Rasika Dhavse profiles the Pune-based Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA).

Rajani Mani tracks the spread of watershed development from Ralegan to Panoli in Maharashtra and notes that women have come to play a critical role.

Cautiously, but with conviction, some farmers are switching to organic farming, and bidding goodbye to the pesticide-driven harvests of the Green Revolution. Ramesh Menon reports.

Jaideep Hardikar reports on the precarious monsoon situation at the Narmada valley.

In the Lok Sabha polls, the BSP devastated the Congress-NCP alliance. In the Maharashtra elections, the Sonia Gandhi factor appears to have bailed the Congress out of big trouble. But this time, the BSP wrecked the BJP-Shiv Sena combine in many places, notes P Sainath.

Chandrakant Pathak has invented power-generation gadgets tailored especially for rural energy needs. As Pathak's gadgets are gaining popularity in rural areas of Pune district and several neighbouring districts in Maharashtra, state energy development agencies are taking note, reports Aparna Pallavi.

Too many factors coincided to deliver justice speedily in the Sunil More case. But whether this will have a long-term impact on rape cases is debatable. Unless the speed of investigation and the filing of charges becomes the norm, such cases will remain the exception, writes Kalpana Sharma.

If the government thought Vidarbha's social bonds are crumbling due to the agrarian crisis, the region's best kept cultural secret -- Jhadipatti Rangbhoomi, a five-month-long theatre festival -- suggests that not all is wrong with the region. Jaideep Hardikar reports.

"This is the first year I sowed wheat on an acre of land because of availability of water in the bund along my farm," informs a three-acre farmer Vasanta Kolhe in Hatgaon village, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. His income will see a little improvement this year, thanks to a bund that students built. Jaideep Hardikar reports.

In Vidarbha, where an average one cotton farmer ends his life every six hours, Mangalabai and Kamalabai are mothers who singularly stand out. After the death of their husbands, they learned every thing and are raising their family with unnoticed resilience, reports Jaideep Hardikar.

In September, the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation invited expressions of interest from private companies to build the canals for the Nira Deoghar dam on a Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis. Everything about the process so far indicates the decision is not a well-thought out one, notes Shripad Dharmadhikary.

The challenge of educating street and railway children is more than an education problem - it is a holistic problem of moulding and supporting their entire lives. Aparna Pallavi reports on the efforts of CNI-SSI in Nagpur.

Shreekrishna Kalamb's life and musings as a poet-farmer symbolise the agrarian crisis that is wrecking havoc in the Vidarbha countryside. Kalamb ended his life last month, and his grieving daughter now hopes to publish the collection. Jaideep Hardikar reports.

Maharashtra's RTI activists recently attended and recorded hearings at the state's Information Commission and identified why pendency of disposals is building up: Information Commissioners were not hearing cases for not more than two hours per day. Shailesh Gandhi has more.

As winter chill sets in, Vidarbha farmers are beginning to feel the heat of massive losses, besotted as they are by worries over the hungry months ahead. “It’s the worst crop year I’ve ever seen,” notes farmers’ leader Vijay Jawandhia. Jaideep Hardikar reports.

Well-known PR firms, professional designers, and ad agencies served the richer parties and candidates. They made up 'news' items in the standard fonts and sizes of the desired newspapers and even 'customised' the items to make them seem exclusive in different publications. P Sainath reports.

Maharashtra's politics is in uproar, as the dubious record of the irrigation department provides fodder for a proxy NCP-Congress war. The issues, however, demand real attention, writes Shripad Dharmadhikary.

The report of the Kelkar Committee on balanced development in Maharashtra has important recommendations. But will it all come to nought because of its failure to avoid some conventional pitfalls? Shripad Dharmadhikary explores.

Although most members of the Mahila Shanti Sena are illiterate labourers, they are very aware of the strength of thier force, and the importance of their role in society. Alka Arya reports on a women's movement that is tackling complex social and economic questions with a deep conviction for peace.

Since 1963, there have been repeated breaches in the Kosi's embankments, causing tremendous loss and tragedy. Yet, Bihar's governments have made little headway and argue each year as if the problems were new, says Dinesh Kumar Mishra.

The periodic floods in the Kosi basin and embankment breaches have landed the people of north Bihar in a perpetual mess. In assembly sessions, politicians discuss flood relief but seldom the cause behind the disasters, reports Surekha Sule.

