STPs in 3 Punjab towns lying defunct: NGT monitoring committee

Poor performance of sewage treatment plants due to delayed payment by municipal bodies, monitoring committee report to NGT  

When the car drives you: Speed as hierarchy and privilege

What remains of the public if at their best of expressing their disagreement, their gatherings are called “traffic jams”?

Struck by higher costs, Punjab farmers wait to burn stubble; fire incidences likely to flare up

At least 5,772 incidents of stubble fire have been registered in Punjab till October 22 alone

Delhi air to be ‘poor’ on Diwali, worsen afterwards: Experts

Air quality is considered poor when the air quality index is 201-300 and very poor when it is 301-400

Why Punjab’s short-duration paddy varieties have not solved stubble burning

Promoted by the government, short-duration varieties now dominate Punjab’s paddy landscape and allow farmers enough time to clear the field …

Delhi pollution crisis: The figure of 4-10% for stubble fires is not wrong but irrelevant

There need to be different strategies to address long- and short-term exposure to pollution problems in Delhi. Governments are aware of it, but …

First lesson in governance for PM Modi: Legislative tapasya (penance) is all about listening to outer world, not inner self

Union government will repeal all 3 controversial farm laws, Modi declares on Gurupurab   

Farm laws repeal: Agri unions welcome move. But here’s why they won’t call off protest

The unions want minimum support price guarantee and the announcement to take effect through “due parliamentary procedures”

Farm Laws: Is MSP guarantee really the elixir that Indian agriculture needs?

Concept is unreasonable and will be detrimental for country’s agricultural system, feel experts

Leave control, even effective pollution monitoring not happening at Delhi-NCR’s power plants: CSE

Make continuous emission monitoring system data public for air quality betterment CSE study emphasises

State after state fail to procure kharif paddy

2 months into procurement season, 83% paddy lifted from Punjab & Haryana only    

Festivities, election rallies: What happened in the weeks leading up to India's 2nd COVID-19 wave

An account of last year's superspreader events illustrates how we may be in a similar sitation now 

Centre may reduce moisture content limit for wheat, paddy. Why this will hurt farmers

The government is trying to gradually withdraw from procurement operations, MSP regime with this move, feel farmers

Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Ignoring the groundwater depletion problem

Blaming farmers alone won’t work; prices for crops other than paddy must be remunerative

Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Dalit votes matter, but what about their issues

Punjab’s political parties have hardly focussed on addressing issues of the state’s landless rural Dalits and the cateism the …

Baaz! Northern Goshawk sighted in Delhi

The bird may have been seen in Delhi before but has been captured on camera in the city for the first time

Decision 2022: Will AAP make a difference to Punjab Dalit issues? Watch this space

For the moment, the only thing clear about the verdict is that it reflects a narrative of change rather than continuity in Punjab

Jodhpur blues: How the Indira Gandhi Canal has robbed the desert citadel of its character

There is ample water in what was once a water scarce place; traditional water bodies, architecture, social habits have consequently gone for a toss

Har Gobind Khorana: The chemist who cracked DNA’s code and made the first artificial gene was born into poverty 100 years ago in an Indian village

Khorana’s legacy has also suffered from neglect that may be a result of racial bias. But this neglect is changing, as a new generation of …

May heat in March shrivels wheat: Centre to revise procurement norms

The Punjab government April 12 appealed to the central government to allow relaxation in the norms of shrivelled grains without any value cut, …

Punjab to use ancient broadcasting technique to grow rice this Kharif, save groundwater

DSR can help reduce water consumption by as much as 35% over the traditional process of transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to …

Hottest March in 122 years damages wheat crop across North India

heat is a temperature-sensitive crop that requires a cool temperature, especially in March when it is at its final stage

Summer fire activities thrice than winter months in 2021

Punjab, Haryana recorded close to 23,000 cases of farm fires from March 1-May 11, 2022

Wheat prices going strong in Madhya Pradesh, courtesy Ukraine, loss of yield in north India

Private traders are offering much higher prices than government MSP of Rs 2,015 per quintal

Diversify crops, shift rice to places that can support it: Central panel

Low returns and high risks from alternative crops among reasons past efforts failed, says report