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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicKashmir farmers

Topic: Kashmir farmers

There’s a saffron surge in Kashmir this year, but it’s the spice, not politics

The surge in saffron production brings some cheer to Kashmir valley as it grapples with losses to the tune of hundreds of crores in apple trade. 

J&K asks Kashmir farmers to go exotic, grow broccoli and parsley to boost profits

Only about 100 hectares of the 40,000 hectares under vegetable cultivation in Kashmir currently cater to exotic crops such as broccoli, lettuce, parsley. 

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.