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Smaller fruits, lower yield: The climate crisis comes for India’s mango capital

This year, the famed mango orchards of Malihabad in Lucknow are under severe stress. The fruits are smaller than usual, many are dropping prematurely,...

21.05.2026 20

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‘An hour too late’: Fire devastates Lucknow settlement, residents allege it was ‘deliberate’

On Wednesday evening, a massive fire reduced a labourers’ settlement near Sector-12 in Vikas Nagar, Lucknow, to ashes. The fire, which broke out in...

17.04.2026 40

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‘Don’t call me Dhruv Rathee’: A 14-year-old has a newsroom at UP home, critics nearby, and now an FIR

In a neighbourhood in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 14-year-old Ashwamit Gautam lives a life very different from most teenagers his age. While many of his...

11.03.2026 60

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Lucknow’s double life: UP’s cleanest city rank, but filthy neighbourhoods

29.09.2025 10

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