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Loan waivers no remedy, agriculture must be profitable for farmers:...

Eminent scientist MS Swaminathan said the country should move from food security to 'nutritional security for all'.

5 Sept 2017 1:21 PM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ex-defence minister A.K. Antony during the Congress Working Committee meeting, in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Loan waiver and uniform GST in Congress manifesto

The Congress, sources said, aims to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party's formula by promising the C2 formula.

25 March 2019 8:15 PM

Farmers block the highway during their stir in Ghazipur border on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

UP farmers end protest after Centre's assurance

After talks with the officials of the ministry of agriculture broke down on Friday evening, farmers had decided to...

22 Sept 2019 12:29 AM

Vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu honours renowed geneticist M.S. Swaminathan (right) at an award function organised by Tamil Nadu Agriculture University in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Amitabha Bhattacharya | Rethinking the Padma and Bharat Ratna Awards

No wonder that in recent years, some dedicated grassroots workers, far removed from the limelight, are getting noticed...

17 Oct 2023 6:30 PM

Renowned agricultural scientist and the driving force behind the nations Green Revolution, MS Swaminathan. (PTI File Photo)

AA Edit | Hero of the Green Revolution

Swaminathan courted the limelight and sought to dispel doubts about science and its multifaceted applications in farming

29 Sept 2023 6:53 PM

Father of Green Revolution MS Swaminathan No More

Father of Green Revolution MS Swaminathan No More

Swaminathan was commended by Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug as the driving force behind the Green Revolution in Asia

28 Sept 2023 5:58 PM

In this May 19, 2017 file photo, Prime Minister Narendra Modi with agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan, in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that Swaminathan would be posthumously conferred the Bharat Ratna. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Limits to BJP's domination? Bharat Ratna...

BJP's strategic Bharat Ratna awards raise questions about electoral motives, regional impact, and the party's pursuit of...

14 Feb 2024 3:30 PM

(L to R): Chowdhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao, MS Swaminathan.

PV Narasimha Rao, MS Swaminathan, Chowdhary Charan Singh conferred...

The move to confer the Bharat Ratna to Narasimha Rao was seen as a subtle message to the Gandhis

9 Feb 2024 7:40 PM

President Droupadi Murmu confers Bharat Ratna, the countrys highest civilian honour, on former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur (posthumously) during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi, Saturday, March 30, 2024. Thakurs son Ram Nath Thakur accepted the honour from the President. (PTI Photo)

Prez confers Bharat Ratna on PV, Singh, Swaminathan, Thakur

Dr Swaminathan, Karpoori Thakur get nation's highest honour

30 March 2024 7:47 PM

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray. (Photo: PTI)

Uddhav Thackeray suggests Father of Green Revolution as Prez

Shiv Sena has also threatened to withdraw support from the government on a few occasions.

16 Jun 2017 8:53 PM