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Expanding the range of choices available to the farmer on when, where, and at what price to sell, should be part of the ongoing discussions on farm laws.

Relegated to COVID duties, government school teachers have been further distanced from their primary role of teaching

The fight against Covid-19 will only be a success if the government has a comprehensive plan for vaccine distribution and administration.

Home will continue as a learning space alongside the school, requiring parents’ involvement in helping children develop a habit of reading

Anganwadi workers, ASHAs, ANMs and anganwadi supervisors can work together with panchayat members to ensure that all children and mothers are covered with immunisation, antenatal care, maternity benefits and nutrition services

Considering the critical importance of agriculture for livelihoods, health, food security, and also keeping in mind the vulnerability of Indian farmers, it is necessary to go beyond reductionist expediency in considering agricultural reforms.

Delhi’s attitudes have also shifted from the reactive to the proactive. That, in turn, should make India’s new stint at the UNSC more purposeful and pragmatic.

India’s cricketing stars need to understand that when it comes to COVID-19 prevention, rules are non-negotiable.

A unified regulatory framework with strong checks and balances for the online fantasy sports sector is needed

Speaking at a meeting of the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Calcutta, Mrs Gandhi said the private sector had not risen to expectations.

Effective messaging strategy shall need both a compelling story and a storyteller; credible voices will be crucial, going beyond celebrity status or political popularity

The Biden administration’s tone of engagement may be different from that of the Trump regime, but one must expect continuity in major trade goals

As Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes a shrill turn, he must know his own political-administrative record is at stake.

Delhi must unambiguously communicate to Beijing that it will not tolerate the latter’s unilateral revision of the LAC

The National Tiger Conservation Authority’s approach to deal with invasive population of dogs in tiger reserves shows an appalling lack of clarity.

Indira Gandhi observed that the present system had got entangled in red tapism and was embroiled in several other problems. The question, according to the prime minister, was how to make the present system more

Election of a large number of MGNREGS workers to local bodies in Kerala is a hopeful sign of political renewal.

If there is one straw that COVID has offered, it is the tangible evidence that no one entity or group — the state, markets, businesses, entrepreneurs, scientists — can tackle existing and emergent economic and

Approval of vaccines is first step to defeating Covid. Need is to stay with the science — Akhilesh Yadav’s political jab is irresponsible.

Overturning accepted principles of justice, the “burden of proof” is on the accused. The law agencies do not have to bother about proving guilt; instead, the accused will have to run from pillar to post

Hierarchies of caste, class, and gender intersect to form a cocktail of horrors for the women of rural India — we must understand these nuances in order to form any policy that meaningfully tackles gender-based

With sustained economic empowerment, political representation and educational opportunities, Dalits are increasingly becoming an inseparable part of the New India story that is deeply inclusive in its foundation and focused on making the country a

She was a pioneering teacher, feminist and anti-caste discrimination activist.

The end of 2020 marks India investing, between the Savarkar and the Jadhav cases, a century of faith in international law and international dispute resolution.

I believe that the farmers’ protests will teach our rulers (present and future) lessons in humility in governance, passing laws in Parliament, and ruling according to the wishes of the people. Mr Modi has indeed