Pune District

Strong El Nino, less rainfall this year: IMD

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Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipa

'Development through Education and Education through development’ is the motto of Vigyan Ashram, a residential school situated in Pabal, Maharashtra. Dr.Kalbaug founded Vigyan Ashram on the principles of natural systems of learning.

India builds dykes on Kaliganga, causes misery to Nepal

For further details of the organisers, Society for Environment Education, Research, and Management, please click here.

For details on the conference, click here.

India is one of the world's largest producers of white and brown varieties of paddy and contributes to around 20% of all the paddy production in the world. Rice (de-husked form of paddy) is the staple food in the eastern and southern parts of the country and is mainly grown in rain-fed areas that receive heavy annual rainfall [1].

For details on the training programme on groundwater training, please click here.

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IAS officer in Uttar Pradesh suspended for action against sand mining

The 1972 drought in Maharashtra affected several villages and talukas. Farmers in Purandhar taluka in Pune district decided to get together and discuss how to improve their situation so that they would not be as severely affected by poor rainfall in the future. Thus was born Pani Panchayat.