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Delhi’s industries are gasping. Pollution crackdowns & fight for nala-sadak-pani

For 30 years, Delhi has been cracking down on its industrial areas for pollution, shifting them out, and then abandoning them without basic infrastructure. ‘We are like orphans.’

A quiet renaissance of Sindhi food is underway—social media, supper clubs and cookbooks

Sindhi food was restricted to festivals and family gatherings and lost its everyday vocabulary.

Inside small-town India’s Reel economy. Lights, camera, unemployment

Most content creators in Tulsi have logged off, returning to farms, factories, or unemployment. Falling views, internal rifts, and an inability to adapt to short-form video led to the collapse.

Faridabad is the neglected, poor cousin in Delhi-NCR no one talks about

Faridabad was sold as Gurugram at half the price. But unlike Gurugram, there is no gloss to hide behind. The civic collapse is visible even in its high-rises and ‘posh’ colonies.

Trans Amendment Bill brings a cloud of confusion to Garima Grehs. ‘Our trust is shaken’

‘Kinnar and hijra communities usually don’t approach Garima Grehs. If this legislation is applied, we won’t be able to help most people who come to us,’ said activist Rudrani Chettri.

Dr TK Lahiri is Varanasi’s ‘Dr God’. He almost died lonely, now his folklore grows bigger

The Padma Shri awardee who shunned money and power was found soiled, alone, and barely alive in January. Even as his mythology grows, Dr TK Lahiri is still something of a mystery.

Sheila Dikshit to Kejriwal, every CM pledged to fix Old Delhi. Now BJP wants NDMC-like teeth

Congress, AAP, and now BJP have promised to rejuvenate the Walled City. Under redevelopment agency SRDC, it’s been Delhi’s oldest political promise and most persistent failure.

What ails Punjab NRI sabha today? It was the protector of the global Punjabi rights and roots

Long before Punjab’s Department of NRI Affairs or the NRI Commission even existed, the Sabha stepped in as a nodal problem-solver, a mediator, and often, the first and the last resort.

India’s teens are reading Young Adult fiction. They don’t want myth & morality lessons

Young adult fiction is filling a long-ignored reading gap for teenagers navigating identity, relationships and growing up. The copies are rising and so are book sales.

How Khurpenchh became the UPSC watchdog online

Run anonymously by engineers from Uttar Pradesh, the popular X account scrutinises UPSC aspirants and civil servants and their tall claims on social media.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.