Tag: Jharkhand

Centre sets target for rice stocks in food security review meet

Sandeep raiza

Centre sets target for rice stocks in food security review meet The meet was aimed at ensuring the Centre is able to buy sufficient rice stocks for the country’s public distribution system. Securing food supplies is critical this year as domestic cereal prices have risen and the world battles one of the gravest food crises in decades. The Centre on Tuesday reviewed food security and procurement of summer-sown rice with 24 state governments amid an anticipated lower output of the staple due to a patchy monsoon, a person with knowledge…

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31 dead as heavy monsoon rains inflict chaos on HP, U’khand; Odisha, Jharkhand also hit

Sandeep raiza

At least 31 people were killed, 22 of them in Himachal Pradesh alone, as heavy monsoon rains triggered flashfloods, landslides, and house collapses, upending normal life across large swathes of the country. The fatalities included four each in Uttarakhand and Odisha, and one in Jharkhand. Heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh since Friday caused landslides and flashfloods, with officials saying 22 people, including eight members of a family, died. Ten people were injured in the state which has reported 36 weather-related incidents. As many as 743 roads, including the Manali-Chandigarh national…

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