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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
TopicFarm bill 2020

Topic: farm bill 2020

Between govt & farmers, who will blink first & finding a ‘110% safe’ Covid vaccine

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Indirect attack on the legal fraternity’ — why lawyers are also opposing new farm laws

Under one of the three new farm laws, disputes that were earlier adjudicated by civil courts will now be placed before SDMs and collectors.

About half of farm produce sold outside APMCs anyway. But Modi govt wants one-size-fits-all

The Modi govt claims the three new laws are re-creating the 1991 moment for agriculture. But those reforms were premised on decentralisation and deregulation.

Modi govt must sweat in Parliament to avoid bleeding on street. Farmers’ protest shows why

The consequence of the Modi govt skipping steps of a deliberative democracy is that the farm bill’s policy argument plays out in emotions instead of economics.

Digging trenches to stop farmers and a ‘moat’ around Central Vista

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

BJP in a spot as Punjab unit leaders want party leadership to address farmers’ concerns

Many Punjab BJP leaders are not convinced with the party high command’s unilateral move to pass the bills without consulting the state unit.

Farmers’ Bharat Bandh vs govt lockdown, & Rahul Gandhi only ‘speaks’ on Twitter

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Is Bollywood victim of witch hunt — Mirror Now, what’s the point of farmer protest — Zee News

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Why ‘friendly’ ties between BJP and KCR’s Telangana Rashtra Samiti are coming undone now

KCR’s Telangana Rashtra Samithi joined opposition ranks to boycott the just-concluded Parliament session in protest against the passage of the “anti-farmer” agriculture reform bills

Kangana, Daler Mehndi part of BJP campaign to allay fears on farm bills, slam opposition

BJP also instructs state units, MPs and farmers’ wing to organise campaigns online and offline, to counter ‘misinformation’ being spread about the reforms.

On Camera

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

What theaterisation could look like: Rotational CDS, three-star theatre commanders in initial years

The proposed structure envisions the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) rotating between the Army, Navy and Air Force, it is learnt.

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.