Harikishan Sharma

On PM-Kisan, the manifesto states, “We are committed to sustained financial support for our farmers.” The party has also promised to launch “an indigenous Bharat Krishi satellite for farm-related activities like crop forecasting, pesticide application, irrigation, soil health and weather forecasting, among others”.

India-Israel trade has doubled in the last five years, while the value of India-Iran trade came down in the same period. Could the Indian economy be affected amid tensions in the Middle East?

Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare said in a letter that high sugar in baby products ‘raises serious concerns about the potential implications for the health and safety of children' in India.

The centre will serve farmers not only in potato-belt states of India such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal but also in other South Asian countries.

A scrutiny of about 60 speeches by the Prime Minister from March 16 to April 25 shows that this latest framing of “400 paar,” after the first phase of elections, marks a shift from the earlier refrain. It also comes after Opposition allegations that 400 plus will be weaponised to change the Constitution.

The 102 seats of the first phase registered roughly 70% turnout in 2019 and 83 of 88 seats that voted in phase two — five seats in Assam went through delimitation and have, therefore, not been factored in the comparison — saw 69.64% voting in the last Parliamentary polls.

The PM toured Karnataka the most among southern states in the last 10 years, followed by Tamil Nadu (39), Kerala (25), Telangana (22), and Andhra (15).

According to sources, the idea, proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare as part of its 100-day action plan for the new government, is to drive “coordinated” actions in the agriculture sector.

Centres meant to screen over-30s for oral, breast, cervical cancer annually

Earlier this year, TRAI recommended all telcos activate caller name display on phones. It also asked smartphone makers to enable this feature.