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Why soil is the future of human civilisation
8 June, 2024
The people who control good lands could very well control the future of humanity by manipulating see...
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Why People of UP Have Rejected the Modi-Shah ‘Double Engine’ from Gujarat
5 June, 2024
On the ground, one could clearly hear annoyance and fury over a bid to keep the lid on their voices....
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Climate emergency in India: Impact of heatwave on agriculture and inflation
3 June, 2024
Many of the commercial varieties of seeds used aren’t climate-resilient and are not bred for high ...
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Is a New Power Centre Emerging in the BJP Under Nitin Gadkari to Counter Modi-Shah?
29 May, 2024
Although the tiff between Gadkari and Modi-Shah is long known, it once again came to the fore with r...
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Ground Report: The Tide Has Turned Against BJP Across Caste Groups in UP
27 May, 2024
From Lucknow to Varanasi, voters are no longer charmed by muscular nationalism and Hindutva. With li...
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How good wheat harvest in India can be a solution to world’s food crisis
14 May, 2024
India can exert itself through food diplomacy. A good wheat harvest in a time of scarcity can help N...
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In UP, is the BJP Pressuring Rajputs to Get Back Into the Fold?
8 May, 2024
Long travels in UP in the past few weeks uncovered simmering discomfort and anger amongst what was a...
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Modi May Be Up Against a Yogi Challenge
2 May, 2024
Decoding the UP story for the BJP reveals annoyance with price rise and joblessness, but also fatigu...
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Are the ‘Warrior’ or ‘Martial’ Classes Turning Against Modi?
28 April, 2024
The ‘warrior’ communities all over north India – the Rajputs, Sikhs, Jats, Bhils, Pasis and th...
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Demand, Policy, Empty Promises: Why We Must Compare Congress and BJP’s Agri Manifestos
25 April, 2024
The Congress party, after many years, has a sound agriculture manifesto. The Modi manifesto does not...
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Thakurs Emerge as the Biggest Chink in Modi’s Armour
21 April, 2024
What is happening as a response to Parshottam Rupala’s comments could be the Thakurs’ first war ...
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Food Inflation Has Dogged Modi Government Since 2015
19 April, 2024
This is not a new problem. Narendra Modi’s first year after the 2014 election was marred by the Da...
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Mercury rising: How to protect crops from extreme heatwave
17 April, 2024
A larger paradigm shift from subsidised, revenue-eating agriculture to a more natural, ecologically ...
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Is the Modi Govt About to Receive Another Weather-Wheat Blow?
2 April, 2024
The chickens have come home to roost: the effects of a string of mismanaged wheat policies have no...
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‘Kisan Mazdoor Commission’ to Look at Rising Challenges for Farmers in India
26 March, 2024
The objective of the KMC is to go “beyond the recommendations of Swaminathan Commission in the lig...
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‘If There Was an MSP Guarantee, We’d Have Never Fallen into Debt’: Farmers at Kisan Mahapanchayat
15 March, 2024
‘Sugarcane farmers are burdened with debt and no government has been able to solve our problem...
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Here an SKM, there an SKM, and the threat to farmers’ unity
14 March, 2024
Ramlila Maidan Farm Mahapanchayat: Samyukta Kisan Morcha’s success in getting permission for a mah...
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Opinion: It’s time to reimagine MSP for better ecology and economy
23 February, 2024
Should we let the MSP system, the primary incentive for spreading paddy-wheat monocultures in the no...
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MSP: A double-edged sword in Indian agriculture
21 February, 2024
The favourite problem of the economist is food inflation, if the farmers are given a fair price then...
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Farmers at the Haryana Border: The Chronology of How We Got Here Again
20 February, 2024
For the past six months, farmer groups have been organising all over India to reiterate the demand f...
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Does India need a ‘New Deal’ for her farmers?
20 February, 2024
Can a middle ground between farmers and the government on MSP be reached by reimagining a US ‘New ...
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Can Russia be India’s new best agri friend?
7 December, 2023
With climate disruptions wreaking havoc on agricultural seasons and output, the Indian and Russian g...
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Smog Isn’t Just About Farmers – We Breathe the Soot of Our Own Ecological Sins
13 November, 2023
It’s not only our lungs but perhaps our brains that have become fogged. We have failed to see that...
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Bad Kharif, Worse Monsoon: Inside India’s Food Security Doubts
7 November, 2023
What is needed is transparency on food and weather data, and stricter control on agri-processors and...
