Is Mahatma Gandhi relevant today? This question was posed to groups of students and some young professionals.

Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal and several other architectural wonders which attract lakhs of visitors from all parts of the globe annually, is unfortunately dying.

A former joint secretary, who served in RAW and the diplomatic service, a key member of the Indian Think Tank in New Delhi, Ravi Joshi, said that Russia will emerge weakened and bruised from the Ukraine war.

Even as the monsoon has made its footfalls felt across the country, there seems to be little respite from the searing heat – aided by steep rises in humidity levels -- in many pockets. The heat waves lashing India this summer are symptomatic of the anomalous temperature trends that are expected to worsen with growing climate change impacts.

 A nine-member committee constituted by Agra mayor Navin Jain will decide the birth date of this historical city. The committee includes journalists, activists, and historians who will decide when Agra was born and who founded it. This initiative could also open up Pandora’s box of controversies.

Once a pioneering industrial hub specialising in the manufacturing of leather shoes, cast iron pipes and foundry products, glassware, and handicrafts, Agra’s industrial scene today is simply put “depressing and dismal.”