Neeraj Chopra brought back the gold in Javelin Throw from the World Athletics Championships in Hungary. Along with him, two other Indian javelin throwers made it to the final and helped India achieve another milestone. Both come from farming families.

The Aam Aadmi Party has created electoral records in Punjab by winning 91 out of 117 states breaking the nexus of Congress and Akali Dal in Punjab. Bhagwant Mann is all set to be sworn in as the new Punjab CM. More details here.

State, caste, religion and creed are swept clean when disaster strikes. Volunteers from Punjab rush medicines, fresh water and food to help farmers across the border in Haryana where several villages remain inundated after the recent floods.

After Independence, akhadas (wrestling hubs) have constantly suffered the apathy of governments. As a result, most of the akhadas teaching native art of wrestling in the country are struggling for survival

Both over and under development of groundwater is limiting the adaptive capacity of Indian agriculture to climate change. Solar irrigation, expanding across India, may provide an opportunity to manage groundwater in both over and underexploited areas.