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Stubble Burning: How regenerative farming, biochar and generous financing can solve many problems in one go
31 October, 2023
From air pollution to degrading soil nutrients to depleting groundwater levels, North India is facin...
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A Woman Who Built an Oasis in the New Mexico Desert
24 September, 2023
For over three and a half decades, C.C. Culver has been the driving force behind the conservation an...
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Will agriculture be a victim of India-Canada standoff?
23 September, 2023
Canada has historically been a dependable potash source. It possesses the world’s largest potash r...
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How inflation hits Indian sweet tooth? Sugar export ban, biofuel production and a lot more
23 September, 2023
The Indian sugar export ban will have a direct bearing on domestic and international markets. It wil...
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Modi Government Headed for a Dal-Roti Mess as Traders Make a Killing
12 September, 2023
The government, in an effort to prevent a repeat of the 2015 dal crisis, has been carefully managing...
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The G20 Has Summarily Failed to Address Agrarian Distress in its Member Countries
11 September, 2023
India’s personal goals, especially, seem to have been steamrolled in favour of US policy. New Delh...
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Soil Testing Labs, More Cold Storages: Farmers Propose Ways to Heal Himachal Pradesh’s Apple Economy
11 September, 2023
Himachal Pradesh’s apple economy has suffered an estimated loss of over Rs 1,000 crore. Howeve...
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Is Indian Agriculture Following Two Policies – One at WTO and Another at Home?
31 August, 2023
Simply put, the government is saying one thing at the WTO and another thing to its farmers as the el...
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The Union Government’s Nano Urea Dream Project Is at Best a Paper Tiger
29 August, 2023
There is mounting evidence against the efficacy of nano urea or its claimed benefits for farmers or ...
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Rewilding: A Glimpse Into Regenerative Agriculture in the US
25 August, 2023
Ecological farming and care for the Earth connects the souls of India and the US. And if our countri...
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A Land Called Tamera
24 August, 2023
The azure sky held a hint of crimson, perhaps the scorching sun had vaporised the arid red soil. My ...
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Revealed: The Sinister Corporate Agenda Behind the Modi Govt’s Controversial Farm Laws
22 August, 2023
The brain behind now-repealed farm laws is one NRI software engineer, whose only credentials for adv...
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After Tomato Turmoil, Does the Government Face an Onion Apocalypse?
14 August, 2023
Is this strike three against the Modi government’s food policies? With the farmers’ movement...
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Is Climate Change Already Affecting Kashmir’s Fruit Crop?
30 July, 2023
Cherry, apples, plum and strawberries – all fruit crop in the region – have been under the weath...
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Tomatoes: The Modi Government Has Made a PR Stunt Out of a Real Issue
17 July, 2023
Rather than implementing real-time measures, the government is soliciting solutions from the public ...
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Is the Changing Climate Eating the Apple?
13 July, 2023
Apple’s fate is sealed by climate change this year. It may no longer be the forbidden fruit, but i...
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Blockages in the Chandra-Bhaga River System Herald Doom for Lahaul and Spiti
11 July, 2023
Spiti already faces acute water shortage, and the 12 lakh vehicles crossing the Atal Tunnel at Rohta...
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Rising prices: Why India is in tomato trouble again
9 July, 2023
Reports indicate that tomato prices have jumped 445 percent, surpassing the cost of petrol. McDonald...
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Cyclone, El Niño – Is the Modi Government Facing Heavy Weather?
22 June, 2023
It would be hard to predict how cropping patterns will change and further, how much food security wi...
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MSP hike on kharif crops may help lower inflation, say economists
8 June, 2023
The price incentives will result in higher production, which will translate into lower prices and br...
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In Telangana, Experimenting With a Low-Cost Way To Improve Soil Fertility
8 June, 2023
A disciple of permaculture pioneer Bill Mollison, Narsanna Koppula is using biochar, a certain type ...
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Who Benefits from the Government’s New Thrust on Millets?
6 June, 2023
While farmers and doctors say the renewed push to millets is welcome, they also request the governme...
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Modi @ 9 | PM’s farmer scheme a hit but government still far from goal of doubling agricultural income
25 May, 2023
A parliamentary panel on agriculture in a report tabled in Parliament on March 23 this year noted th...
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Farm Uneasy: Despite push towards access to formal credit, most farmers continue to rely on middlemen for loans
27 April, 2023
To meet their growing expenditure, from daily needs and health emergencies to weddings and sending t...
