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New Rural Jobs Bill Sparks International Concern

'Previously, contributing only 25 per cent of material costs, states now face burdens of 40 per cent to 100 per cent of total costs, ensuring poorer states will curb project approvals, directly...

Punjab flood: Toll rises to 37; crops in 23 districts damaged

A fresh spell of heavy rains compounded the flood situation in Punjab with the death toll rising to 37 on Wednesday, while crops on 1.75 lakh hectares of land in 23 districts got damaged by the...

SC praises protesting farmer leader as he breaks fast

The Supreme Court on Friday said septuagenarian Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who ended his indefinite hunger strike in support of farmers' several demands after about four months, was a 'genuine leader...

Kashmir cut off from rest of India; Yamuna threatens Delhi

Incessant and torrential rains battered the northern states on Thursday, with Himachal Pradesh reeling under the natural disaster ever since the onset of monsoon and Delhi getting impacted due to...

India not to blame for Pakistan's devastating floods: Experts

India cannot be directly blamed for the devastating monsoon flooding in Pakistan this year, and the catastrophic rains have caused far greater destruction upstream of the border rather than in the...

$300,000 US aid for Punjab varsity

The Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, has received a $300,000 assistance from the US to upgrade farming techniques in the state."Punjab, which is facing the problem of plenty, needs to...

FDI in retail will benefit farmers: Pawar

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday asserted that foreign direct investment in retail was in the interest of farmers and consumers across the country. The fears that the FDI in multi...

Universal Basic Income? Telangana has the answer

Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu policy is an embryonic UBI, or rather embryonic QUBI (a quasi-universal basic income, pronounced Kyoo-Bee). And it could potentially also be the future of...

Eight months after rolling back farm laws, Centre sets up MSP panel

Nearly eight months after the government repealed the three controversial farm Acts, it has constituted a high-powered panel under the chairmanship of former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal to...

Share of salaried jobs declines in 12 states/UTs

The quality of employment has deteriorated in 12 of the 21 major states and Union Territories, as the proportion of workers in regular or salaried jobs declined between July 2022 and June 2023...

Ajmal shuts down academy following threats from extremists

'The administration had apprehensions and security concerns and said it should be closed down until proper security arrangements made to run it' Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has been forced to...