Delhi chokes on thick smog as air quality remains severe

Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs dropped to the severe category again on Wednesday morning, with smoke from post-harvest paddy straw burning in neighbouring states accounting for one-third of......

Odd-even scheme returns in Delhi from Nov 13-20; in-person classes suspended

With Delhi recording air pollution levels seven to eight times above safe standards on Monday, the city government announced the return of its flagship odd-even scheme after four years anticipating......

Punjab's Water Woes And Stubble Burning

Irrigation woes have contributed to the problem of stubble burning in the state, reports Sarthak Choudhury. IMAGE: A farmer burns dry paddy stubble at a field in Patiala, October 7, 2023.......

Quiet Doesn't Flow The Cauvery

With the Lok Sabha polls only months away, any inter-state dispute over the Cauvery water dispute has the potential to take more political turns than otherwise, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

Paying farmers for not burning stubble is wrong

To justify that farmers must burn if they are not paid cash incentive is doing injustice to them and to the lungs of the children of the country, notes Sunita Narain. IMAGE: A farmer burns the......

Why high food inflation is good news for the farmer

While rising food inflation is a matter of grave concern for a significant chunk of the population and for policy makers as well, it marks a turnaround in the fortunes of the farmer, reports......

India is still struggling between populism and policy: Arun Jaitley

'The perpetual challenge is: How to strengthen India's agriculture sector and between making investment in that sector and making agriculture remunerative.' 'The world considers our growth rate to......

The Events of 2018

A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018. Year End Specials   Kindly click on the image below to view the relevant story. #1 SC vs SC: When four judges held presser......

Team India must play Tests only in Bangladesh, West Indies and Zimbabwe!

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Only the Board of Control for Cricket in India, says Haresh Pandya, could have thought of inviting a team like the......