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What Bharat wants from the budget on 1 February

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Indian agriculture has shown remarkable resilience in the face of growing climate risks. The sector, which employs about 46% of the workforce, has seen overall production rise bu... Read More


Postcard from Panna: Where debt and desperation force thousands to dig for sweat diamonds

New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- This place is a magnet for troubled souls," said Ram Kumar Gupta. "You wouldn't be here if life was smooth." Gupta spoke on the condition that no photos or videos would be shot. ... Read More


Climate Change and You: Will 2026 be hotter, wetter, or both?

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Climate Change and You is a fortnightly newsletter written by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera. Subscribe to the newsletter to get it directly in your inbox. Dear reader, T... Read More


One man distilled up Amrut and Indri single malts-meet India's Surrinder Kumar

New Delhi/Karnal, Dec. 24 -- In 2002, Rakshit Jagdale, a young MBA student, went pub crawling in Glasgow, Scotland. Not on a drunken soiree with batchmates but on a more onerous task, assigned by his ... Read More


Mint Explainer | Dirty air trick: How North Indian rice farmers outsmart satellites

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Farmers in the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana are burning paddy stubble late in the day, after monitoring satellites have passed over the region, according to a new... Read More


Broken backs, slim wallets: The farm price deflation that threatens to halt India's rural demand surge

New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- I could either buy a new car or use that money to plant potatoes," said Bhupesh Kajla, laughing. For the 40-year-old farmer from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, the Kharif crop season turn... Read More


Climate Change and You | The COP30 verdict: More talk than action on our planet's future

New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Climate Change and You is a fortnightly newsletter written by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera. Subscribe to the newsletter to get it directly in your inbox. Dear reader, W... Read More


Mint Explainer: The planet is running out of time. Will COP30 deliver?

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The first week of the annual climate conference in Belem, Brazil, concluded with the launch of two funds - one to protect tropical forests, and one for climate adaptation and hea... Read More


Black lungs and broken promises: The high cost of breathing in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- New Delhi: For most part of human civilization, the average life expectancy was dismal. Someone born in 1800 was not expected to live beyond thirty. A century later, by 1900, this... Read More


Climate Change and You: Can snake oil solutions clean North India's deadly air?

New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- Climate Change and You is a fortnightly newsletter written by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera. Subscribe to the newsletter to get it directly in your inbox. Dear Reader, It... Read More