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Farm Uneasy | Generational gift for farmers of Haryana & Punjab: Debt
26 April, 2023
Farmers of both Punjab and Haryana remain weighed under heavy debts as it rises many folds from one ...
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Analysis | How farmers, policymakers can brace for uncertain weather patterns
7 April, 2023
India is among the worst affected globally by climate change, with its agriculture sector hit hard b...
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Covid Vaccine: Have The mRNA Vaccines Done More Harm Than Good
6 April, 2023
Dr Peter McCullough says, “India acted wisely by not allowing mRNA vaccines (Pfizer). Now sadly In...
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Opinion | Weather Blues Again: Organic Farming Need of the Hour in India
30 March, 2023
The conventional agro-climate is shifting and we are in a transition phase, which may last till 2027...
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Is Wheat in Trouble Again?
25 March, 2023
Hailstorms and rain could have reversed an otherwise healthy wheat crop this season. After a promisi...
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Summer in February: Why Telangana Farmers Are the First Victims of Climate Chaos
24 March, 2023
Telangana is especially vulnerable to climate change and has already reported a high number of heat-...
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India Has an Agriculture Ministry Only in Name: Rakesh Tikait
24 March, 2023
Rakesh Tikait spoke to The Wire about why farmers are still organising, whether they should enter po...
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At Mahapanchayat in Delhi, Farmers Vow to Build Bigger ‘Andolan’ for Democracy
22 March, 2023
With the general elections a year away, farmers’ unions say they will build more pressure on t...
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Who Does a Good Crop Benefit? Not Farmers
16 March, 2023
Here’s why bumper harvests lead to crashing prices. Allahabad/Bulandshahr/Nashik: As the Rabi har...
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How Women in Telangana’s Zaheerabad Are Spearheading a Millet Revolution
14 March, 2023
Women from nearly 70 villages in and around Zaheerabad have been using traditional methods to save s...
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India’s Agriculture Is Feeling the Effects of Extreme Weather Events
14 March, 2023
The symptoms are extreme weather events reported throughout the country. But the question is, what i...
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How Telangana’s Age-Old Thirst Was Quenched
4 March, 2023
The heart of water security in Telangana is Project Bhagiratha for drinking water, and the Kaleshwar...
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What brewed at Davos?
24 February, 2023
Some suggestions to change the world at Davos were rather intriguing and potentially dangerous  ...
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Budget 2023 | Natural Farming, AI, Green Growth: How Centre is making agriculture get greener roots
2 February, 2023
The green growth policy outlook is definitely progressive as it doesn’t see agriculture in isolati...
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Jaipur Literature Festival 2023: Questions Answered and Unanswered
26 January, 2023
Winter afternoon was getting warmer with conversation. Day one, Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) had...
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Mehdipur Balaji: A surreal experience of exploring the unknown
22 January, 2023
A trip to Balaji definitely bolstered my scepticism, and one knew from realisation that the supernat...
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In Deborah Madison’s kitchen: What is the recipe for healthy and sustainable food
16 January, 2023
As a woman who has helped America develop a taste for vegetables, Madison shares her thoughts about ...
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‘Ma-guru’ in Chhattisgarh forests: How a spiritual leader turned barren red laterite rocks into a biodiversity paradise
2 January, 2023
Intercropping, crop pairing, organic farming, permaculture design, Sambhav Baba’s ashram manifests...
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RSS Farmers’ Body Turns on Government and the ‘Lobby’ Thwarting Them
20 December, 2022
“If we agree with the government, like on the PM Kisan Nidhi scheme, we welcome the move, or e...
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Keen on GM Mustard, Government Plays Tug-of-War With RSS
14 December, 2022
What happens next in the SC with GM mustard will not only define the future of Indian agriculture, b...
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Interview| GM fundamentalists can’t even give one valid argument, says SJM’s Ashwani Mahajan
11 December, 2022
‘We don’t need GM mustard to improve yields, we just have to rely on varieties that are alre...
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India’s White Revolution Runs Into Fodder Problem
13 October, 2022
Milk and meat production suffer gravely in India due to the poor quality and chronic under-availabil...
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Was Lumpy Skin Disease in Cattle Preventable?
4 October, 2022
LSD is far from abated in India, and everything being done to prevent the spread of this viral infec...
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‘Monsanto Activities Are Illegal Under Indian Law’: Dr. Krishan Bir Chaudhary
26 September, 2022
Dr Krishan Bir Chaudhary is President of Bharatiya Krishak Samaj (Indian farmers organization), form...
