44% of tillers under crop insurance
SC Asks Why Farmer Suicides Are Up Despite Centre's Much-Hyped Scheme With a spurt in farmers' suicides in the recent past, the Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre's much-hyped crop insurance
Dhananjay Mahapatra
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Over 12,000 farm suicides per year: Centre
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana Among 7 States Accounting For 87.5% Of Deaths The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that despite a multi-pronged approach to improve income and social security
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Man claims cell tower gave him cancer, SC shuts it down
First In Country To Be Closed On Individual's Plea A 42-year-old domestic help will go down in history as the man who persuaded the Supreme Court to shut down a mobile phone tower on the ground that its
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Cauvery: K'taka to give TN 6k cusecs a day till Sept 27
Brushing aside Karnataka's plea that release of any more Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu would plunge Bengaluru into a drinking water crisis, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the state to give 6,000 cusecs
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Have flexi office timings to reduce peak traffic: CPCB
NEW DELHI: As part of an action plan to control pollution, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed Delhi and other NCR states to consider introduction of flexi-staggered office timings
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May lift ban on sale of big diesel cars in NCR: SC
In what will be a major relief to auto makers and those seeking to buy diesel SUVs and cars with engine capacity of more than 2000cc, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday it is considering lifting the ban
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Supreme Court allows diesel tourist taxis to run as Delhi cabs
New Delhi: It will be business as usual for 64,000-odd all-India tourist permit (AITP) diesel taxis in the National Capital Region, as the Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted its 10-day ban on these cabs,
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SC: Any proof that smoking causes cancer?
Hears Plea On Making Packets Colourless The Supreme Court on Tuesday surprised many by asking whether there was conclusive proof to say that smoking cigarettes caused cancer. Hearing a petition seeking
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Badarpur power plant a health hazard: Salve
New Delhi: Amicus curiae Harish Salve, assisting the Supreme Court in the fight to reduce pollution in the National Capital Region, on Wednesday called NTPC's Badarpur power plant a "health hazard" and
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‘Govt’s fuel policy main culprit behind pollution’
With 'polluting' diesel cars becoming a concern leading to a ban on registration of big diesel cars and SUVs in the National Capital Region (NCR) till March 31, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers