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As India’s agri export grows to record level, so do objections at WTO

Updated on Dec 15, 2021 08:28 pm IST

Official data from the ministry of commerce show that agriculture exports from India registered a sharp increase of nearly 25% in 2020-21 over the previous year (Praful Gangurde)

2021 in numbers: Inflation in India

Core inflation – for commodities excluding the food group and the fuel and light (kerosene, electricity, petrol, diesel and even firewood) group – was 4.96% for January-November last year, although it was increasing almost every month (Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Updated on Dec 15, 2021 04:50 pm IST

2021 in numbers: Sectors of the economy

GVA comparisons show that agriculture, which had grown by 4.6% in the first three quarters of the 2020 calendar year too, has grown 4% in the same interval this year (AFP)

Updated on Dec 13, 2021 05:21 pm IST

Mind The Gap | No honour in these killings

‘Honour’ killings, where the families of daughters who exercise agency in their choice of marriage partners and so incur their family’s wrath for bringing disgrace, are India’s enduring shame (AFP)

Updated on Dec 12, 2021 07:37 pm IST

The problems with the Street Vendors Act in Delhi

The Street Vendors Act estimates street vendors and hawkers to reasonably constitute 2.5% of the population of a city (Biplov Bhuyan/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 11, 2021 02:48 pm IST

2021 in numbers: The size of the economy

In sum, in the January-September period, the size of India’s economy was <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>108.5 lakh crore in 2019, <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>98.3 lakh crore in 2020, and is <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>107.1 lakh crore in 2021 (Vipin Kumar /HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 11, 2021 02:12 pm IST

2021 in numbers: Mobility

Other than residences, groceries, and pharmacies – the three places people were bound to stay or visit even during the pandemic – mobility to all other places had decreased significantly in 2020 (Rahul Raut/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 10, 2021 04:52 pm IST

2021 in numbers: Covid-19 vaccinations

This inequality in access to vaccines is also an issue that has plagued India, which is a lower middle-income country (Ravi Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Dec 09, 2021 02:22 pm IST

2021 in numbers: Covid-19 infections

India, partly because of its large population, has accounted for one of the highest contributions to Covid-19 infections and deaths in the world in 2021 too (Shilpa Thakur)

Updated on Dec 09, 2021 02:09 pm IST

To support agriculture, India must be self-reliant in production of urea

India has been importing urea for decades to meet the shortfall in the supply chain, but there is a need to become self-sufficient in the production and supply of key agriculture inputs like fertilisers. (File Photo / HT)

Published on Dec 08, 2021 08:06 am IST

Mind The Gap | The Indian woman’s quest for autonomy

Behind the various laws that seek to regulate women’s bodies lies the question of choice. How freely do women exercise agency when it comes to marriage, when to have a baby, or how many babies to have? (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Dec 10, 2021 03:54 pm IST

Hutong Cat | In China, the politics and economics of the Winter Olympics

A group of 20 Chinese and foreign experts are busy these days making fake snow on the outskirts of Beijing for the upcoming Olympics (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 29, 2021 04:54 pm IST

Mind The Gap | Wooing the Indian woman voter

We’ve come a long way from the days when parties promised free pressure cookers, mixer-grinders and gold for mangalsutras (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 28, 2021 12:05 pm IST

Metro Matters | To defeat dengue, Delhi needs a multipronged approach

Rainfall, humidity and temperature determine dengue transmission dynamics not just in Delhi but all across the world where the disease is endemic (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 27, 2021 04:13 pm IST

Numbers Matter | The pandemic hits Europe and US — again. India should watch out

People walk over a nearly deserted Christmas market in Vienna, Austria, Friday, November 19. The most alarming part about soaring numbers through these regions is the fact that nearly all these nations are highly vaccinated (AP)

Updated on Nov 24, 2021 02:28 pm IST

Why the demand for MSP law is central to the farm movement

Seeking a law for MSP has been a long pending demand of farmers from across the country (Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 23, 2021 11:35 am IST

Mind The Gap | The Indian woman’s search for agency

Under Indian law, sexual intercourse with a minor girl (defined as 16 years and younger) is defined as rape (PTI)

Updated on Nov 21, 2021 02:37 pm IST

India’s demand to ‘phase down’ coal is a principle enshrined in Paris Agreement

When the issue of differentiation was not addressed even in the final draft, India and China made an intervention during the formal plenary calling for rewording of the text (AP)

Updated on Nov 16, 2021 09:25 pm IST

In Perspective | The crackdown on cyber mercenaries

The move was a long time coming, especially since the NSO Group is now believed to have enabled significant human rights abuses (AFP)

Updated on Nov 15, 2021 03:10 pm IST

Mind The Gap | A corrosive crime that plays on loop

Victims of acid attacks are almost always young women from socio-economic marginalised communities who have turned down men (Sanjeev Verma/HT)

Updated on Nov 14, 2021 05:39 pm IST

UP: Big parties avoid each other; stitch alliances with caste-based formations

The opposition is unlikely to unite though they have a common political rival in the BJP (Reuters)

Updated on Nov 13, 2021 05:25 pm IST

UP polls: Race to win women’s support begins

Every party has a women’s wing, but it has little say in the distribution of tickets. Their job is to mobilise votes (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 12, 2021 10:04 pm IST

Why the BJP is doing well in the Northeast

Since 2016, when the BJP came to power for the first time in Assam, the saffron party has gone from strength to strength in the other six states of the region where the Congress was the most dominant force till a decade back (AFP)

Updated on Nov 12, 2021 09:01 pm IST

After the bypolls, TMC’s hegemony in Bengal sparks concerns

These leaders do not hesitate to admit that the TMC could have won the four seats of Dinhata, Santipur, Khardah and Gosaba because ruling parties are always in an advantageous position in by-elections (PTI)

Updated on Nov 13, 2021 05:01 pm IST

After the bypolls, the political landscape in Bihar

The victory is a morale booster for the JD(U), which, despite Nitish Kumar being the chief minister (CM), has had to live with the taunt of being the third-largest party in the state after the RJD and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (Santosh Kumar /Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 12, 2021 08:42 pm IST

In Kashmir, Amit Shah gives a glimpse of the Centre’s strategy

Since the BJP has hyphenated peace and development in the region with the changes in J&K’s status, Shah’s schedule during the three-day visit (that was extended by a day) in itself carried a message (Shilpa Thakur)

Updated on Nov 06, 2021 02:18 am IST

Policies and People | Why those in Glasgow must think about those in Sunderbans

The increasing importance of adaptation strategies was also reiterated last week when the United Nations called on national governments to increase funds for climate adaptation (Samir Jana / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 02, 2021 02:13 pm IST

NCB: The narcotics agency and where it goes wrong

Indian courts have pointed out on multiple occasions that NCB’s witnesses are usually the same in multiple cases (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 02, 2021 02:08 pm IST

How chip shortages and supply crunch are hurting the economy

The vital electronic part is not just integral to passenger vehicles; they are found in all kinds of white goods (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 02, 2021 01:50 pm IST

Mind The Gap | Report card: What is it like for girls being back in school?

As schools tentatively return to physical classes, the big questions are: How much learning has been lost? (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 31, 2021 05:17 pm IST

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