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Touch of ethereal in Meghalaya: Gods of the sacred grove
24 September, 2022
The local belief is that Mawphalang sacred grove still serves as a portal between worlds The lush th...
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As Dry Spells and Untimely Rains Hit Farmers, How Helpful Is the PM Crop Insurance Scheme?
20 September, 2022
‘The government is handing out Rs 5000 per farmer, irrespective of whether the farmer has one ...
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Meghalaya, its matrilineal society and the intruding elements of patriarchy
17 September, 2022
The legal implementation of Meghalayan traditional ethos is getting harder day by day Being brought ...
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Why one needs to take criticism of PM Narendra Modi’s organic farming policy with a pinch of salt
14 September, 2022
Pseudo-scientific writers often attack organic farming for lesser yields, conveniently overlooking f...
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Climate woes, farm distress and agriculture future in Meghalaya
12 September, 2022
Forest edibles including herbs, vegetables, tubers, etc. and have been important part of the Meghal...
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HEALTH EPIDEMIC LOOMS AS CSE FINDS UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF GM GENES IN INDIAN FOODS
11 September, 2022
GM markers were found in the edibles oils that were blended with Bt cottonseed oil in India. A publi...
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India: Why are suicides among farmers on the increase?
6 September, 2022
Financial burdens caused by climate change and government polices have led to a rise in the number o...
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Jhoom cultivation, sustainable farming and mountain foods of Meghalaya
21 August, 2022
The times were changing in Nongtraw from political to climatic but Jhoom cultivation has ensured a m...
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Scorched earth: Why Lahaul is on the precipice of a climate crisis
8 August, 2022
The Lahaul region in Himachal Pradesh is witnessing soaring temperatures this year, and this threate...
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Kargil veteran, Brahmi and growing hope in Meghalaya’s farmlands
6 August, 2022
If the might of one army veteran can bring about such change, what an army of dedicated women and me...
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A Super-Tax on Nutrition in Malnourished India?
20 July, 2022
Watch pakodanomics in action as the government ignores that malnutrition in India is severe and peop...
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In Kashmir, Locals Suffer Side-Effects of Mining but are Denied its Benefits
5 July, 2022
People who live along the gypsum mountains in remote areas say that unlike the small-scale mining of...
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How olive cultivation in Uri is transforming the lives of Kashmiri farmers
26 June, 2022
In Kashmir, cultivation of olive is done in Uri owing to favourable weather conditions and soil qual...
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The Kashmir Files: Of overcrowded hill stations, impending water crisis, and growing garbage & pollution levels
22 June, 2022
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A silent prayer for Srebrenica
21 June, 2022
Most of the Muslims lie dead, in graves and in numbness, questioning how many more innocent lives wi...
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Turkish Delight: A Breakfast at the Embassy
13 June, 2022
It was around 10:30 am when our ambassadorial white sedan entered the Turkish embassy at 22 Prithvir...
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People employed in Kashmir’s agriculture sector detail first hand the havoc that climate change is wreaking upon their crops, lives and livelihoods.
28 May, 2022
People employed in Kashmir’s agriculture sector detail first hand the havoc that climate chang...
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In search of miracle berry in Himalayas: How sea buckthorn is transforming lives in Lahaul
22 May, 2022
It is a miracle plant filled with benefits from regulating blood pressure to boosting immunity, and ...
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Are We on the Edge of a Food Crisis?
4 May, 2022
The food markets have been volatile since the Ukraine-Russia conflict – including problems like sh...
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Worldwide Food Inflation is Expected to Rise Steeply, Adding to the Woes of the World’s Hungry
3 May, 2022
The silver lining is the bumper mustard crop in India, but that is insufficient to take care of the ...
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Rashol: Where Gods Still Visit Men
2 May, 2022
It had been a harrowing 18-hour cab ride from Delhi to Parvati Valley. Half twisted and drained, the...
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Earth Day: Affirm Conservation as Resistance
22 April, 2022
Let us be realistic as we try to limit pollution and global warming. Then we can hope the earth will...
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Various ground reports confirm that Punjab and Haryana may see a major drop in wheat production. Farmers are worried. So is the government.
19 April, 2022
Various ground reports confirm that Punjab and Haryana may see a major drop in wheat production. Far...
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With New MoEFCC Memo, Are Indian Policy Makers Supporting ‘Big Biotech’?
14 April, 2022
The MoEFCC’s recent decision to exclude new-gen GM plants from the ambit of existing biosafety...
