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High on promises low on planning: budget lacks concrete steps to combat pollution

High on promises low on planning: budget lacks concrete steps to combat pollution

While acknowledging environmental pollution as a dangerous health risk, the 2021-22 the budget failed when it comes to providing concrete…

March 11, 2021

Enthusiasm and wariness: two sides of the vaccination drive

With the vaccination against the Coronavirus underway, the Patriot talks to people receiving the shot; some of them still seem…

March 10, 2021

Along river banks: this environmentalist walks to document lives

For Siddharth Agarwal, who walked along the length of the Ganga, walking is about the journey and the people you…

March 6, 2021

Scholars seek lucrative careers, move from public to private universities

Private institutes like Ashoka University, O P Jindal University, Shiv Nadar are drawing forth students and professors of public universities…

March 2, 2021

54,000 premature deaths in 2020: Capital pays for air pollution

After the break brought on by the lockdown in 2020, Delhiites are back to breathing the usual toxins in the…

February 24, 2021

BJP vs AAP to win a communal incitement

A week since the murder of Rinku Sharma, a game to claim Hindu sentiments is on. However, police continue to…

February 18, 2021

Five cities, one problem: travel within NCR not a smooth ride

For workers residing in different cities of NCR, commuting to Delhi can be an uphill task made worse by the…

February 18, 2021

Farming fiasco on Hindon floodplains

Hindon river, a tributary of Yamuna, is not only a health hazard for the rural population living by the river…

February 10, 2021

Streaming checkmates

Amidst a pandemic that had people confined to their homes, the popularity of online chess streaming with the added twist…

January 28, 2021