Ever since early humans conflated the fertility of their own kind with that of the land and worshipped this source of abundance of themselves and sustenance, those who till the land have been accorded a status elevated beyond the rational - along with warriors who protect the tribe.
India has been committed to re-energising its efforts in Central Asia since 2012, when it launched its ‘Connect Central Asia’ initiative with the aim of strengthening ties.
Recorded contributions, whether via electoral bonds or plain contributions for which parties issue receipts, form only a part, probably a tiny part, of the total spending by political parties.
The strife between the government and farm unions has again come to a head with farmers heading towards Delhi more than three years after the 2021 episode. The issues this time are somewhat different from those in 2021-22.
The intention of passing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“the DPDP Act”) by the government was to protect the private information of the citizens. This applies to the workplaces where the data related to employees is collected and processed for different reasons such as insurance, medical records, financial security benefits and other similar reasons.
The UPA era witnessed the fastest rate of growth in India’s history but the government failed to tom-tom many of its achievements | File photo of former PM Manmohan Singh with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Poonam Pandey undoubtedly succeeded in her goal of becoming a topic of conversation albeit by throwing ethics, sensitivity and basic empathy to the winds.