The US Trade Representative further added that termination of 6 WTO disputes with India & the country's removal of retaliatory tariffs last June has benefitted farmers across US.
Farmers claim they're being forced to buy nano urea even though they prefer granular urea, despite it costing more. IFFCO launched nano urea 3 yrs ago in bid to radically transform farming.
Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech outlined the success of the Modi government & reiterated its focus on four ‘castes’: women, poor, farmers and youth. But there were no big announcements.
Exotic fruit fetches ‘returns of Rs 5 lakh per acre — five times the highest rewarding crops’, says a farmer. However, marketing is likely to remain an issue.
CM adviser says 6 countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya & Uganda, have already shown interest. Opposition, however, says this is easier said than done, asks 'where are the resources?'
State govt launched 'Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana' to provide financial aid to farmers, in addition to the amount paid to them under the Centre's PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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