President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna on BJP veteran LK Advani

President Droupadi Murmu conferred Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart and former deputy prime minister LK Advani at his residence in New Delhi......

PIX: President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna awards

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar......

Charan Singh opposed Nehru's socialist economy

Chaudhary Charan Singh, who on Friday was conferred with India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, is popularly known as a champion of farmers. IMAGE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla greets......

BJP hopes to break new ground with Bharat Ratna awards

State awards often convey a message beyond the public contributions made by their recipients and the Modi government's pick of five of them, with three of four politicians in the list firmly......

Lessons to ensure a safer future for Indian farmers

A transparent and scientific way of computing farm losses and a time-bound compensation mechanism can make farmers feel more confident and discourage them from treading the suicidal path, notes......

Opposition slams govt in LS over state of the economy

Opposition parties on Tuesday pilloried the government over the state of the economy, saying its ‘reckless policies’ have created a massive disaster, despondency and uncertainty in the......

6 severely rain-deficit states seek Rs 43,462 cr relief

Six states including, Rajasthan Maharashtra and Gujarat, which have been badly affected by rainfall deficiency, sought a total assistance of Rs 43,461.73 crore (Rs 434.62 billion) from the Centre......

18% of fruit, veggies goes waste in India

About 18 per cent of the fruit and vegetables production worth Rs 44,000 crore (Rs 440 billion) is going waste annually in the country due to lack of proper cold chain storage infrastructure,......