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Belarus eyes deeper BRICS partnership, strengthens India ties for multipolar worldBelarus eyes full BRICS membership, seeking a multipolar world order. The nation is deepening its strong relationship with India. Key areas...
Guns, drones & algos: War gets smarter, faster & uncomfortably less humanArtificial intelligence is revolutionizing global warfare. Nations are significantly increasing AI spending for defense. This technology en...
Central banks look through inflation until entrenched, no evidence of second-round effects: Dy Gov Poonam GuptaThe Reserve Bank of India is navigating global economic hurdles and geopolitical tensions. Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta explains the centra...
Now, anybody can become a drone pilot, govt relaxes ID proof requirementOne key change is the removal of the mandatory passport requirement for aspiring drone pilots. Instead, individuals can now submit governme...
Can economics trump politics to usher in agricultural reforms?Indian agriculture has a fundamental problem: around 50 per cent of India’s work force in the agriculture sector contribute only 17 per cen...
Government plans to take out contract farming provision from model APMC Act of 2003The move comes after several states expressed reservations on certain provisions of the existing Act and is part of the government's initia...
As Land Bill runs out of steam; Centre to create model land leasing law for statesThe govt will soon come out with a model agricultural land leasing act for states to emulate, a move that may help states to liberalise lea...
NITI Aayog's Arvind Panagariya urges states to liberalise their land use policyPanagariya wrote that states could address the barriers to conversion of agricultural land either, by amending the law, or by issuing time-...
Economic Survey favours national common market for agricultural commoditiesThe Economic Survey has suggested government take the last step in legislating a law to enable the Centre to set up an open market for farm...
Goa will achieve 6% agricultural growth in FY14: CM Manohar ParrikarGoa govt is expecting 6% growth in agriculture in current financial year on back of various policies being implemented by the state for rev...
- Parkash Singh Badal sought a liberal agricultural relief package for Punjab
Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday morning called on the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and sought a liberal agricultural relief package for...
- FDI will help farming sector in India: Farmers body
A farmers body today batted strongly for FDI in the retail sector, saying it will help create better marketing opportunities for agricultur...
- 24 countries vow to wrap Doha talks by ’11
At the informal meeting, both sides seemed to stick to their stand, though they did recognize that they have only 11 months to conclude the...
- Panel for more funds to dairy and fisheries
Recommending higher allocation for animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries, a House panel wondered as to why the sector got only 7.7% of the ...
- EU offers to cut farm tariffs by 60% in global trade pact
The European Union said on Monday it would be willing to slash farm tariffs by 60 percent as part of a new global trade pact, a deeper cut ...
- Scene right for Doha deal this year: WTO
The head of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy said in an interview today that the conditions were at last in place for a possible gl...
- Scheme for agri marketing infrastructure liberalised
The Government on Thursday liberalized the scheme for strengthening Agriculture Marketing Infrastructure by allowing state agencies to util...