How Modi Has Been Cut To Size

In the event of the BJP's poor performance in the assembly polls this year and in early 2025, Modi's hold will get further weakened because he will no longer remain the invincible electoral persona......

Will KCR return to power in Telangana?

KCR is now having to resort to the lowest common denominator in elections: Reservations.Aditi Phadnis reports from Hyderabad. IMAGE: Telangana Rashtra Samithi supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao. Even the......

Satyapal Singh -- tough cop becomes minister

The 61-year-old former top cop from Mumbai changed professions after listening to his ‘inner voice’.    A Mumbai Police commissioner who quit the post to join politics,......

Coping with water wars

The wars of the future will be fought over water and if they occur on large scale, will be far more devastating than any we have seen yet, says Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Residents wait for......

India gets USDA nod to export mangoes to America

India has secured approval of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the export of domestic mangoes to America in the new season, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday. The export......

'The Modi government has given farmers freedom'

'The farm bills will not bring in corporate zamindari.'   IMAGE: Farmers in Bengaluru protest against the Farmers Bill 2020 passed by Parliament, September 21, 2020. Photograph: Shashidhar......

Centre's agri market reform ordinance comes under fire

Kiran Vissa, co-convenor of National Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, said that amendments to the EC Act have nothing to do with farmers’ welfare but instead meant to please big players......

India's sugar output down 30.22% in Oct-Dec 2019

Ex-mill sugar prices have remained steady in the range of Rs 3,250-3,350 per quintal in north India and at Rs 3,100-3,250 per quintal in the south India. The country's sugar production has fallen......