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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.

‘Samtaber’ Sarat Kuthi: The house that sheltered stories and revolution

Nestled along the serene banks of the Rupnarayan River, over 80 kilometres from Kolkata, lies the quaint village of Deulti. This unassuming hamlet holds a special place in Bengal’s literary heritage as the home of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876-1938), one of India’s most celebrated and widely adapted authors. From 1926 to 1938, Sarat Chandra resided in a house he built in the small village of Samta, which he named Samtaber. 

Savouring the shift

There’s often a saying, half-teasingly (however, we say there’s a lot of truth behind it), that while individuals eat to live, Bengalis live to eat and that Bengalis are whole-heartedly Machhe-Bhaat e Bangali.