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Rain chokes Haryana’s basmati belt, farmers agitate to sell crop directly to rice mill owners

Farmers struggle to store early basmati harvest as mandis are closed due to strike by arhtiyas. Unless properly stored, grains begin sprouting leading to losses for farmers.

Do people drive differently in the rain? Here’s what the research says

Some driver cohorts–including male drivers–may be at higher risk of a crash during rainy weather. Underestimating danger can be fatal.

Volatile rains, low crop yields – What IMD prediction of ‘normal monsoon’ hides

Anything that disrupts monsoons, affects the economy. And 2022 won't be different.

Praying for rain won’t help India. Problem is man-made, why pray to god asked Dabholkar

Maharashtra’s governor in 1992 asked citizens to pray for rain. Rationalist Narendra Dabholkar wrote why we must be scientific not superstitious.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.