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All you wanted to know about the national food security bill

Nowhere on the planet, nowhere in mankind’s history has such an idea taken the concrete shape in form of a law. The National Food Security Bill, which will come via ordinance and not after......

Will secure, advance national interest: Goyal on Trump tariffs

India will take all necessary steps to safeguard and promote national interest, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced 25 per......

3K personnel deployed as Kabir's mosque plan heightens Dec 6 heat in Bengal

West Bengal braces for a politically fraught Saturday as suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir pushes ahead with the foundation-laying ceremony for a 'Babri Masjid-style' mosque in......

Saudi clerics to attend TMC rebel Kabir's Murshidabad 'Babri' mosque event

The venue for suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir's foundation-stone ceremony for a Babri Masjid-style' mosque at Beldanga in West Bengal's Murshidabad on December 6 turned into a......

Is Imran Khan dead? PTI urges Pak govt to clarify

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has sought an official response from the government amid growing "rumours" about the health of jailed party founder Imran Khan, urging authorities to immediately......

COLUMN: Food security or dole?

There is a vast grey area between a bill that promises to ensure that no one goes hungry and the political economy of producing food, writes Rajni Bakshi. With the approval of the National Food......

Food security law's WTO complication

The recently promulgated National Food Security Ordinance might breach the global trading rules on agriculture under the World Trade Organization if there is diversion of the subsidised foodgrain......

Decoding the food security legislation

The United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) ambitious National Food Security Bill might soon become reality. After getting approval from the Lok Sabha, the Bill is headed for the Upper House of......

'GM crops, only answer to food security'

On the heels of the government indefinitely stalling commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal, Delhi University vice-chancellor Deepak Pental said transgenic crops is the only answer to achieve food......

Food security measures kick up a row

The much-awaited announcement in the Union Budget to ensure entitlement of 25 kilo rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 per kilo to every family living below the poverty line in rural and urban areas,......

Two India trips for Messi? Here's what we know

IMAGE: The organisers had already unveiled the itinerary on August 15, and Messi's statement on Thursday marked the first time the football icon himself confirmed the visit. Photograph: Sam......

Heartbroken to see my Punjab devastated by floods: Gill

IMAGE: People shift to a safer place from the flood-affected areas of Sultanpur Lodhi and Kapurthala district of Punjab. Photograph: ANI Photo India Test captain Shubman Gill expressed anguish......