Setback for Congress as five-time MLA Mateen Ahmed jumps ship to Aam Aadmi Party, days after his son, daughter-in-law join Kejriwal-led party; former Minister Balli quits AAP and returns to BJP

Delhi’s air quality persists in the ‘very poor’ category more than a week post-Deepavali

The Supreme Court wondered why the Delhi Government delayed imposition of the ban on firecrackers till October 14, when the order of ban was issued

Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri refused to stay the trial in the criminal case and said the trial court’s order, which has been challenged by Kejriwal, is two months old and not a fresh order

The 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program will begin accepting applications on October 30, 2024. Applications will be accepted through January 6, 2025.

More than 100 scholarships ranging from $500 to $25,000 will be awarded. All applicants must be active, FCC-licensed amateur radio operators. 

Information, along with the link to the online application, can be found on ARRL’s website: https://w...

ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® is pleased to announce that the 19th annual ARRL Online Auction, sponsored by RT Systems Inc, raised $47,000 for amateur radio STEM education. 

The event was held from October 18- 24, 2024. In addition to hundreds of views, the auction saw 329 individual bidders vying for equipment, vintage books, “mystery junk boxes” from the ARRL Lab, and more....

On Armed Forces Day, May 1971, 53 years ago, two amateur operators working as WZ6SNI, activated San Nicolas Island, IOTA NA-066. At 61 miles, San Nicolas is the most remote of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California and is owned by the US Navy.

Now, weather permitting, Will Costello, WC6DX, has been authorized to be active from San Nicolas Island November 8 - 12, 2024. He is tak...

Results are published, and the numbers are in. They paint a picture of a very active 2024 ARRL Field Day. Nearly 1.3 million contacts were reported during the 24-hour event. That is up from 2023’s 1.25 million contacts. That’s likely indicative of the continued rise of Solar Cycle 25 leading up to the event, but more people also participated this year.

Entries were received from all 85 ARRL and ...

The tech journalist and author of Coders explains how programmers have such a huge impact in our everyday lives

In Bezonomics, the Fortune jounralist explains how Jeff Bezos has shrewdly changed the way business is done in today’s world

Cohabitation with machines is an inevitable future that awaits us. But is it going to be easy?

Thomas Piketty’s prescriptions are too radical. Dattopant Thengadi’s vision is more useful for us

A story of how China ripped into the genteel charm of the traditional Buddhist society in Tibet

A new book that serves as a simple, powerful guide to processing rejection, and bouncing back

Ananth Krishnan shines a light on the different sides of China that largely remain hidden from Indian citizens

The book covers Wipro founder Azim Premji’s journey without pulling any punches

A book outlines how speculation can be constructive and lead to the creation of an industrial empire

Corporate honcho Shiv Shivakumar’s book sheds fresh light

The journey of Tanishq’s mass market brand GoldPlus

An economics book shorn of jargon, equations and graphs

The book tells us quite convincingly that the future is unknown. But it does not offer an alternative

A riveting account of Scindias’ royal and political journey

The book throws light on the policy tweaks that helped India ride out epochal events over the years

A racy account about an exciting cricketer

In his new book, former diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale throws fresh light on India-China relations since Independence

From Kamal Harris to Mindy Kaling — this book charts the Indian story in America

The Mahabharata shows that leaders need to navigate moral codes that are as complex, varied, and subtle as the situations in which they find themselves 

Bimal Jalan delves deep into issues that are critical to the country with suggestions on how to overcome challenges 

The anecdotes, the historical context, and the business learnings make this book a perfect homage to Bajaj

The book is a tribute to Dilip Kumar the man more than the actor

Not once did the ‘Rice Man of India’ keep his publisher waiting

“The conference aims to promote the sharing of cutting-edge knowledge on gender and inclusion in agri-food systems.”

In an announcement made in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, the CM, praising the renowned agricultural scientist’s contributions, also said a student award would be instituted under his name

In part two of this series, we look at agriculturalists in the State retailing wild forest honey, gluten-free flours, ragi malt, and more

Climate-smart agriculture has the potential to assure food security, empower farmers, and protect our delicate ecosystems

The Minister said the Centre increased subsidy to protect farmers interest, and added that it is likely to come down

Registration process for upcoming crop season will commence on March 27

Some trivia from prisons across the country

The total production of mangos could jump to 24 million tonnes in the 2023-24 crop year, as against 21 million tonnes in 2022-23

Minister for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare M.R.K.Panneerselvam, while presenting the State’s Agriculture Budget, had said that Geographical Indication tag would be obtained for 10 agricultural products at a cost of ₹30 lakh

Tobacco industry contributes ₹32,516 crore annually to national economy through exports and excise tax reviews and sustains employment for 45.7 million people, says Director General of ICAR

The absence of bank linkage is affecting optimum production by 25 lakh small and marginal farmers in the State, they said

Shah said that the movement for organic farming has reached an important stage and cooperatives have an important role in making India the world’s largest organic food producing country

Tamil Nadu’s history of free power supply for farming led to violent agitations, political backtracking, and eventual implementation in phases

FAO recommends enhanced social security net for all, Niti Aayog member says India doing its best to deal with climate change.

Plantations of over 70 farmers severely affected by the spotted locust infestation at Konnathady and Vathikudy panchayats