Recently, Ashish Kothari visited some areas in Bihar where interesting things are happening. Under progressive governance and grassroots action by its citizens when these are implemented state-wise, Bihar would be well on the path of progress.

लॉकडाउन में नशा करने वाले लोगों के मन बैचेन जरूर होंगे, लेकिन उन्हें संयम बरतने की आवश्यकता है. इस स्थिति में लोग कैसे नशे से छुटकारा पा सकते हैं आइए जानते हैं.

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बीएस-6 (BS-6) उत्सर्जन मानक के अनुकूल सुपर स्प्लेंडर (Super Splendor) में 125 सीसी का इंजन है जो 10.73 हॉर्स पावर की ताकत पैदा करता है

1 अप्रैल से देशभर में BS6 एमिशन स्टैंडर्ड (BS6 Emmission Standard) को देशभर में लागू कर दिया जाएगा. इस के लिए वाहन मैन्युफैक्चरर्स से लेकर तेल कंपनियां भी तैयार है. लेकिन, आम लोगों के मन में पुराने और नए एमिशन स्टैंडर्ड को लेकर कई सवाल हैं.

मर्सिडीज ने 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe को भारत में लॉन्च कर दिया है. इसकी कीमत 62.70 लाख रुपये (एक्सशोरूम प्राइस) तय किया गया है. फरवरी में हुए ऑटो एक्सपो के दौरान मर्सिडीज ने इसे शोकेस किया था.

Jawa Perak बॉबर-स्टाइल मोटरसाइकिल की डिलीवरी 2 अप्रैल 2020 को होने वाली थी. इस बीच फरवरी और मार्च के लिए Jawa और Jawa 42 की डिलीवरी अनिश्चित काल के लिए टाल दीगई है.

विद्या बालन ने बताया था कि प्रत्येक पीपीई की कीमत 650 रुपये है. कोरोना टेस्ट के लिए विकास खन्ना के अलावा अक्षय कुमार (Akshay Kumar) और विद्या बालन (Vidya Balan) भी पीपीटी किट दान करने का ऐलान कर चुके हैं.

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'कैप्सूल वार्डरॉब' (Capsule Wardrobe) में आपकी जरूरत की वो सारी चीजें होती हैं जो ऑफिस के वक्त तैयार होते वक्त रोजाना आपका समय बचाएंगी और पहनावे को लेकर होने वाली आपकी टेंशन को भी दूर करेगी.

हम आपके लिए लेकर आए हैं कुछ घरेलू नुस्खें (Home remedies) जिन्हें अपनाकर आप चेहरे के अनचाहे बालों से छुटकारा पा सकती हैं.

फुटबॉल के सबसे बड़े दिग्गजों में शामिल क्रिस्टियानो (Cristiano Ronaldo) रोनाल्डो आज (पांच फरवरी) 35 साल के हो गए हैं

The resumption of the German Bundesliga next weekend amid the COVID-19 crisis will give hope to other European leagues that they can also successfully return, according to Schalke 04 coach David Wagner.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan spoke about the first time he interacted with batting legend Sachin Tendulkar. Kishan had joined Mumbai Indians in 2018 from Gujarat Lions. He said that he met Tendulkar -- who captained the side in its early years in the Indian Premier League and has since stayed a part of the set-up after his retirement in 2013 -- during a practice session.

सोनी टीवी (Sony TV) के सबसे लोकप्रिय टीवी शो सीआईडी (CID) के एसीपी प्रद्युमन (ACP Pradyuman) यानी अभिनेता शिवाजी साटम (Shivaji Satam) आज अपना 70वां जन्मदिन मना रहे हैं.

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Assam education department on Thursday notified that the entire month of May will be treated as summer vacation and all educational institutes in the state will be allowed to re-open only from June 1 even if the third phase of the Covid-19 lockdown comes to an end on May 17 and is not extended further.

Nearly 1000 returnees, including 140 students of Assam studying in different universities and institutions of Gujarat, arrived in Guwahati on Thursday, even as nearly three lakh people, who had earlier registered for coming to the state, have re-applied cancelling their requests for permits.

Assam has been allotted 1.25 lakh MT of rice per month under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) scheme for three months from April to June for free distribution among 2.49 crores beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the state.

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