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Research shows intermediaries’ role is misunderstood. Local market realities more at play

Shoumitro Chatterjee - 18 December, 2020

Protesting farmers at the Singhu Border between Delhi and Haryana | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Licensing, registration of farm produce buyers needs more reform not removal

Mekhala Krishnamurthy - 7 December, 2020

Modi govt can bring real agriculture reforms only by working with states

Mekhala Krishnamurthy - 19 September, 2020

First mission of Modi’s Mission Karmayogi must be to not repeat mistakes of past reforms

Karnamadakala Rahul Sharma - 10 September, 2020

A farmer ploughing with cattle (Representational image)

Most small farmers outside formal credit system. Sitharaman’s announcements won’t help them

Shoumitro Chatterjee - 15 May, 2020

File photo | An employee inspects a godown of Food Corporation of India (FCI) where rice bags are being stored during a nationwide lockdown, in Srinagar | PTI

Flaws of India’s welfare system are visible in our fight against Covid-19

Mekhala Krishnamurthy - 8 May, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic is ominous news for India’s rabi crops and farm-to-food chain

Mekhala Krishnamurthy - 25 March, 2020

File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi | ANI

Lateral entry, biometric attendance won’t fix Modi’s bureaucracy issue. Reinvest in the state

Yamini Aiyar - 28 February, 2020

Indian policymakers get it wrong because farmers’ lack of market access is not the problem

Mekhala Krishnamurthy - 25 February, 2020

A labourer takes a break at a green peas field in Amritsar, Punjab| Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

India can’t have true reform in agriculture if we keep hitching it to rural development

Mekhala Krishnamurthy - 4 February, 2020

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Opinion

How Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could transform American childhood

Julie Garlen - 24 January, 2021

Although the impact of the Trump presidency will not be easily overcome, a Biden-Harris administration offers hope for the nation’s children.

Twitter without gatekeepers will save public conversation. Not Khameini, Trump bans

24 January, 2021

These Muslim women comedians are making us laugh. In India of 2021, it’s no joke

24 January, 2021

Economy

Fastest Covid vaccination rollouts in Israel, UAE are propelling market gains

Cecile Gutscher - 24 January, 2021

Traders are rushing to price the global vaccine rollout & betting that nations at the forefront will be the fastest to recover from the crisis, lifting their stocks, currencies and bond yields.

Defence

Bangladesh armed forces contingent during the full dress rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day Parade, in New Delhi on Saturday | ANI

How Army and Navy are keeping Republic Day parade participants safe amid Covid

Snehesh Alex Philip - 23 January, 2021

In November, when Army contingent and bands started arriving in the capital, a total of 260 tested positive for Covid, out of about 3,000 who had landed.

National Interest

7 reasons why Modi govt is in retreat on farm reform laws

Shekhar Gupta - 23 January, 2021

Farm reform could’ve been high point of Modi’s second term. But lack of patience, understanding and contempt for history have turned it into a disaster.