Environmental activists from the Coalition for a GM-Free India have appealed to the apex court to curb the genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops. The activists allege that crops like GM mustard have the potential to jeopardise food safety on a large scale.

Despite no salaries for four years, teachers of the Abhayaran Sikshan Samiti Higher Secondary School in Mungeli district in Chhattisgarh, have stayed on. They are awaiting a government grant, which will help the school stay afloat and continue to impart education to Gond and Baiga tribal children.

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There are reports that GM mustard has already been planted in seven places — Delhi, Bharatpur, Ganganagar, Ludhiana, Jhansi,Varanasi and Kanpur. This approval and planting of GM mustard is in contempt of the orders of the Supreme Court, which will be hearing the case today, November 29.

Son of a farmer, Manoj says buying vegetables helps him connect with the outside world and that keeps him rooted. He dislikes attending parties and social gatherings because he is too lazy to decide what clothes to wear, he says. He is someone who, in his own words, likes to keep it simple. He loves to laugh at himself, he cries. In a nutshell, he is as real as one can get

Composing, singing, producing, writing screenplays, directing, making ads ... to even being an ace cricketer, Vishal Bhardwaj excelled at everything he dabbled in. In a freewheeling chat, he talked about life, struggles, insecurities, films and much more