Mathura culture, Mahabharata Period — ASI digs Govardhan Hill after 50 years
After Ramayana, the new historiography has shifted its focus on dating Mahabharata, deepening Hindu civilisational history, and finding physical sites. Read this ground report by Krishan Murari.
As many as 110 Asiatic crocodilians or gharials were found dead 80 kilometres upstream of the Yamuna in 2008, reports Akanksha Mishra.
Keep infants away from sugar, 500g fruit & veg daily — new national dietary guidelines after 13 yrs
Guidelines also advise restricting meal frequency to 2-3 times a day & to avoid ultra-processed foods or those high in fat, sugar & salt. Last such rules were released in 2011, reports Sumi Sukanya Dutta.
Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different ‘fare families’ — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex. Read this report by Yuthika Bhargava.
Karnataka, Maharashtra—Why Phase 3 could mean BJP falling short of the magic number 272
As in the second phase, the BJP-led NDA’s problem in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election is that it has an awful lot of seats to defend — 80 out of the 93 seats that go to polls. Read this piece by Yogendra Yadav, Shreyas Sardesai and Rahul Shastri.
It’s a new Rahul Gandhi, a caste-warrior and class-samurai
Sonia Gandhi promised to help the poor without ever threatening the rich. Rahul Gandhi has rejected that approach and gone back in time: to his grandmother Indira Gandhi’s rhetoric. Vir Sanghvi writes in ThePrint’s Sharp Edge.
Uddhav Thackeray is writing a new story for Maharashtra in 2024. He has found his voice
Uddhav Thackeray has turned into a spirited politician, crowd puller, and a firebrand driving the momentum for the MVA alliance, writes Shruti Vyas.