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Is organic farming really to blame for Sri Lanka’s ongoing food crisis?
14 April, 2022
The Sri Lankan crisis has brought deep sufferings in the neighbouring country. Food and agriculture ...
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Jaipur’s Loathing & Fear: JLF memories
11 April, 2022
The Jaipur Literature Festival conjures up a lot of images not only for the mind’s eye but also fo...
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Meet the Water Warrior, Laxman Singh, Who Invented a New Method of Water Conservation
8 April, 2022
Instead of building contours to hold water, the Chauka system is designed to hold a 9-inch water lev...
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Who Benefits from the Ken-Betwa Linking Project? Field Notes from a Walking Tour
29 March, 2022
There is a way to increase the supply of water in the region of the two rivers without spending Rs 4...
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Interview | We are movement people, not political ones: Rakesh Tikait on BJP’s win in UP despite farmers’ agitation
24 March, 2022
‘We never asked anyone to vote in a particular way, not even in our own households. We spoke about...
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Interview | Ken-Betwa link project is starting of a new national movement for water security: Prahlad Patel
23 March, 2022
‘Our traditional wisdom and knowledge are accurate and we need to embrace them,’ says the Minist...
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‘Indian Rivers are in ICUs, Drying up Fast’—Waterman Rajendra Singh
22 March, 2022
The well-known activist says commodification of water in response to the water crisis will destroy w...
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UP, up, and away for Adityanath
18 March, 2022
While the Uttar Pradesh CM may have registered a handsome double-term win, the Oppn — especially t...
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Interview | What’s happening in Ukraine is brutal; Putin is trying to justify the unjustifiable: German Ambassador Walter Lindner
11 March, 2022
Walter Lindner also cautioned against rising fuel prices and inflation. ‘Democracy and freedom hav...
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How the Russia-Ukraine Crisis Could Affect Food Prices in India
9 March, 2022
Wheat, corn, cooking oil, fertiliser – the crisis is likely to affect all these prices. Have you b...
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A Date With the Desert
5 March, 2022
As Valentine’s Day approached, I finished another Edward Abbey book. Abbey, a crazy white bearded ...
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Bosnia’s relevance 30 years after war
4 March, 2022
The evolving crisis in Ukraine forces us to rethink the Bosnia-Herzegovina war, which led to redrawi...
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WORLD Ukraine crisis: Top Russian diplomat on Western sanctions, friendship with India and fake news
3 March, 2022
As the Ukraine crisis heats up, a conversation with Roman Babushkin, deputy chief of mission (DCM) o...
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HTBT issue: We should embrace technology, but not illegality
6 December, 2021
Still reeling from the Covid-19 crisis, the Indian seed sector is being challenged by another deadly...
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The Great Indian Oxygen Famine
4 May, 2021
The artificial scarcity of oxygen and this oxygen famine is a result of bad policies and malicious p...
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In Karnataka’s Kisan Panchayats, a Familiar and Crushing Tale
4 April, 2021
With the state government’s Land Reform Bill coming as a death knell for farmers, the Delhi pr...
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India needs a new political class: Farmers
25 March, 2021
Until the farmers’ movement succeeds in making their voice heard in Parliament, the political part...
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In Rajasthan’s Pipad, Kisan Mahapanchayat Strikes a Deep Chord
15 March, 2021
Pipad, Rajasthan, is usually a quiet place with fallow lands, parched salty soils and a blooming min...
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The Internationale: Kumbh of protests
3 March, 2021
The agrarian issue is being politicised by media magicians but, for the farmers, it’s a question o...
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With the ECA Defanged, Can India’s Competition Laws Ward off Potential Trouble?
12 February, 2021
As India dismantled the Essential Commodities Act last year and invited , one question remains unans...
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More funds, less credit needed
3 February, 2021
The Finance Minister’s plans to fix India’s agriculture sector leave a lot to be desired and...
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Don’t punish all for the sins of a few
29 January, 2021
To emerge victorious the Government should embrace the farmers’ cause, and not ignore it because o...
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Don’t punish all for the sins of a few
29 January, 2021
To emerge victorious the Government should embrace the farmers’ cause, and not ignore it because o...
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The Pandora’s Box of Agri Reform, Subsidies and Tariffs
21 December, 2020
India cannot have protectionism for corporations backed by tariffs and a free market only for Indian...
