At a lake called Lahuradewa in the Gangetic plain, three Lucknow researchers have found evidence of independent domestication of rice in India that predates China by 800 years.
Many of the young men who came of age in the wake of India’s economic liberalisation now find that the opportunities and lifestyles represented on the internet and television linger just beyond their reach.
ThePrint's visits to Kanpur and Varanasi showed that the Ganga is far from being cleaned, and projects under Namami Gange have been progressing sluggishly.
While Mallet convinces the reader of the Ganga’s importance in the country, he often dips into detailed, perhaps irrelevant, mythological tales about the river.
Almost 4 years since PM’s promise, corpses and puja leftovers still pollute the river, while data shows that the holy city might be drinking its own sewage.
CPCB says Kanpur is home to the ‘most polluted stretch’ of the Ganga; most of the tanneries release untreated waste into the river, flouting green norms.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
We Indians have zero respect for nature in general. I have bathed, enjoyed water sports in The Ganges a number of occasions. It is painful that governments around states do not have a cohesive policy to clean the holy river. Let us look at Kanpur. There are exporters there who ship out millions of dollars of leather products worldwide. A lot of money sits around this city. Creating PPP models cities like these will be a win win situation. However we remember what is common is uncommon.
We Indians have zero respect for nature in general. I have bathed, enjoyed water sports in The Ganges a number of occasions. It is painful that governments around states do not have a cohesive policy to clean the holy river. Let us look at Kanpur. There are exporters there who ship out millions of dollars of leather products worldwide. A lot of money sits around this city. Creating PPP models cities like these will be a win win situation. However we remember what is common is uncommon.
Polluted Ganga is not the only big failure of Modi government; missed opportunity as 2019 approaches.