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TopicDelhi NCR

Topic: Delhi NCR

Indian Accent chef Manish Mehrotra is back with Nisaba—Hathras hing to chestnut chakri

Regionality is the star at Nisaba. From a samosa with dal Moradabadi, hing from Hathras, jawla butter from Maharashtra, to bukunu masala from UP.

Delhi’s air quality stays in ‘severe’ zone for 3rd straight day, calm winds & moisture to blame

The city also recorded its first spell of fog Monday. Visibility as low as 50 metres early in the morning disrupted dozens of flights across the region.

Delhi men are charging Rs 5,000 for Cuddle Therapy. Expect new Crime Patrol episodes

Delhi may be meri jaan, but it is also jaanlewa or deadly—especially when it comes to such experiments. I would like to keep my distance.

Delhi’s smog is back. Here’s how GRAP kicks in to control it

A 2021 study by environmental scientist Dr. Gaurav Gulia and colleagues found that while GRAP has improved emergency responses in Delhi–NCR, the region’s air pollution problem remains far more complex.

India’s sober revolution—the young in the cities are cutting down on drinking

India’s nightlife still echoes with the sound of cocktail shakers, only now, the buzz comes without the alcohol. Brands like Sober, Catwalk Botanics and Sobriety Sips are cashing it out.

India is becoming a Republic of RWAs. It’s the most powerful elected body

Civics textbooks need an upgrade, considering that RWAs enforce laws they’ve devised themselves – no matter if it violates a fundamental right or two.

ThePrint photos of the week: 13-19 July, 2025

In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you five pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists and reporters this past week.

Mock drills to ‘Code Brown’ prep, how Delhi NCR hospitals are bracing for potential emergencies

Hospitals across the region are on high alert in the wake of escalating tensions with Pakistan since the Pahalgam terror attack.

What caused unseasonal downpour that wreaked havoc in Delhi NCR? A rare mix of weather phenomena

Delhi recorded second highest single-day rainfall for May since 1901, on Friday. The record for the highest single-day rainfall was on 20 May 2021, when it was 119.3 mm.

Coffee is an old trend. Delhi-NCR youth are obsessed with matcha now

Matcha mania has taken over the capital. The green tea drink from Japan is now the newest frontier in healthy, photogenic beverages.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.