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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicFarmer distress

Topic: Farmer distress

Farmers in India fall behind in planting key summer-sown crops due to uneven monsoon rains

Millions of Indian farmers plant summer crops mainly in the monsoon months of June and July, with the harvest starting in October.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

Trump trains guns on US defence giants, singles out Raytheon & what it means for India

Trump said Raytheon was ‘least responsive’ to needs of US military. Raytheon makes Excalibur ammunition for M777 guns & Javelin anti-tank missile—both in use with Indian Army.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.