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Will Dhyan Chand ever get a Bharat Ratna?Major Dhyan Chand, the hockey legend, is yet to receive the Bharat Ratna. Despite numerous appeals and movements, the nation's highest civi...
Cruel Summer: Rethinking how to live, work in a world that is getting warmerAs this year’s summer, with its extended heat waves and record temperatures, warns, how to adapt to a warmer world is no longer a hypotheti...
Supreme Court seeks govt response on PIL for implementation of MSP recommendationsThe Supreme Court has requested a response from the government regarding a PIL urging the implementation of the M.S. Swaminathan-led Nation...
BJP keeps MPs guessing on Moitra matter; opposition raises Danish Ali issueThe Lok Sabha's business for the opening day on Monday listed the tabling of the ethics committee report recommending Trinamool MP Mahua Mo...
"Will always cherish conversations with him": PM Modi condoles death of MS SwaminathanHis groundbreaking work paved the way for what would become the "Green Revolution" in India-an agricultural transformation that significant...
Agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan passes away at 98; PM Modi recalls his 'groundbreaking agri-work that transformed millions of lives'Swaminathan, who was also hailed as the ‘Father Of Economic Ecology’ by the United Nations, was one of the chief architects of protecting I...
Father of India's 'green revolution' MS Swaminathan passes away at 98MS Swaminathan, known as the father of India's green revolution, has passed away at the age of 98. Swaminathan played a key role in develop...
Study suggests nutrition support can help prevent TB related deaths in IndiaA monthly food basket with adequate protein and multivitamins can reduce new tuberculosis cases by nearly half among family members of TB p...
No pre-poll or post-poll alliance with BSP or Congress: Naresh Uttam Patel"People of UP are disappointed with the BJP government. SP national president Akhilesh Yadav undertookax t unprecedented development work b...
The Borlaug legacy: The common link between farmers’ protests in Punjab and stubble burningNorman Borlaug’s battle against world hunger, which won him the Nobel Peace Prize 50 years ago, was fuelled at least in part by his own exp...
Indira Gandhi was the leader but sootradhar of 1971 was PN Haksar: Jairam RameshHaksar was arguably the most powerful bureaucrat in the country post-independence, according to Ramesh. His friendship with Indira Gandhi g...
Karnataka farmers seek more support as loan waiver fails to impressFarmers' discontent will be a critical issue in the four major states going to the polls in 2018, three of which are ruled by the BJP.
Bailouts fail to rescue India farmers trapped in debt spiralDuring the hard-fought election campaign, PM Modi pledged that if the BJP was voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, it would write off loans of ...
Poke Me: Farmer suicides in the country is not just issue of debtFarmer suicides have fallen significantly over the last one decade, to less than 10% of all suicides. It remains, however, a politically em...
Land Acquisition Bill: Congress objects to new ordinance in joint panel meetSources told ET that Congress MP KV Thomas raised this issue in the meeting and was supported by Digvijaya Singh and PL Punia from his part...
- Revival vision dims as rains refuse to fall
The south-west monsoon, vital to India’s agriculture, had pretty much skipped India’s breadbasket state in the crucial month of June, as it...
- What is eating into Indian food basket?
Every Indian government, past or present, needs to take the blame for the current food impasse, writes a reader. Go nutty for good health