Mercury rises across north; Delhi records highest maximum temperature for first week of March in 50 years

According to weather data from the past 50 years, earlier the highest maximum temperature reading during the first seven days of March at Safdarjung, the city’s base weather station, was 34.8°C logged on March 5, 1999. Read More | Source: The Hindu…

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Hands in the heap: Those who sort Delhi’s waste

Delhi’s informal recycling network, including waste collectors, waste pickers, aggregators, and kabadiwallas, remains largely invisible to the city that depends on their labour. With only 59% of waste segregated at source, thousands of these workers continue to shoulder the task of sorting mixed solid waste, without formal recognition or incentives, reports Suruchi…

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In a Bengal college, an Iftar party to be held by women for women

The event, called ‘2026 Dosti ki Iftar’ and being organised by the Deeniyat Muallima College (located in Santragachi, across the river from Kolkata) and the city-based initiative Know Your Neighbour, intends to “provide a space for women to exchanges their views, and break myths and stereotypes”. Read More |…

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