We are ignoring the simplest solution to the stubble burning problem
Paying for manual harvesting is the cheapest, most eco-friendly and sustainable way out. Government must enable farmers to switch to manual labour to harvest paddy It’s that time of the year again when the air quality in Delhi-NCR and surrounding areas worsens to the ‘severe’ category. Starting from mid-October, the air in the region becomes […]Read More
Holy city of Amritsar offers a range of articles of Sikh faith
These include swords, palkis, decorative goods and cloths; a large collection of such material attracts visitors from around the world Being the axis of Sikhism, the holy city of Amritsar offers a range of religious material including swords, palkis, decorative goods and cloths around the Golden Temple complex. A large collection of such material attracts […]Read More
Akshay Kumar to play Jaswant Singh Gill, the man who rescued 65 coal miners. All that you need to know about the real-life hero
Akshay Kumar is once again set to play a real-life hero with Pooja Entertainment’s next. The film will showcase the story of Sardar Jaswant Singh Gill, who saved 65 miners from a coal mine in 1989. Bollywood has over the years considered Akshay Kumar to always lift them up and rescue the industry during low […]Read More
This army brat introduced air travel to Indian soldiers and their families
Meet Ravi Kumar, Founder & CEO of udChalo, who introduced subsidised air travel to soldiers across the country by tying up with various airlines I, me, myself I come from an army family. My father was a JCO who fought for India in the 1971 war. I have seen the everyday struggles of the army […]Read More
As most farmers picked matchstick, Malerkotla man picked their paddy stubble, made 16 lakh in a month
The 25-year-old farmer, Gurpreet Singh Kuthala, says he had entered into an agreement with a Sangrur-based based biofuel generation company to provide them 10,000 quintals of paddy stubble. For Gurpreet Singh Kuthala, who dropped out after Class 12, the economics of paddy stubble is very simple. For him, the much maligned farm residue means money. […]Read More
What War Does to Work, What Work Does to War
Radhika Singha’s ‘The Coolie’s Great War: Indian Labour in a Global Conflict’ offers a radical conceptualisation of the history of war as the history of work, where the industrial-military complex and its systems are peopled and humanised. Today, November 11, is Armistice Day. It marks the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I […]Read More
Exhibition on 1984 anti-Sikh riots organised at GNDU
Put up on GNDU campus & a large number of students, scholars came to see the exhibition Student organisation ‘Sath’ organised a photo exhibition based on documents, photographs and literature on 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The exhibition was put up at Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) campus and a large number of students, scholars came to […]Read More
Watch: Air India pilot’s special announcement commemorating JRD Tata’s first commercial flight 90 years ago
It was on October 15, 1932 that JRD Tata made history by flying his first commercial flight from Karachi in Pakistan to Juhu in Mumbai. Commemorating the 90th anniversary of JRD Tata’s first commercial flight, the pilot of a Dubai-Amritsar aircraft on Saturday recalled the “historic moment”, one which marked “the beginning of an era […]Read More
October 15, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Bengal Famine
West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu has asked central leaders to allow his government to purchase foodgrain from other states to stave off near-famine conditions arising from a calamitous drought. West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu has asked central leaders to allow his government to purchase foodgrain from other states to stave off near-famine conditions […]Read More
Francesca D’Alonzo from Italy is now in India after traversing half the globe on her bike. She talks about the ups and downs of her adventures
Francesca D’Alonzo is on a daring adventure on her Yamaha Ténéré 700. As a biker, she always attracted attention — she knew it was tough out there but then her ambition was always to explore extraordinary places and hence, this exciting exercise — from Italy to India through Balkans, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. “I am […]Read More
