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Farmers protested in front of the market committee office when the minister was visiting the market to review the cotton kharif marketing season. (Representational Image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Eco mess, climate of hate, Covid: Tough days...

The World Bank reckons that its share of the gross domestic product dropped from 43 per cent in 1967 to 16 per cent in...

6 Jan 2022 1:55 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP).

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | A bumpy ride for govt, but Modi 2.0...

The government is not too worried that nearly five lakh people have died in India due to Covid-19 in the 2020 and 2021...

3 Jan 2022 1:28 AM IST

People crowd a market after further ease in COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, in Patna. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Aakar Patel | From Dec 2019 to Dec 2021: A time of trouble, problems...

The state today has no democracy and is the only Indian state/Union territory without an elected government

7 Dec 2021 1:57 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | Donâ€™t we care that Indiaâ€™s in a mess, and its growth...

The other interesting aspect of recent years is the introduction of new laws that have taken India in a particular...

24 Aug 2021 2:11 AM IST

Its not fully depleted, but its hard to escape the feeling that solving the problems of 2020 and 2021 will require something special which at the moment is not on view. Representational Image. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Does Modi govt know what to do to tackle 2020 & 2021...

The most significant aspects of this period were the nationwide lockdown

10 Aug 2021 2:06 AM IST

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the State Department in Washington, on May 28, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Aakar Patel | How Jaishankar put on mat in US over Hindutva and other...

India under Narendra Modi has spent a lot of energy in drafting laws that go after minorities

2 Jun 2021 7:17 AM IST

The governments fear of its image abroad being hammered by celebrities with a large following on the social media has led to it calling for Twitter to take down nearly 1,200 accounts following tweets on farmer protests. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | Why Twitter's action on BJP manipulation' is rattling...

India is going the way of China, where the social media has to be in full compliance with the government's desire to...

25 May 2021 7:30 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Private sector specialists will helm Modi's reforms...

While it would be erroneous to see political colour in what should be seen as usual assignments, few observers are...

22 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Why is the Narendra Modi government sending letters to the states that they should have strict enforcement of crowd control when Mr Modi is himself holding giant rallies. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | The unreality' of India today: Nothing makes sense any...

The second wave of Covid-19 had begun at the end of February, so the question is why spectators were allowed into the...

23 March 2021 7:50 AM IST

Farmers leaders during a meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar (unseen) and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (unseen) over the new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, December. 30, 2020. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Talks deadlocked over repeal of agricultural laws

Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar has assured the farmersâ€™ unions that MSP and the mandi system will continue...

31 Dec 2020 10:46 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | Modi govtâ€™s real eco strategy: To let Big Biz grow &...

-'Atma Nirbhar-' privileges the industrialist over the consumer, but that is not the way that it is advertised

15 Dec 2020 8:50 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Modiji the 2-minute decision-maker

PM Modi said in a very fine interview with Madhu Kishwar that he doesnâ€™t read files as he canâ€™t govern through...

21 July 2020 4:45 PM IST