Stories written by
Manu Moudgil
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Why is paddy straw not being used to produce biomass energy to save Delhi from pollution?
Punjab’s biomass plants are facing operational challenges and stiff competition from solar and wind energy.
Manu Moudgil
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MGNREGS: India’s rural job scheme can help it get closer to its climate goals
The scheme captured 102 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2017-’18 through plantations and soil quality improvement, finds a study.
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Camels are no longer needed for transport or farming in India. Can their milk save them?
The nation’s camel population has declined by 37% over the last seven years.
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Trending
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Divorce is still a stigma in India. This book looks for ways to overcome it
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Why Pir Panjal is now a staging ground for militant strikes, from Rajouri to Anantnag
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Fiction: Rumours say an ex-army chief is staging a military coup. How will the government respond?
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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From the memoir: ‘I don’t remember my mother crying or feeling lost after my father’s death’
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In Punjab, the coronavirus lockdown has driven drug addicts to seek help
No longer able to afford the drugs, 1.29 lakh persons enrolled in de-addiction centres between March and June.
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In India, can private forests be the answer to deforestation, wildlife loss and pollution?
More trees are always welcome. But are private forests really a win-win situation?
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‘All parties treat farmers like beggars’: Punjab’s agriculture workers have no hope from elections
Recent farm loan waivers and income support schemes have had little impact amid growing agrarian distress.
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Video
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Watch: This robot can solve the Rubik’s Cube puzzle
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi puts on railway porters’ uniform and badge and carries luggage as he meets them
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Watch: The moment when Pope Francis joined a priest’s video call to his family back in Kerala
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Watch: Scenes of chaos at Mumbai Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as crowd breaks through barricade
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Harvesting Himalayan Viagra has improved the lot of Uttarakhand villagers (but it may not last long)
Cordyceps, a caterpillar fungus highly valued as an aphrodisiac, fetches around Rs 10 lakh per kg in the global black market.
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Lab notes: Bael extracts have the potential to neutralise cobra venom, finds study
The extracts inhibited destruction of red blood cells and action of acetylcholinesterase blockers induced by the .
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Madhya Pradesh’s farmers have united to root out invasive lantana plants
Villagers, with the help of non-profits, have reclaimed their farms by cultivating millets and oilseeds.
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The Reel
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart
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Of dusty snow and rotten apples: How climate change has wreaked havoc in Kinnaur
Climate change is straining socio-economic life in the Himachal Pradesh district, affecting apple production, causing landslides and pushing metal pent roofs
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In east Rajasthan, a river comes to the people
Nanduwali started flowing again when the villagers of Ghewar decided to work with nature and not against it.
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Why we should be alarmed at NASA’s images of burning fields in Punjab (but also get used to them)
We can safely expect many more years of straw burning, alarming satellite images, and all the ailments they bring – but let's not just blame the farmer.
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The Field
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ISL 2023-24: Adrian Luna leads Kerala Blasters to win over Bengaluru FC in season opener
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Live
India at Asian Games 2022, live updates: India men’s TT team beat Yemen 3-0 in group stage opener
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Asian Games: All you need to know about the 48 Olympic quotas available for Indians in Hangzhou
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India at Asian Games, September 22 schedule: Indian paddlers in action; Volleyball team to play R12
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: South Africa announce revised squad with pacers Nortje, Magala ruled out