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Prime Minister Narendra Modi.   He urges industry to significantly scale up domestic investments, so as to evoke greater confidence in country’s growth story among foreign investors Farmers are already reaping the benefits of the reforms brought in six months ago and better infrastructure and market access for the farm sector could take the rural economy to new heights, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Mr. Modi urged industry to significantly scale up their domestic investments, so as to evoke greater confidence in the country’s growth story among foreign investors. It wa...

A million reasons to march Updated: Updated: December 17, 2020 14:02 IST The farmers’ movement is now a battle not just for the peasantry, but also for justice and dignity Share Article AAA The farmers’ movement is now a battle not just for the peasantry, but also for justice and dignity “The people of Punjab not only know how to farm, they also know how to protect their fields,” said farm leader Joginder Singh Ugrahan from the Tikri border, Delhi, where farmers are camping in protest against the Centre’s new farm laws. Punjab farmers’ unions are at the forefront in the fight, whi...

The long road to food security Updated: Updated: Despite being self-sufficient in agricultural production, India’s hunger levels are alarming Share Article Despite being self-sufficient in agricultural production, India’s hunger levels are alarming India’s malnutrition levels are almost twice the level of many African countries. The Global Hunger Index 2020 report has given India the 94th rank among 107 countries, much behind Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal. As per a UN-FAO report, 194 million people go hungry every day in India, comprising about 23% of the world’s undernourished popu...

Bharatiya Kisan Union faction moves Supreme Court against farm laws Updated: Updated: Calls for setting up ‘Farmers’ Commission’ for fix crop prices Share Article AAA Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait along with farmers during a protest march against Centre's agri-laws, at Delhi-Meerut Expressway in New Delhi, on Friday, December 11, 2020.   | Photo Credit: PTI Calls for setting up ‘Farmers’ Commission’ for fix crop prices Farmers’ body, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) on Friday moved the Supreme Court highlighting the “inconclusive” talks with the Centre over...

Ground Zero | Love on the razor’s edge in Uttar Pradesh Updated: Updated: December 12, 2020 11:33 IST A flurry of FIRs against consensual inter-faith relationships and marriages have been registered in Uttar Pradesh ever since the government introduced a law against forced conversion by marriage. Omar Rashid reports on couples who live in fear and the police that is invoking the law with fervour Share Article AAA Sarvesh Kumar Shukla and his wife Rekha stand outside their house in Makhu Behar village in Sitapur. The couple’s eldest daughter allegedly eloped with a Muslim man who lived in ...