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Daily weather tracker: Very heavy rain forecast for Eastern and Northeastern India; hill states advised to remain alert for next six days

India, July 17 -- Heavy rainfall likely across Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and northeastern states as monsoon systems remain active, prompting yellow alerts and cautionary measures. Weather depart... Read More


A dance in the dark

India, July 17 -- During her teenage years in Goalpara district of Assam, Wimarithy Marak helped her family collect water from a dug well near their house every day. Often, she would notice tiny organ... Read More


What BluSmart got wrong-and right

India, July 17 -- The narrative that has settled around the collapse of electric ride-hailing cab company BluSmart Mobility is wrong in the conclusion many are drawing from it: that the electric cab m... Read More


Fields of fuel

India, July 17 -- On June 13 this year, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced the legal recognition of 100 per cent ethanol as a transport fuel, allowing vehicles to ru... Read More


Back to crisis again

India, July 17 -- Sheila Devi has one reason to be grateful for the COVID-19 pandemic. It brought her husband Lalit Yadav home-and this time, he stayed. For generations, migration has been a way of li... Read More


Existential crisis

India, July 17 -- There used to be a major fair along the riverbank every September. Its main attraction was pottery utensils made from the soil of the river. After the river became a drain, the livel... Read More


When the Missing Return: Eight Families Find Hope After Years of Waiting

New Delhi, July 17 -- One of the most emotional cases was that of a 33-year-old woman who had remained missing for nearly eight years after disappearing in November 2017. According to investigators, t... Read More


Can speaking multiple languages really lower dementia risk? It's not that simple

India, July 17 -- The risk of dementia rises as the brain ages. One reason is that connections between brain cells weaken over time. Diseases of the brain, such as Alzheimer's and stroke, can speed th... Read More


Youth killed, 3 SOG personnel injured in Doda firing

India, July 17 -- A 30-year-old man was killed and three Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel were injured during a firing incident in the Bhaderwah area of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district late ... Read More


Show compassion to Wangchuk, Omar urges Centre

India, July 17 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday urged the Centre to engage with Ladakh-based activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 19 days, saying the gov... Read More