ground water authority might expand areas where water-guzzling industries can operate

A draft notification on the Central Ground Water Authority’s website seems to relax the rules laid out in 2015.

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· Aug 07, 2017 · 09:00 am

Food Corporation lost Rs 35,701 crore during 2011-2016 because government delayed payments, says CAG

The Comptroller and Auditor General also blamed the Food Corporation of allowing five lakh tonnes of food grains to rot in Punjab.

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· Aug 06, 2017 · 10:30 am

An unusual weather phenomenon explains why eastern and western India are flooding

There are two low pressure areas over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea at the same time.

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· Jul 25, 2017 · 09:00 am

‘Nothing has changed since the protests’: Why farmers are still getting low prices for their crops

Only tomato fetches good money currently but most cultivators do not benefit.

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· Jul 21, 2017 · 09:00 am

Low rain for river basins in peninsular India spells trouble for months ahead

This is even as parts of north western and north eastern India face floods and farmers in central India brace for crop failure.

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· Jul 12, 2017 · 06:30 am