Pesticide poisoning on rise in Karnataka farmers

According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, National Accidental Deaths and Suicides Report 2020, 943 people died due to accidental consumption of pesticides in Karnataka in 2020. Bengaluru: Bettappa, a 70-year-old farm worker at K Gollahalli, Kumbalgodu has been spraying pesticides on the farmlands for 20 years. He said that he has developed a […]

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Youngsters are unlikely to work in agricultural sector

Youngsters are abandoning their own farm land due to high-cost modern farming technology and a water shortage. They are relocating to new positions and opting for other jobs. Harsha Yadav, a 19-year-old student, living in Golahalli, Bengaluru, returned home from his college.  He began reading his computer class textbook right away. He expressed his desire […]

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Farmer leader Chandrasekhar joins AAP in Bengaluru

The Aam Aadmi Party is planning to contest in all 224 seats in Karnataka. Bengaluru: A faction of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) led by Kodahalli Chandrasekhar joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the presence of AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday at the National College Grounds in Basavangudi. As Karnataka heads […]

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Unseeded bank accounts leave farmers’ children without scholarship

Farmers’ Children in the state struggle to get scholarships under the Raitha Vidya Nidhi Scheme due to unseeded bank accounts and ID validation failure. The Karnataka government received more than five lakh applications for scholarships under the Raitha Vidya Nidhi Scholarship Scheme. However, many of these students did not have their accounts seeded to their […]

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