The Billion dollar startups Ola and Uber have helped barely 5 percent of their drivers despite asking users for donations to contribute to their relief funds during the #Covid lockdown crisis. Since several weeks, Uber users have been inundated with push notifications seeking contributions for its drivers; almost all of whom have been out of […]
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Farmers Are In ‘Deep Trouble’ After Unseasonal Rains Crop Destruction In Telangana
Telangana farmers are in trouble after unseasonal rains destroyed much of their standing paddy, maize and cotton crops in September and October. Most districts of the state registered a huge rainfall excess in September, which affected paddy, maize and cotton crops. Rainfall has been erratic this year. It was unevenly distributed during the monsoon months. […]
Over 1000 Farmer Suicides Occured In KCR Regime In Telangana!
More than 1,000 farmers had committed suicide in Telangana in the last four years of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi regime, going by the statistics provided by the government itself. On August 1, the TRS government issued a GO releasing Rs 14.58 crore towards payment of ex-gratia to families of 243 farmers who had committed suicide […]
Why All The ‘Farmers’ In Krishna District Of Andhra Pradesh ‘Keeping Away’ From Active Elections?
This poll season, farmers, mostly womenfolk, are forced to confine themselves to agricultural fields, keeping away from the election fever and campaign. Farmers across the Krishna district are now busy harvesting black gram, maize and post-harvesting activities of paddy that was stored in the open in the fields. Women contribute a major share of work in […]