Business Standard – Online

Voltaire said, “If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.” Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, there has been a sustained effort from certain segments in India to equate the Indian right, particularly BJP ideologues, with Islamic fundamentalism. I wonder what else could trigger a journalist like Vir Sanghvi to write such an article (“Searching for the Indian Right”; August 18). We at the BJP have accepted ourselves as being called right wing, meaning it in a particular way. Right wing has both economic and social connotations. Our right-to-centre ideology has clear economic content. Prime Minister Modi has repeatedly spoken about less government and more governance. He has extensively spent his political capital ...

Financial Express – Online

Farmers in Maharashtra have completed sowing on 139.10 lakh hectares for the current kharif season, which adds up to 92% of the total sowing operations, according to the latest sowing report of the Department of Agriculture. The average area under kharif crops in the state is 151.33 lakh hectares along with sugarcane. Last year, the state had completed sowing on nearly 137.23 lakh hectares by August 10. Excluding sugarcane, the sown area was around 136.01 lakh hectares, accounting for nearly 95.80% of the total sowing operations. According to the report, crops have been damaged in Konkan, Kolhapur, Amravati, Pune and Nagpur divisions. Due to long breaks in monsoon and subsequent heavy rains, there have been ...

Krishi Jagran – Online

Agriculture in Karnataka is one of the fundamental attributes of the state’s economy. Karnataka’s topography, such as its soil and climate, greatly supports agricultural activities there. The majority of Karnataka’s population is also engaged in crop production, especially in rural areas. Karnataka agriculture occupies approximately 12.31 million hectares, accounting for 64.6% of the total area. The main agricultural season in Karnataka is the monsoon, as the irrigated area accounts for only 26.5% of the total cultivated land area. Karnataka also has great potential for horticultural production, ranking second in India in this regard.

Telangana Today – Online

Film actor and director R Narayana Murthy on Thursday said the farm laws enacted by the Centre would severely impact the interests of farmers in the country. Narayana Murthy met Energy Minister G Jagdish Reddy in his camp office at Suryapet and thanked him for watching “Rythanna” produced by him. The Minister watched the premier show of the movie at a local cinema theatre. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Narayana Murthy said the new farm laws will turn farmers into agriculture labourers and benefit corporate forces. “Farmers have been staging protests near the capital for the last eight months opposing the new farm laws of the Centre. Farmers in Bihar where the new ...