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Why India’s Slowly Blooming Mushroom Sector Needs Thoughtful Policy Intervention
5 December, 2020
Since mushrooms are neither plants nor animals and emerge not from seeds but from spawns or spores, ...
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Seeding a new market
21 November, 2020
The Indian seed industry, as a sub-sector of the agri-inputs industry, has been the most vibrant in ...
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NEWS PLUSAN ‘AATMANIRBHAR’ SEED SECTOR NEEDS TO BE MORE EXPORT-ORIENTED
4 November, 2020
India is blessed with diverse agro-climatic conditions, which can be harnessed for its potential to ...
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Reform land ceiling laws
2 November, 2020
Through a fourth Ordinance, India can set a precedent in the world where nature and the agrarian eco...
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Reform land ceiling laws: Incentivise farmers for agro-ecological plantations and agro-forestry
26 October, 2020
Incentivise farmers for agro-ecological plantations and agro-forestry by relaxing land ceiling limit...
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Winter Pollution: The Soot of Bad Policies
19 October, 2020
While giving money to tractor manufacturers may or may not help, the triumvirate – Delhi, UP and H...
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Free market or Company Raj?
28 September, 2020
Corporations and agro-processors can demand graded products for MSP. Otherwise, they may not buy at ...
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Farm Bills, Small Farmers and Chasing the Agri-Dollar Dream
25 September, 2020
Can the government guarantee that India won’t go the US agri-business way due to these reforms? If...
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Greening Delhi needs more will power than wallet power
31 August, 2020
As Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are proactively supporting plantation drives, the national capital shou...
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Is India Missing Out on the Cannabis Dollar?
29 August, 2020
The illegal marijuana trade thrives in India, making billions for the mafia, while stealing from the...
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The doublespeak on the pandemic
24 June, 2020
The Government using the lockdowns, curfews and sundry other curbs in the name of public health conc...
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Why India needs a stronger Essential Commodities Act
21 June, 2020
Government must keep all seeds for sowing under ECA purview and strengthen this law. As agribusiness...
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NEWSMONEY ISN’T THE REAL WEALTH, BIODIVERSITY IS
5 June, 2020
We must replace synthetic goods with biodiverse and sustainable products that help heal small commun...
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No silver in this playbook
28 May, 2020
The Government announced a slew of reforms for the agriculture sector. But it will do well to learn ...
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It’s time to roll back FDI in seed sector
25 May, 2020
Foreign ownership of Indian seed and plant genetic resource risks our food and seed security. Self-d...
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Decoding FM’s agri-stimulus: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Tranches
24 May, 2020
With the Rs. 8.4 lakh crore agri-stimulus, the finance minister has enforced an economic Green Revol...
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International Biological Diversity Day 2020: Our Solutions are in Nature
22 May, 2020
From the native tribes of the Americas to the Chinese, all affirmed human life as a part of nature, ...
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Embrace Mother Nature
22 May, 2020
Each of us has to embrace biodiversity-based products in our lives. Not only will they be an economi...
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क्या आत्मनिर्भर भारत में सहायक होगी एपीएमसी?
21 May, 2020
किसान अपने स्वयं के खेतों पर राज्यों क...
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Will APMC reform dismantle Self Reliant India?
21 May, 2020
The APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committees) Act has ensured that each farmer in even the remot...
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Enough Lockdown, Mr Modi, Now let us work
8 May, 2020
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Amit Shah Ends campaign trail in Kejriwal’s bastion
5 May, 2020
#DelhiElection #AmitShah #Modi Link: http://amitshah.co.in/hindustan-times-amit-shah-ends-campaign-t...
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St Stephen’s sexual assault case: Alumni seek Thampu’s resignation
3 May, 2020
St Stephen’s alumni launched a social media campaign seeking principal Valson Thampu’s resignati...
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‘Take that complaint back’: St Stephen’s principal heard on tape
3 May, 2020
Trouble may escalate for St Stephen’s College principal Valson Thampu after a research student...
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Biosafety Assessment of GM Mustard By Prof Saradhi
3 May, 2020
NEW DELHI: Pardha Saradhi is a Professor in Environmental Studies at University of Delhi. After atta...
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मॉनसेंटो के खिलाफ ड्वेन जॉनसन को मिली जीत राउंडअप कीटनाशक के बढ़ते खतरे को दर्शाता है
2 May, 2020
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#NoMoreBhopal: To Be Or Not To Be Gandhi In Bhopal
2 May, 2020
“I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a...
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Alibaba And The Forty Thieves 2.0
2 May, 2020
Demonetisation or Demonisation? As it is payday time for many Indians, the temperatures are risin...
