The manual monitoring carried out by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) found that the average Air Quality Index (AQI) levels in Kochi city had remained in the ‘moderate’ category in December 2025. The manual monitoring was conducted as the Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) managed by the board at Vyttila and...

If there are political families who want to keep their political clout alive by fielding at least one member of their family, there are few who are trying their luck by fielding not one but two members for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections. In Pune, there are husband-wife, father-son, mother-son and sister-in-laws trying to...

In this Special Report, legal experts debate a Supreme Court judgment concerning bail provisions under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The discussion focuses on the balance between the gravity of alleged offences and the constitutional right to a speedy trial under Article 21. One speaker argues that the judgment is ‘fair’ given the ‘draconian’...