Sayantan Bera

New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Last week, as India celebrated nutrition week, McDonald's unveiled a "multi-millet bun" for its burgers, lauding it for "extra goodness".

Bhavithra J. speaks in a firm and loud voice. A male farmer in Tamil Nadu once asked: “Why are you raising your voice? You think you are Jayalalithaa?” Bhavithra, a CEO, is resetting the terms of farm trade. Here's her story.

Last week, India removed the minimum export price (MEP) of $950 per ton on premium basmati rice. The move—timed to the upcoming polls in Haryana, a major growing state—follows cooling local prices and the prospect of a plentiful kharif harvest beginning October.

New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Last week, India initiated multiple changes in farm trade policies across crops like oilseeds, onion and basmati rice.

The assembly poll will see the BJP and Congress taking on each other in a direct fight for the first time since the 2024 general election. It will be an election decided by Haryana's jats, dalits, OBCs and farmers. So, which of the two national parties will prevail?

As per a PLFS report released in September, 46.1% of workers were engaged in agriculture in 2023-24 (July to June), up from 42.5% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- More workers now depend on agriculture as a source of employment compared with the pre-pandemic years, shows the latest Periodic

The ethanol blending programme has burnished India's green credentials and saved precious foreign exchange by reducing carbon dioxide emissions and crude oil imports. So, why are ethanol producers and poultry farmers unhappy? And why hasn't your fuel bill come down?

We often blame farmers, from Punjab and Haryana, for Delhi’s winter troubles—toxic air that could reduce our lifespan. And some administrators believe that emission from vehicles is the problem—well, they are a problem throughout the year. What then is the elephant in the room?

Imprisoned Lawrence Bishnoi faces threats from a man in Uttar Pradesh over Salman Khan, intensifying existing tensions since 2018. The man, a laborer, recorded the threat while intoxicated, aiming for attention, and was later warned and released by police.