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Govt’s claims of higher yields, low import bills untrue, says petitioner Aruna Rodrigues
2 May, 2020
GM Mustard row: Govt’s claims of higher yields, low import bills untrue, says petitioner Aruna...
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पृथ्वी दिवस की प्रतिज्ञा – स्थायी और स्वदेशी पुनर्जीवन
22 April, 2020
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Learn to be Earth stewards
22 April, 2020
The ‘conquest of nature’ has got us to the precipice of doom as environmental degradation is t...
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Coronavirus Outbreak: With a stressed Rabi season, it’s imperative to ensure speedy delivery of Zaid
15 April, 2020
A pandemic is upon us — COVID-19 — and India, more than the world, needs to tread very cautiou...
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Nine measures that could help keep India’s agriculture supply chain from breaking
15 April, 2020
The Covid-19 global pandemic has thrown our world into chaos. Already, the United Nations and the Wo...
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Big Brother is watching behind COVID mask
10 April, 2020
We all agree that the #Coronavirus crisis must be stopped by all means necessary but we should be ve...
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Agriculture in the time of Covid-19
3 April, 2020
Our survival is dependant on agriculture and a good harvest depends on quality seeds delivered to fa...
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विशेष : कोरोना से लड़ाई का अहम हथियार है सामूहिक निगरानी
1 April, 2020
जिस कौशल के साथ सरकारों ने कोविड-19 नामक...
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Covid-19 will hit the farm sector
27 March, 2020
If sowing is delayed in the Zaid season or farmers miss this window because of late delivery of seed...
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Who will seed organic India?
24 March, 2020
Indian food exports to the EU and the USA are rejected due to toxic residues found even in certified...
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कोरोना वायरस : आयात-निर्यात पर पाबंदी से कृषि क्षेत्र पर छा सकता है संकट
18 March, 2020
पूरी दुनिया में कोरोना वायरस की वजह से...
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Is faith enough to clean the Ganga?
3 March, 2020
A Ganga yatra and awareness drive may be the first steps to save the river but are far from the solu...
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विशेष लेख : ऑर्गेनिक इंडिया का पोषण कौन करेगा?
26 February, 2020
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Who will sow the seeds of growth for an organic India?
18 February, 2020
The Union Budget 2020 on agriculture sends a clear message. That the Modi government is committed to...
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Take responsibility
15 February, 2020
It is time that we took some responsibility for our actions and impact on the environment and stoppe...
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Will Seed Bill 2019 deliver the goods?
24 January, 2020
Quality seeds are India’s lifeline. Farming, food and the livelihood of over 60 per cent of the In...
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Between India and Pakistan, let’s give the seeds a chance
24 January, 2020
The Indian seed sector lost one of its biggest export markets when the governments of India and Paki...
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एक जंगल के लिये जंगल – समय आ गया है कि सुप्रीम कोर्ट हम्मुराबी कोड को लागू करे
21 January, 2020
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A Forest for a Forest’ – it’s time SC enforces environmental Code of Hammurabi
20 January, 2020
Apart from ordering the addition of a new re-greening clause in the mining leases issued by the gove...
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India must reform its seed sector before RCEP takes effect
23 October, 2019
The RCEP agreement, if implemented, will allow other countries to dump excess seeds in the Indian ma...
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Soot of our indulgence
22 October, 2019
Delhiites must realise that stubble doesn’t burn throughout the year, yet we lose loved ones t...
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Rescue biodiversity first
17 October, 2019
India has a crucial decision to make. Should it conserve its biodiversity and germplasm for future g...
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Free the land to save Earth
19 September, 2019
Degraded tracts can be used for orchards and agro-forestry to help store more carbon in the soil. Th...
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Old is still gold
26 August, 2019
The Govt’s decision to abruptly remove 10-year-old seed varieties from the market may do more harm...
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Time to seed the world
2 August, 2019
India is a biodiversity-rich country. We are the centre of origin for many crops, fruits and vegetab...
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Save Akola farmers
29 July, 2019
India has to be very careful before its mega cotton seed sector crumbles because of pro-GM vigilanti...
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A lost legacy
29 November, 2018
‘Mandal Messiah’ V P Singh has been abandoned politically. (The “Mandal Messiah” who empower...
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Dewayne Johnson wins lawsuit against Monsanto: Case highlights hazardous effects of pesticideRoundup
16 August, 2018
The truth is finally out. US pesticide maker Monsanto, which had recently been acquired by German gi...
