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Sunday, April 12, 2026
TopicPalm trees

Topic: Palm trees

Photos of the week: Trans Bill protests, Delhi Budget speech boycott & NCR’s palm tree obsession

In Photos of the Week, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photo journalists, video journalists and reporters.

Delhi is having extravagant & unhealthy obsession with palm trees

“The palm fashion really came from Dubai and Sharjah," environmentalist Pradip Krishen, and author of Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide, said.

On Camera

Ube is all set to kick out matcha from Indian cafes. Expect purple frappe, boba tea, kulfi

Ube’s sweet, nutty, almost vanilla-like flavour doesn’t need convincing. You don’t have to acquire a taste for it. And matcha fatigue is all too real.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.