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Topic: farm loans

Modi wants to double farmers’ income by 2022. But it is only their debt that’s growing

Sanya Dhingra -
Across Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, farmers say central schemes like PM-Kisan are a mockery, and that they no longer have MGNREGA as a safety net.

Farm income in India hasn’t been this bad in almost 20 years, and it may be too late for Modi to fix

Roshan Kishore, HT -
WPI sub-component for primary food articles has been negative for six consecutive months beginning July 2018.

Arun Jaitley fact-checks Rahul Gandhi’s Madhya Pradesh speech

Arun Jaitley -
'How much does he know? When will he know?' -- the questions Arun Jaitley says that come to his mind whenever he hears Rahul Gandhi speak.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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