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Indian Agriculture: Between the 2026 Union budget & US-India trade deal, a huge setback for Indian farmers
While the Indian corporate media has hailed the reduction of tariffs to the US, now at 18 per cent (still up from the previous single digit figures), it is the blanket non-tariff barriers to US agriculture goods that will hit Indian farmers hard
India needs a stimulus package to fight the COVID-19 Economic battle
A closer look at the plight of migrants and some solutions for economic recovery
Spending is the easiest way to revive the economy: Abhijit Banerjee
Lockdown homeschool for Indian adults: A simple economics class from a Nobel laureate, and a lesson on conducting TV interviews from a politician.
Plea in SC highlights plight of people in informal sector, seeks compensation scheme
The petition seeks directions to the Centre to formulate such a scheme and take over the financial burden of the same as States are already under financial distress
Indian traders unite against Amazon CEO, call him ‘Economic Terrorist’
Jeff Bezos was in India to announce the investment of $1 billion to digitize small businesses
Inflation and Oil: What ails India’s economy?
Will 2020 prove to be a better year for India’s economy?
Priyanka Gandhi slams EPFO’s decision to cut interest rates
If the decision comes through, it could adversely impact the retirement corpus of over 8 crore professionals
Karnataka Bank reports fraud of Rs. 40 crore
Hanung toys and Textiles Ltd was stated to be a non-performing asset and wilfully defaulting company
BPCL Divestment: Who Benefits?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman's recent announcement on divesting two state-run companies, Air India and BPCL has created a furore.
75,000 BSNL Staff Opt For VRS, Unions Blame Management for ‘Fear Psychosis’
The employees’ fronts have urged the BSNL management to engage trade unions for “constructive discussions and feedback, instead of VRS Mela.
‘There Are Very Strong Concerns About The Indian Economy’
Bengaluru: Joseph Stiglitz, 76, gently placed his walking stick beside the sofa and a stack of papers on the table as he settled in to savour some South Indian breakfast. He was in the city to deliver a lecture organised by a university.
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Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Communalism
When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
India
Maharashtra SIR: 2.08 crore (20.8 million) voter forms “uncollected” hence may not be listed in August 24 draft electoral roll
More than 1 in 5 voter enumeration forms have remained “uncollected” on the final day of Maharashtra’s SIR exercise, with urban districts accounting for a large share of those bureaucratically “excluded”-- nearly 95 lakh forms were uncollected in Thane, Mumbai and Pune, though voters left out of the draft will get a month to seek inclusion or correction
Minorities
Jharkand government accused of continued communal lynchings by fact-finding team
The fact-finding team that comprised representatives of Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, Karwan e Mohabbat, Sajha Kadam and United Milli Forum has demanded that both the family of the deceased (lynched) man and victim survivor be provided protection and an impartial probe be conducted
India
Sumit Sarkar: Engaged scholarship, ways of historical thinking, an enduring legacy
Scholar of modern India with a path breaking approach to research and his discipline, historian Sumit Sarkar transformed how modern Indian history was understood, bringing ordinary people and their experiences to the centre of historical scholarship
Gender and Sexuality
When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control
Holding that an alleged unlawful conversion cannot become a licence for private confinement, the Court separates the legality of religious conversion from the legality of detention—and holds the father and Uttar Pradesh State jointly liable for ₹25 lakh in constitutional compensation
India
‘How Can Rehabilitation Work If We Are Not Safe?’ Sanjay Tickoo on the fresh threat to Kashmiri Pandit employees
Sanjay Tickoo speaks to Sabrang India on repeated threats, targeted killings and security lapses have eroded Kashmiri Pandit employees’ faith in the State.