Abhijit Mulye

Scientists call for urgent comprehensive strategy Mumbai: As the annual monsoon rains sweep across the Indian subcontinent, they bring essential respite from the summer heat but also unleash a devastating environmental hazard by flushing massive volumes of land-based plastic into the ocean. Scientific data unveiled during a national workshop on World Environment Day revealed that the monsoon acts as a potent accelerator for India’s marine pollution crisis. According to findings presented...

AI generated image Mumbai: In the heartlands of the state, where erratic monsoons and price crashes routinely threaten agrarian livelihoods, farm loan waivers have transformed from emergency financial lifelines into anticipated political rituals. Over the last decade and a half, successive state governments have announced massive debt relief packages to alleviate farmer distress. But how effective have these multi-billion-rupee interventions been? A closer examination of the waivers...

Mumbai: The ruling alliance in Maharashtra is witnessing yet another formidable tremor as simmering tensions between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena threaten to boil over ahead of the crucial Legislative Council elections. The rift was blown wide open on Tuesday when Shinde, the Deputy Chief Minister, noticeably skipped the state cabinet meeting. While his office quickly attributed the absence to close family rituals and maintained that it occurred with the...