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For independent India to survive, Green Revolution was inevitable: An ode to MS SwaminathanMonkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, the architect of India's Green Revolution, played a crucial role in transforming the country's food produc...
Mizoram constitutes committee to aid Internally Displaced Persons from ManipurThe government of Mizoram, India, has constituted a High-Level Committee on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Manipur in Mizoram to ta...
State government cannot directly interfere in the internal affairs of neighbouring Manipur: Mizoram CM ZoramthangaClearing its stand on the greater Mizoram or unification of contagious areas of Manipur, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Friday said ...
75 events that shaped 75 years of independent IndiaThe August 15 ceremony is particularly significant this year as it marks the 75th anniversary of India's independence, with the government ...
Zoramthanga: From being an insurgent to becoming Mizoram CMZoramthanga went underground for 20 years (1966-1986), living in hideouts in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh), Arakan (Myanmar) and Islamabad.
Congress-mukt Northeast: MNF set to form government in MizoramSince 2016, the Congress has lost Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura to BJP and its allies.
NRC: Governments must show wisdom and statesmanshipCentral and state governments must show a high degree of wisdom and statesmanship to mitigate NRC challenge.
Indira Gandhi put RSS's Guru Golwalkar on cow slaughter committee: Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh, author of `Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature', spoke to Nalin Mehta about the first political committee to explore a national ...
A silver jubilee to remember: How India has gone from super-beggar to potential superpower in 25 years since reformsThe economic reforms launched by PV Narasimha Rao in July 1991 have transformed India so much that it’s difficult to recall how bad things ...
Indira Gandhi's rupee devaluation master stroke: The forgotten legacy of 6/6/66June 6, 1966 turned out to be a defining day in independent India's economic history. It was the day on which Indira devalued the rupee by ...
Why two consecutive droughts don't affect India the way it used to?Two back-to-back droughts years have made so little impression on the lives and minds of people that they wonder why food prices are up.
CSE rings alarm bell on country's 'agrarian crisis'India's agrarian crisis is now reaching its tipping point due to "vague" government policies, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said
Obama's India visit: How earlier US presidential visits used to be different from the current oneThe national capital may have come to a virtual standstill before Obama’s visit, but it was rather different during previous presidential v...
India's Farming Saga: Mapping the UPA government's agriculture revolutionUPA policies have lead to a historical high agri output. This was possible because of govt’s thrust on improving agri inputs such as qualit...
Air attacks in Mizoram, 1966 - our dirty, little secretOn February 28, 1966, the Mizo National Army (MNA) revolted against India and fighting broke out across the region.
ET enters its 50th yearIn the lead-up to ET's 50 birthday next March 5, your paper will hold a series of seminars and debates to arm you with ideas that will defi...
- By 2020, India a 'chronic' importer of foodgrain?
A yet-to-be-released report of ASSOCHAM has warned that India could become a chronic net importer of rice and wheat by 2020 if the trends a...