Opinion

Obsolete laws, vested interests and dishonesty have ensured that the farmer remained at the bottom of the value chain – working the most and getting the smallest share of the profits.

MSP scheme has been in place for decades along with cheap farm credit and other subsidies but they have had only limited benefit.

Worryingly for the Congress, which is preparing to go it alone in the assembly elections due in mid-2022, the NCP is seeking an honourable seat sharing deal, failing which it has threatened to walk its own path.

The day is not far when the Indian youth will not be a job-seeker but a potential job-giver through the set of vocational, employable and entrepreneurial skills imparted to them at different stages of education and training.​

To translate his plan into action, Joe Biden will have to exercise his executive powers as President and depend heavily on federal agencies.

During the 2010 Bihar assembly elections, chief minister Nitish Kumar had not allowed the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi to campaign in the state. Ten years later, facing acerbic disparagements from Tejashwi Yadav and Chirag Paswan, and amid perceived corr...

The attempt to woo the Muslims has been resolutely intensified ever since it dawned on the JD(U) leadership that the BJP might play a trick after the elections if it emerges as the single-largest party.

It can safely be said that both idli and dosa do not have a separate existence and work only with the paraphernalia of side dishes that go with it — the main accompaniments being chutney and sambar.

Sharad Joshi had given an economic paradigm to agriculture, arguing for the right of the farmers to determine the prices of their produce.

Notwithstanding the concerns of its allies, the BJP is aggressively pursuing its objective of coming to power in states where it is not in the government.

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison first met, they instantly got on well and built a relationship based on the many things they have in common.

Based on data released by the Government of India, media platforms have published many stories on the large scale disruption witnessed in routine health services during the COVID-19 pandemic which showed dramatic worsening across the board.

It is a well-documented fact that ancient Sanskrit texts contain scientific findings that are strikingly similar to modern discoveries in the field of astronomy, metallurgy, etc.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay defended the survey by arguing that such surveys may help us to understand how people perceive the image of the government.

Good and moderate diet, staying away from social media: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw speaks about what aided in her recovery from the coronavirus after she tested positive for the infection last month.

Mukherjee was the symbol of constitutional dignity. A smoking pipe dangling from his lips would mark most of his photographs in the early days of his politics. His mentor Indira Gandhi used to say: "Pranab Babu inhabits lots of secrets, but even if you pr...