In North India, unforgiving heatwaves have reduced the yield and quality of wheat this year

The early onset of high temperatures in March resulted in an estimated 10%-35% reduction in crop yields in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Kapil Kajal

· Jun 09, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Lakhimpur Kheri case witness shot at in Uttar Pradesh

Two bike-borne men intercepted a vehicle that farmer leader Dilbag Singh was travelling in and fired at a tyre and the window pane on the driver’s side.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 01, 2022 · 12:43 pm

No market, pest infestations and low yield: How organic farming along Ganga in Bihar is floundering

As the Centre makes a push for organic farming along the river in other states, it must look at lessons from the fundamental flaws in the Bihar model.

Umesh Kumar Ray

· May 15, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Cocoa farmers in Ghana are paying for the world’s sweet tooth for chocolate

‘Cocoa sustainability’ is a new form of colonisation in Africa because its real goal is to prevent planters from diversifying away from cocoa into other crops.

Michael E Odijie, The Conversation

· May 05, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Lakhimpur violence: Judge who granted bail to Ashish Mishra recuses himself from hearing fresh plea

Justice Rajeev Singh of the Allahabad HC refused to hear the plea after the Supreme Court overturned his previous verdict.

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· Apr 28, 2022 · 10:44 am

Ashish Mishra returns to jail days after SC cancelled his bail in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

The son of Union minister Ajay Mishra will be kept in a separate barrack because of security concerns, the prison superintendent said.

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· Apr 24, 2022 · 05:12 pm

Ashish Mishra’s bail cancelled by Supreme Court in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

A bench led by the chief justice asked the Union minister’s son to surrender in a week.

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· Apr 18, 2022 · 10:46 am

Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC to deliver verdict on Monday on plea seeking to cancel Ashish Mishra’s bail

The son of Union minister Ajay Mishra is accused of running over people in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. He had walked out of jail on February 15.

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· Apr 17, 2022 · 01:08 pm

Lakhimpur Kheri case: Ashish Mishra is not a flight risk, UP government tells Supreme Court

Witnesses have been provided security and there is no threat, the state told a three-judge bench headed by the chief justice.

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· Apr 04, 2022 · 01:25 pm

Lakhimpur Kheri: File plea against Ashish Mishra’s bail, judge monitoring probe tells UP government

The former judge has recommended that the Uttar Pradesh government challenge the bail granted to Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son.

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· Mar 30, 2022 · 01:25 pm

Lakhimpur Kheri case: UP government tells SC it had ‘vehemently opposed’ Ashish Mishra’s bail

The Allahabad High Court had granted bail to Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son on February 10 and he walked out of jail on February 15.

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· Mar 29, 2022 · 04:41 pm

Ensure Lakhimpur Kheri case witnesses are protected, Supreme Court tells UP government

During an earlier hearing of the plea to cancel accused Ashish Mishra’s bail, the petitioners had alleged that a prime witness had been attacked.

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· Mar 16, 2022 · 12:56 pm