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India’s summer crop planting lags as monsoon rains taper off

By Parveen Kumar on July 10, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

NEW DELHI, July 10 – Indian farmers have planted 49.9 million hectares (123 million acres) with summer crops, down 10.43% from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, as monsoon rains taper off after a strong start last month. Farmers typically start planting […]

U.N. says 100,000 Rohingya in grave danger from monsoon rains

By Parveen Kumar on January 30, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

open view web desk GENEVA – More than 100,000 Rohingya refugees huddled in squalid, muddy camps in Bangladesh will be in grave danger from landslides when the mid-year monsoon season begins, a U.N. humanitarian report said. There are now more than 900,000 Rohingyas in the Cox’s Bazar area […]