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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicFarm laws

Topic: farm laws

Farmers begin their day-long ‘relay’ hunger strike to intensify agitation against farm laws

Protesting farmers will participate in the hunger strike in batches and the first has 11 members, according to farmer leaders.

BJP, media, MHA — slander on Muslims and Sikhs have a lot in common. Outcome will be too

As a Muslim, I am humbled that the Delhi court exonerated the much-maligned Tablighi Jamaat members, who were accused of intentionally spreading the coronavirus.

Farmer union claims central agency has flagged NRI donations in ‘bid to defeat agitation’

Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) said a central agency has asked it to submit details of registration that allows it to receive foreign funds and warned the money will be sent back otherwise.

As UPA CEA, Kaushik Basu backed farm reforms. Now, he calls Modi’s laws ‘flawed, detrimental’

Kaushik Basu has been critical of Modi govt’s farm reform laws, trashing them on Twitter and in a newspaper article and has sought their withdrawal.

Wedding planning, feeding buffaloes, farm work — neighbours step in as Punjab farmers protest

Three lakh farmers marched from Punjab to protest last month and have been stationed at Delhi’s borders since, and this is how their farms and homes are being taken care of.

UP’s Sambhal administration scraps Rs 50 lakh notice to 6 farmers, blames ‘clerical error’

The notices were issued last week to the farmers on the charge of provoking local farmers against the farm laws. Farmers say they need written clarification of withdrawal of notices.

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

Researchers associated with Pennsylvania University’s India study centre looked at agricultural markets of Bihar, Odisha and Punjab. They found that intermediaries are a rational response to the dominant structure of Indian farming.

10 senior economists write to Modi govt, demand repeal of ‘fundamentally harmful’ farm laws

The economists, from institutions in different parts of India, have given Agriculture Minister N.S. Tomar five reasons why the new laws should be scrapped.

Amit Shah meets Goyal, Tomar, Sitharaman to review BJP’s efforts with protesting farmers

During the meeting, Shah also met BJP general secretaries and reviewed the party's outreach programme to allay fears on the new farm laws.

VM Singh — UP crorepati farmer leader targeted by BJP is Maneka Gandhi’s cousin

V.M. Singh was removed as national convenor of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee by farmers after offering to hold separate talks with govt for special law on MSP. 

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

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Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.