Blast At The Pump, 3 Dead

3 dead in Delhi CNG station explosion. Three employees died and three were injured after a truck’s CNG tank exploded during refuelling at a station in...

Bail vs Protest

Courts split over 222 workers jailed after Noida agitations. An analysis of 222 bail orders by sessions courts and the Allahabad High Court reveals ho...

Ban That Worked?

Data backs Bihar’s liquor prohibition. Bihar’s alcohol ban, imposed in 2016, has been called a failure. A new report says that narrative is wrong. Cri...

Machines Replace Hands

Sugarcane cutters lose work as mills mechanise. Lata Waghmar was 6 months pregnant when she cut her last bundle of sugarcane in Beed, Maharashtra. She...

Banks for Gen Z

At a two-day meeting with bankers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said banks must focus on Gen Z and deposit mobilization to support “Viksit Bhar...

Ken-Betwa: Water for Some, Loss for Others

Adivasi resistance grows. In Dadhan village, Madhya Pradesh, Adivasis are protesting the Ken-Betwa river linking project.

E20 Fuel: Clean Energy, Costly Confusion

Legacy cars pay the price. India’s push for E20 fuel — petrol with 20% ethanol — is meant to cut oil imports and emissions. But for 240 million legacy...

Politics Without Dignity

Tamil Nadu’s discourse turns personal. A remark by Leader of Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Udhayanidhi Stalin, during a Cauvery protest in Th...

Build Fast, Build Green

Andhra Pradesh’s Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department is trying to change its image from a "tree guard fee" bureaucracy to a tech...