By pushing farm Bills through, Modi government has put democracy at crossroads

KK Ragesh of CPI (M), who called for a division vote against the 3 farm Bills passed in Monsoon Session and was suspended from Rajya Sabha, …

Countries move away from coal even as India moves towards it

Germany, Japan, Spain and the US have all decided to move to renewable energy

India starts COVID-19 vaccination drive; Modi calls doubts over vaccine ‘propaganda’

Prime Minsiter urges people to not drop caution even after being vaccinated 

Centre hikes MSP as kharif sowing begins

MSP hike for 17 crops was approved June 8; this is likely to encourage farmers to diversify and switch to these crops

Minimum support price: Centre forms panel to consider legal guarantee

Committee to look into zero-budget farming, cropping pattern 

Doubling trouble: It’s mid-2022; is it good days yet for farm incomes?

The Union government's claim about being on track to double farmers' income sounds hollow as it has not even spent the allocated budget for …

India bans broken rice export; 20% duty on other grades

Weak monsoon has led to reduction in paddy acreage this Kharif

Amrit Kaal vs New India: Why do we buy metaphysical political agenda in deep economic distress

India has not met any of the targets fixed for 2022; But ‘Amrit Kaal’ has now become the government’s vision for …

Lethal hypocrisy of US Special 301 Report

Patent protection in the US is a convoluted and expensive business and yet it pulls up other countries that have robust systems