Given the high demand for fruits in the diet of recovering COVID-19 patients, fruit vendors in Sonepat have been making a profit. Sonepat: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. And yet, the doctor-prescribed diet for covid recovering patients is making headway for the circulation of fruits in the market. With the rise of […]
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Small and marginal farmers have been affected by the delay in crediting the PM Kisan Nidhi Scheme. Mumbai: Datta Karande, a farmer from Solapur, has been dependent on the Pradhan Mantri (PM) Kisan Nidhi for the last two years to continue farming. This year, his instalment was delayed by more than a month. He said, […]
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After the online protests by ASHA workers on Monday, May 24, 2021, Rs 1000 has been credited to their accounts. Mysuru: Manju, an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker from Bannur taluk in Mysuru was surprised to see that her account had been credited with Rs 1000 by the Karnataka state health department, following online […]
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Small NGOs that stitch clothes or bags and bigger NGOs that work on sustainability and infrastructure benefits have found themselves in a pickle as lockdown restrictions grip almost the entire country. New Delhi: Rani, a single mother living in Mundka, stitches masks for a living ever since the start of the pandemic. In the beginning, […]
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Lack of focus has made it difficult for people to fulfil professional commitments. Indore: Yash* has been unable to figure out what’s wrong with him for the past two months. He finishes all the assigned work before the deadline, but every time his superiors review the work they find mistakes that could have been avoided. […]
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The process of administering vaccine on a priority basis is still too slow and not uniform, say bank employees DELHI: Many bank employees feel dissatisfied with the government’s efforts to vaccinate them on a priority basis since they have been working every day through the lockdown. Rituparna Mohapatra works at the Rourkela branch of Canara […]
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Lawn owners are hard hit with the second wave of Covid. Jaipur: Due to lockdown, and restrictions in events, wedding lawn owners are facing a loss in their business. Om Sodhani, director of Sodhani Farms Banquet and Garden said, “Our lawn has been shut since the lockdown started. As per the government guidelines, we have […]
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The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) Yaas is likely to weaken during the next six hours, IMD said. It made landfall around 8:30 A.M. today, on 26th May, about 40 km South-Southeast of Balasore, Odisha, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Around 5,76,288 people have been evacuated in Odisha so far, with 60 ODRAF […]
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Mysuru district administration, to avoid crowding, has asked all vegetable and fruit vendors to get push carts if they have to sell at open marketplaces. Mysuru: Tayamma has wonderfully arranged brinjals, carrots, tomatoes and capsicums on a push-cart. However, her face, tattooed with wrinkles, does not reflect the emotion involved in doing so. “It has […]
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Drop in demand and increase in prices have left mango farmers struggling. Ramanagara: Farmers in the district are finding it difficult to harvest mangoes that are left rotting in farms due to lockdown restrictions. Small scale farmers in Ramanagara district,the second-largest mango producer in Karnataka after Kolar district, are looking at huge losses, as restrictions […]
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