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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


Aztec's 'testicle' to Gurugram's dosa: Inside India's avocado goldrush

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


M.S. Swaminathan proved science needs a seat at the political high table

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


Mint Explainer: Why India is seeking self-sufficiency in pulses

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


Climate Change and You: Are we doing enough to reduce emissions?

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


Das Potato! Meet the man who made Mehsana Asia's french fries capital

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