Experts urged a revision of monitoring protocols, calling for the use of total burnt-area data, not just active fire counts to provide an accurate account of stubble burning

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Congress MP Sonia Gandhi a long and healthy life on her 79th birthday, recognizing her as the longest-serving Congress president.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lost his cool in the Lok Sabha after Opposition MPs interrupted his speech on the 150th anniversary of ‘Vande Mataram’, and asked him to sit.