Artificial Intelligence-powered weather forecasts in Telangana helped small farmers save up to USD 560 by adjusting their farming practices, according to the World Bank’s World Development Report 2026. The report urges developing nations to adopt low-cost AI tools to boost productivity, improve governance, and enhance social programs.
A 56-year-old farmer died after being engulfed in flames while attempting to control a fire that spread from burning maize stubble to his standing paddy crop in Kanakapur village of Nirmal district. Police said the incident occurred on Tuesday
A farmer collapsed and died of a heart stroke while making paddy heaps in Shankarapatnam mandal of Karimnagar district on Tuesday evening. He was rushed to a private hospital but declared dead on arrival.
Adilabad police arrested a man for cultivating banned ganja as an intercrop in his pigeon pea field at Ashoda village. Acting on a tip-off, they seized 160 plants worth Rs 16 lakh. The accused admitted to growing the crop to earn easy money.
Kuntamalla Sambaiah, a farmer from Madanapalle village in Mulugu mandal, was seriously injured when a country-made explosive went off while he was working in his field at Jaggannapeta. He was shifted to MGM Hospital in Warangal for treatment
Paathulothu Dassi, a 55-year-old tribal woman farmer in Nalgonda, died from complications after sustaining a leg fracture in a urea stampede five days ago. Local BRS leaders blamed the government and demanded accountability for the tragedy
A farmer in Sircilla, Pendala Mallaiah, collapsed due to seizures while standing in a queue for urea at Gambhiraopet PACS outlet. Other farmers alerted his family, who shifted him home. The incident highlights the ongoing fertiliser shortage in the district.
Islamabad Ravi Naik (40), a cotton farmer from Erlapally, Jadcherla, died after consuming pesticide. His family alleges that negligence and bed shortages at multiple government hospitals delayed critical treatment.
A 55-year-old farmer from Thadkapally village died of a heart attack at the Siddipet Collectorate after waiting all day for a compensation cheque related to land lost under the Ranganayaka Sagar canal project.
He was unable to irrigate his paddy fields as the borewells in his land ran dry due to a decline in the groundwater table. In a desperate effort to save his crops, he borrowed money from various sources to drill three new borewells.
