Farm Challenges
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‘Shame on the media’: Why protesting farmers are angry with the news coverage
Indians are not being given the information they need to really understand why farmers are angry about the new agricultural laws, they say.
Vijayta Lalwani
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Monsanto versus Farmers: In Brazil, the agribusiness giant has won a $7.7 bn lawsuit
Farmers worldwide say Monsanto’s policy of charging for every use of its genetically modified seeds violates their planting rights. But judges aren’t so sure.
Karine Eliane Peschard, The Conversation
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Cotton farmers in Madhya Pradesh have earned more and conserved more wildlife by going organic
The Organic Cotton Project discourages chemical farming, which is expensive and detrimental to land, water and wildlife.
Nitin Jugran Bahuguna
Trending
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Readers’ comments: What Kunal Kamra has tweeted is a reflection of what many Indians feel
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Hyderabad civic polls: BJP pips Owaisi’s AIMIM to second spot, TRS emerges single-largest party
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Watch: Frustrates me a lot when talented youngsters waste their gift, says Rahul Dravid
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‘Mumbai Mirror’ and ‘Pune Mirror’ to stop publication, announces Times Group
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Scenes from a farmers’ protest camp: It’s hard to see how the Modi government can shut this down
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Modi rolls out his big pre-poll promise of Rs 2,000 per farmer – but who exactly will get the money?
States are still preparing databases of beneficiaries on the day of the scheme’s launch.
Mridula Chari
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Scroll Explainer: Why farmers are marching to Delhi
They want better prices for their crops and for Parliament to actually discuss this.
Mridula Chari
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Explained: The increase in minimum support prices for 14 crops and what it means for farmers
The Ministry of Agriculture says the move is a step towards fulfilling Modi’s promise of doubling farm incomes by 2022.
Mridula Chari
Video
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Eco India, Episode 91: How communities are learning to work with the environment they live in
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‘Rangana cannot’: Comedian Garima imitates actor Kangana Ranaut on farmer protests
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Watch: Fluffy sheep casually wanders into a hotel, waiting for the elevator
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Watch: Students do a stylish ‘horse racing’ dance to learn about Mongolian culture
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Watch: Trump campaign witness Melissa Carone’s bizarre, unverified claims about 2020 elections
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Farmer losses in Madhya Pradesh's price deficit scheme could go up to Rs 200 crore
The state agricultural marketing board is investigating one lakh ‘suspicious’ transactions under the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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As garlic prices drop, government intervention in Rajasthan, MP brings farmers little relief
Madhya Pradesh has added garlic to its price deficit payment scheme while Rajasthan has decided to procure the crop.
Mridula Chari
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A year after police shot six farmers in Mandsaur, memorial events highlight unfulfilled demands
District authorites are accused of using strong-arm tactics to keep participants away from commemorations.
Mridula Chari
The Reel
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All these years later, Maithili cinema is still in search of a home
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‘We Can Be Heroes’ trailer: Priyanka Chopra, Pedro Pascal in Sharkboy-Lavagirl sequel
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‘Bhaag Beanie Bhaag’: Swara Bhasker runs from her humdrum life in the direction of comedy and dreams
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‘Tenet’ movie review: In Christopher Nolan’s action epic, time moves up, down and sideways
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Ronnie Screwvala to produce series on Bhopal gas tragedy based on Dominique Lapierre book
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Farmers across India are set to go on a 10-day strike from June 1. Why are some staying away?
The Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh with 130 organisations has called for a strike from June 1. But another key federation with 193 organisations is staying away.
Mridula Chari
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In a first for India, dal millers will soon be able to import pulses
This is a significant change as the Union government attempts to balance prices for both farmers and consumers.
Mridula Chari
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Direct income transfers will help farmers more than minimum support prices, says new report
A new report says that a crop-neutral direct payout scheme might be better than paying farmers the difference between market price and production cost.
Mridula Chari
The Field
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With T20 World Cup in mind, lack of dynamism in India’s batting is a problem Kohli must address soon
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Sunil Gavaskar on concussion protocol: If you can’t play the bouncer, you don’t deserve a substitute
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Coronavirus: ODI series against England to go ahead after South Africa players return negative tests
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Mixed Martial Arts: India’s Ritu Phogat maintains her perfect record with fourth win on the trot
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Rahul Dravid on dealing with failures, giving up captaincy in 2007, importance of being a role model