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Noida’s Okhla Bird Sanctuary is dying. ‘More a place for lovebirds than actual birds’

Okhla Bird Sanctuary was once a jewel on the East Asian Flyway. Now bird numbers have dropped, habitats are degraded, and visitors are mostly morning walkers, couples, and reel-makers.

107.4 FM, a Noida radio station only for its villages, workers and the poor

Tucked away in a quiet corner of Film City in Noida's Sector 16, the community radio station 107.4 FM at Marwah Studios is weaving a new story of a collective identity.

Atta Market was Noida’s CP. It’s now a poorer Sarojini Nagar

The chinks in Noida’s urban planning have been pockets like Atta where the residential and the commercial co-exist. That’s a perfect recipe for congestion and traffic.

Noida’s Sports City is the biggest scam in its 50-year history. CBI probe to court cases

“The Sports City scam is a story of a nexus of builders and authority officials,” said Anu Khan, lawyer and president of Noida Extension Flat Owners and Members Association.

Noida’s best-kept secret—its Mughal, Maratha, Bhagat Singh history

Noida was part of the Mughal empire for centuries. It’s where the British fought the Marathas. And it was Bhagat Singh’s hideout as he plotted against the colonisers.

The idea of Noida. The bad boy of NCR, Mall of India swag, a culture vacuum

Noida is full of people who live like they’re being watched by a hidden camera, by god, or by their invisible enemies, says filmmaker and podcaster Anurag Minus Verma.

At 50, Noida doesn’t know what it wants to be—cosmopolitan city or industrial utopia

Planned as an industrial township in the 1970s, Noida has evolved. It’s no longer Delhi’s soot-covered cousin, with businesses producing goods to fuel the nation’s economic engine.

On Camera

Blue, bold, and brutal—the Verditer flycatcher kills its enemies with kindness

Classified as 'Least Concern' by the IUCN, the resilient Verditer flycatcher maintains a strong presence from the Himalayas to the southern reaches of India.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.