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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicFarm laws

Topic: farm laws

SC to hear farm laws pleas after member of panel, set up to resolve impasse, recuses himself

A 4-member panel was constituted to listen to grievances of protesting farmers and make recommendations to resolve the deadlock. Talks with the Centre have so far failed make headway.

Why Ambani, Adani are in protesters’ crosshairs despite showing no interest in farm sector

Protesters have targeted the two tycoons amid the Centre-farmers dispute that has revived debate on what Modi’s critics call a cozy nexus between corporates and the govt.

India begins Covid ‘shots’ and Arnab Goswami’s WhatsApp ‘shock’

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

Govt holds 9th round of talks with protesting farmer unions over farm laws

The previous meeting, held on 8 January, remained inconclusive as the Centre ruled out repealing the three laws claiming nationwide support for the reforms.

Farm laws well-intentioned but Modi govt faltered in communication, Amul MD R.S. Sodhi says

At ThePrint's Off the Cuff, Amul Managing Director Dr Rupinder Singh Sodhi talked about how repealing farm laws now will set a bad precedent for the government.

Farm laws have potential to represent step forward for agricultural reforms in India — IMF

IMF said the measures will enable farmers to retain a greater share of the surplus by reducing the role of middlemen, enhance efficiency and support rural growth.

Trump’s disappointment with Supreme Court, and what Sitharaman’s Budget needs

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

‘Will stand with farmers & Punjab’ — farmer leader Bhupinder Mann quits SC farm laws panel

In a short press statement released Thursday, Mann said he was ‘ready to sacrifice any position so as not to compromise the interest of Punjab and farmers of the country’. 

Swami Vivekananda’s ‘take’ on National Youth Day & the govt’s ‘middlemen’

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

Panic in Haryana’s BJP-JJP govt as pressure grows within for action on farm laws

Six of JJP’s 10 MLAs and some Independents have given a virtual ultimatum to the parties to urge the central govt to resolve the farmers issue at the earliest.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?