The Times of India

While showers may be stopping you from venturing outdoors, now is the best time to step out in the open. The city’s air quality has turned “good” for the first time this year as rains wash away pollutants. The city has been recording safe PM 2.5 (fine, respirable particulate matter) concentrations since the onset of monsoon. On Saturday, the running average PM 2.5 concentration was measured at 29 micrograms per cubic metres, according to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting Research. The 24-hour safe standard is 60

The Asian Age

An impending sustainability crisis looms over India’s agriculture and is beginning to manifest in farmers encountering profound scientific challenges, whose subject matter is fully comprehensible only to a handful of experts, and goes largely unnoticed by policymakers and the political class alike. Yet, its impact on what matters to us most — food security and nutrition, sustainable livelihoods, and inclusive growth — can scarcely be exaggerated.

Timesnow news

For US farmers affected by the trade war unleashed by President Donald Trump, the $12 billion in emergency aid from his administration’s is a temporary remedy, and it comes with several potential negative side effects. The Agriculture Department announced the aid on Tuesday to help farm producers hurt by retaliation by major trading partners against US tariffs on steel, aluminium and tens of billions of dollars in Chinese products.