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
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
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
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
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
Coorg/New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- Gursimran Singh is done with lemons and guavas. A small farmer from Malerkotla in Punjab, Singh flew down to Bengaluru earlier this October, and then hired a car to a remot... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- How important is it for visionary scientists and administrators to have the ear of their political masters? In the history of post-independent India, two events which played out ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Earlier this month, the government launched a Rs.11,440 crore pulses mission with the goal to achieve self-sufficiency. This production push comes as imports soared to a record $5... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Dear Reader, Just days after US President Donald Trump called climate change the "greatest con job" at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, several countries, includi... Read More
Mehsana/Ahmedabad, Sept. 25 -- Can one make a fortune growing or selling potatoes? The question may appear as one loaded with irony to a farmer from Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal or Bihar, the top produc... Read More