Government procurement of Minor Forest Produce at Minimum Support Price saw a sharp dip in 2024-25 compared to the year before, with data tabled in Parliament on Thursday (February 5, 2026) showing that the amount of MFP procured across 19…
Union Budgets began reflecting greater climate concerns from 2021, in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a modest ₹4,500 crore to localise solar photovoltaic production and to reduce India’s dependence on Chinese imports. But there has been a cautious,…
Bamboo (called ‘baans’ in Hindi, and ‘moongil’ in Tamil) is an ancient plant that grows fast in wet soil in broad sunlight. It is well known to people in Asia and Latin America, where communities use bamboo plants for a…
Just as Tumbbad soaked with rain, Mayasabha brims with smoke. If Tumbbad accumulated an age-old myth, Mayasabha exorcises an almost dystopian reality of a dilapidated single screen theatre. It carries the atmosphere of dread in its meticulously imagined morbid interiors…
The makers of Varanasi,directed by SS Rajamouli and starring Mahesh Babu, have announced the release date of the magnum opus movie. Also starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Prithviraj Sukumaran, the pan-Indian movie is bankrolled by SS Durga Arts and Showing…
Mounted more than a decade ago as a challenge to the action-hero archetype, Mardaani‘s third instalment begins as a fiercely committed, unflinching crime thriller that delves deeper into the horrors of child trafficking and the begging mafia, delivered with raw…
The superhero-meets-Hollywood-fishbowl conceit could have collapsed under self-conscious satire, but the people inhabiting it ground it. Abdul-Mateen shapes Simon as a man addicted to performance but allergic to the consequences of self-sabotage. His neuroses aren’t cute. The way he talks…
Alongside India’s booming concert economy, fan pits have emerged as a playground for bold fashion experiments. From corsets and saris to DIY gowns, we ask concertgoers how they craft the perfect look
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