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Rising Temperatures Threaten India’s Wheat Belt: Report

Punjab and Haryana warming at half a degree per decade during the wheat season, with minimum temperatures rising nearly three times faster in Gujarat 1 June 2026, New Delhi: India produces over 107 million tonnes of wheat annually, making it the second-largest wheat producer in the world and accounting for roughly 14% of global output.

Baby thrown with the bathwater?

In May 2026, the Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognizance of bail orders passed by the Orissa High Court and trial court.

Dealing with digital poison

The Supreme Court’s direction to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to frame a mechanism for screening user-generated content before it is uploaded has reopened a debate India has never quite resolved: how to curb digital poison without handing the State a permanent switch over speech.

Multihued monsoon festivals

The Calcutta Performing Arts Foundation and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan very graciously presented ‘Barkha Bahaar’. This Purab Anga Gayaki-based two-day monsoon festival was held at Chowdhury House (30-31 August).

Kolkata celebrates International Clown Festival

Amidst all the chaos and the cacophony of our busy lives, Flubber the Clown comes to town as a refreshing breath of fresh air to remind us that playing is crucial for us to become good at what we do.

Values of life portrayed through mime festival

Kamal Naskar is among those rare, few mime exponents, especially in Kolkata and West Bengal, who has left no stone unturned to tap immense possibilities drawn from life—the potentiality of mime as a performing art.