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Finding Vishwanath Pratap Singh…
25 June, 2018
To celebrate the 87th anniversary of former Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh, a man who change...
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Monsanto’s toxins in your Samosa!
29 October, 2017
Thanks to Monsanto’s reckless practices, Bt toxins in adulterant cottonseed oil may be seeping...
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan inept leadership – Ajay Singh
14 July, 2017
Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s inept leadership led to farmers’ crisis in Madhya Pradesh, says ...
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‘Rani’ vs ‘Rani’: BJP’s Garima Singh on Amethi’s Battle Royal
30 June, 2017
The electoral battle in Amethi has taken an interesting turn, with BJP fielding Garima Singh, the es...
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Remembering VP Singh on his 86th birthday
27 June, 2017
A grandson reminds us why India needs its political Siddharth . With the Congress in retreat and t...
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Champaran Satyagraha, 100 years on
11 April, 2017
Champaran Satyagraha, 100 years on: Reimagining Gandhian politics in times of violence, greed and fe...
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Campaign Trail with Raja Bhaiya
16 February, 2017
UP Election 2017: Raghuraj Pratap Singh reveals why people have voted for him for 25 years. (Raghura...
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Alibaba And the Forty Thieves
24 November, 2016
NEW DELHI: I was traveling in an auto to the railways station, and after a long discussion on black ...
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Roti, RuPay aur Lagaan
18 November, 2016
While a leisurely menage a trois is on between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bill Gates and Israeli ...
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MasterCard Modi
10 November, 2016
As a working professional, I want to ask our revered Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who changed your ...
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A grandson’s tribute: The forgotten idealism of VP Singh
25 June, 2016
Remembering the former prime minister on his 85th birth anniversary. In the summer of ’98, my exte...
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Beedis less injurious than cigarettes, don’t cause cancer: BJP’s SC Gupta
6 October, 2015
BJP MP Shyama Charan Gupta, at the centre of a controversy for defending tobacco products, has rejec...
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Profits should benefit society: Activist Vandana Shiva
11 August, 2015
Dr Vanada Shiva, an internationally renowned activist, is an authority on organic farming and farmer...
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St Stephen’s sexual harassment victim gets a new PhD guide
29 July, 2015
Delhi University has changed the research supervisor of a St Stephen’s college student who had all...
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Amethi’s palace tussle may impact its politics
6 July, 2015
Arrest of Sanjay Singh’s estranged son Anant latest in the dispute over coveted property. The batt...
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GK contenders to fight for pride and legacy
24 June, 2015
Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee, has been apparently shouldered the res...
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St Stephen’s College suspends mag editor, angry students write to CM
16 June, 2015
St Stephen’s College principal Valson Thampu on Tuesday suspended Devansh Mehta, the editor and co...
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Green sentinels: These people are doing their bit to make Delhi clean
5 June, 2015
Indra, 76, was one of the first residents in south Delhi to start tagging bags and separating plasti...
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St Stephen’s student takes principal to court; faculty, alumni question magazine ban
17 April, 2015
A student of Delhi’s premier St Stephen’s college has moved the Delhi high court against...
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Stephen’s e-zine editor gets grad papers from CM Kejriwal amid cheers
15 April, 2015
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St Stephen’s bans online magazine, blames students
24 March, 2015
The banning of Stephen’s Weekly, St. Stephen’s college’s first ever online news magazine, by p...
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Freestyle daredevilry sets the tone
23 March, 2015
Freestyle dancers are hitting the parks in south Delhi to create some high octane excitement Dancing...
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South Delhi loves its Little Kabul
20 March, 2015
The market houses over 30 eating joints catering to more than 200 families in the neighbourhood. An ...
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Willing and able: More and more differently-abled are discussing sex
15 March, 2015
The differently-abled are often too embarrassed to ask even their doctors about sex. The good news i...
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Tractors, colour, caps and grit at Anna’s land ordinance protest
24 February, 2015
A long queue of tractors parked alongside Tolstoy Marg in the heart of Delhi served as the first mar...
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Close contest for Bedi in ‘safe seat’ Krishna Nagar
3 February, 2015
The BJP’s chief ministerial nominee Kiran Bedi visits her constituency Krishna Nagar every morning...
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People hope Modi will resolve perennial water woes
2 February, 2015
People hope Modi will resolve perennial water woes. The Narendra Modi frenzy engulfed Dwarka’s sec...
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