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Sunday, November 9, 2025
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Topic: Farmers

Farmers give Mahindra, and even Modi govt some hope as equipment sales go up

The increase in sales point to some sign of life in rural India, and could be an encouraging sign for PM Narendra Modi as the govt prises the economy open again.

PM Modi’s historic ‘targets’, and the construction of a new kind of Parliament

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

Will take BJP & its allies to court over ‘unconstitutional’ farm laws, says Amarinder Singh

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh questioned the rationale behind the Bills and said that they were a blatant encroachment of the state's powers & control of the agriculture sector.

The disappearance of ‘samanvaye’ from Indian politics 

Farmers today are facing what students, Muslims and Kashmiris have just faced: unilateral policymaking that does not believe in creating consensus. 

Onion export ban is not the answer — it hurts farmers & India’s image as a reliable exporter

Onion prices have already risen due to heavy rain and crop damage, and could hurt consumers reeling due to income loss in the Covid-induced lockdown.

Why Harsimrat Badal’s resignation from Modi cabinet is a make-or-break moment for Akali Dal

Harsimrat Badal has resigned as Akali Dal is opposing Modi govt’s farm Bills. It wants to woo back its core supporters, the Jat-Sikh peasants.

Farmers will soon get an app to track warehouses to store produce & avoid crops going waste

NABARD working on geo-tagging warehouses & cold storage units. Credit guarantee fund also being set up for cattle rearers and shepherds to get easier loans.

Railways’ Kisan Rail transporting perishable goods to be flagged off Friday

The initiative was announced during this year's Budget. The first train from Devlali in Maharashtra to Danapur in Bihar will leave on 7 August at 11 am and run on a weekly basis.

India’s poultry industry needs Rs 20,000 cr to recover from crash caused by Covid rumours

Chicken prices at the farm gate plummeted as much as 70% in March from January, forcing farmers to cull large numbers and causing huge losses.

Income of Indian farmers is rising, but that doesn’t mean economy is out of the woods

Rising incomes of Indian farmers don’t appear widespread and non-farm workers worried about job losses aren’t spending.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.