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India’s MSP system for farmers has outlived its purpose. It’s time to phase it out

The MSP system requires substantial grain storage, which our facilities often struggle to accommodate. This means that sometimes, grains go bad.

Skincare routines start with finding out your skin type. Don’t rely on Instagram ads

Majority of content creators do their due diligence, but some may lead you astray. It’s important to know what products you should have & what's not a priority.

SC ruling on bonds good but transparency problem in election expenditure still untouched

EBS is now gone, but ETS is still available, ECI should nudge political parties and the corporate world towards wider use of ETS. Then, at least one part of electoral funding can become cleaner.

BMW 7 Series Protection—top car that makes you rev up its engine & rock up to The Oberoi

It’s not built on the regular production line but put together by hand by highly trained engineers at BMW facilities in Dingolfing outside Munich.

US-China science pact must be renewed. Keep geopolitics from hindering scientific progress

The risk to science of abandoning the open collaboration among scientists from China and the US outweighs even the most critical views.

Modi govt did for India-Greece ties what others didn’t in 40 years

The upgrade in Delhi-Athens ties could help in the full utilisation of Greece’s strategic location as a gateway to Europe for India and the Gulf countries.

Sandeshkhali is Mamata Banerjee’s most dangerous quicksand in 12 years

Sandeshkhali takes us back 17 years to Nandigram when women full of rage marched with raised lathis. And Mamata Banerjee has echoed the CPI-M’s responses to its decisive blunders at Singur, Nandigram, and Lalgarh.

SC ruling on electoral bonds is a vaccine for the future not medicine for the present

The clear timeline set by the Supreme Court suggests that it is conscious about making information available to people before 2024 elections. But do voters have enough time to untangle the web of quid pro quo?

UAE’s new Hindu temple a lesson for Indian Muslims—Respecting other faiths doesn’t weaken yours

Witnessing the inauguration of the BAPS Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi this week filled me with joy as an Indian Pasmanda Muslim.

Farmers’ intention isn’t right. Modi govt must tell them conflict & commerce can’t go together

Failure to check violence, as happened in 2021-22 farmers' protest, can badly hurt the Modi government’s image in an election year.

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Hormuz crisis won’t replace the dollar with yuan. De-dollarisation is a myth

Recent data does not support any dramatic shift away from the dollar. As per IMF, the share of international transactions conducted in dollars has declined from 56.90% to 56.77%.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.