Farmers’ body cries foul over inter-State water projects in Krishna and Godavari basins. Farmers in the tail-end areas of Krishna and Godavari in Andhra Pradesh are bearing the brunt of construction of projects by the upper riparian States in blatant violation of the Interstate Water Disputes Act of 1956, alleges Kisan Service Organization A.P. president Akkineni Bhavani Prasad.
Ahead of the Chief Minister’s Janaspandana scheduled for August second week in Kalaburagi, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and Kalaburagi in charge Priyank Kharge visited the Gulbarga University campus where the event would be held and later held a meeting of district-level officers on Saturday to take stock of the preparations.
Staff at a northern Manitoba Cree Nation care home say a daily cap on coverage for incontinence products imposed by the federal government is out of step with elders' needs — something Indigenous leaders and health advocates call "inhumane" and an "offensive" example of bureaucracy disadvantaging remote First Nations communities.