The pulse of Indian agriculture
Government policies for the pulses sector have helped overcome multiple challenges. Effective implementation of an integrated module can solve most farm problems Agricultural transformation is high on everybody’s agenda today. Various stakeholders, including experts, policy-makers and political executives, have expressed their views on how to move forward with agricultural policies...
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What next for Britain?
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Quota push and a drag
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Alzeimerish China
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Emerging cracks in grand alliance
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Not just credit, look at savings too
16 January 2019 | Moin Qazi -
Managing future finances
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Under trial
16 January 2019 | Pioneer
Karnataka drama
Destabilising the Cong-JD(S) government is all about tainting the mahagatbandhan Who would have thought that the 2019 elections would be a desperate lunge for political posturing before survival with major national parties squabbling over Karnataka yet again, engaging in horse-trading, indulging in allegations and counter-allegations of poaching from each other’s camps...
A fractured negotiation
It is the Americans who are in a hurry to withdraw, not the Taliban. They can outwait them indefinitely. But what about the peace process? From an Indian perspective, Afghanistan turned out to be the flavour of the fourth edition of the Raisina Dialogue at New Delhi, which, compared to other...
Beefing up borders
Govt clears 44 strategic roads along our boundary with China but we wish the nod had come earlier Perhaps it is too little and too late in the day but the Modi Government has finally got round to doing what should have been done long ago, focus on building strategic...
The gift of science or a burden of law?
The biggest blanket assumption that the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill makes is that all surrogacy centres have been exploiting would-be mothers. It doesn’t fit with the existing legislation around reproductive rights or gender justice Our sexual and reproductive rights are realised only when the country’s laws and policies reflect these in totality...
Economic doldrums
The biggest hurdle in Modi’s prospects for re-election is the precarious economy with dented consumer sentiment The problem with looking at numbers in isolation is that they tend to be very misleading. That holds true in sports, in the stock markets and with basic economic data. Therefore, it is always...
A disruptor and an enabler
Fintech companies earn trust and credence from the people at large by offering flexible, safe and adaptable options, says Swapnil Aggarwal Times have changed and technology has challenged the status quo of the financial sector. There has been a bombardment of mobile payment apps, online shopping, investments and mobile banking which...
Historical injustice
Finally, India has a Government at the helm which cares for Hindu refugees. By passing the Citizenship Amendment Act in the Lok Sabha, the Modi regime has tried to correct a past folly Ever since the Narendra Modi Government moved the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Winter Session of...
