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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist

The corporate groups are not in charge of how much of its agriculture and dairy India can export. It is the government that will have to force other nations to open their markets to our farmers (Image:PTI)

Aakar Patel | Farmers won't put trust in PM, dharna unlikely to be...

Agriculture exports fell from $43 billion in 2013, before Mr Modi, to $38 billion last year

29 Dec 2020 4:35 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Time bombs' ticking in the Constitution are a worry

The Constitution is a terrific document, but it is also one that has suppressed the Hindu majoritarian sentiment

22 Dec 2020 7:05 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Modi govt'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 8:54 AM IST

Farmers during their Delhi Chalo protest march against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Sunday, December 6 (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

Aakar Patel | Will Centre be forced to give in to the farmers?

Notice the similarities between the farmers' movement and the protests across the country against the citizenship...

8 Dec 2020 8:39 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla during the first National Implementation Committee meeting on 75 years of Independence, in New Delhi on November 25, (PTI /Shahbaz Khan)

Aakar Patel | Looking at the future in fear as economy goes into...

India's economy has contracted for six months since Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the harshest lockdown in the...

1 Dec 2020 10:07 AM IST

An Indian nationals returns to India after being stranded due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus, at the India Pakistan-Wagah Border Post, some 35 km from Amritsar on November 23, 2020. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | From testing to travel, India's Covid handling process...

A report from Bloomberg this week said that questionable testing in India could be the reason why our Covid-19 numbers...

24 Nov 2020 12:01 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi

Everything is looking bleak: Can Modi still bring change?

It is the personal attractiveness and credibility of the Prime Minister that has yet again taken the BJP through in...

18 Nov 2020 1:34 AM IST

While reiterating their commitment to a free, open, inclusive, peaceful, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region , the two countries also committed to a common vision for the India-US Major Defence Partnership (MDP) to expand all aspects of their security and defence cooperation .

Amid new dawn in the US, India may now have to work differently

Most Indians may not know that in April India was earmarked as a Country of Particular Concern by the USCIRF

8 Nov 2020 4:21 AM IST

Election Commission of India (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Draw lessons from US, make voting in India better and...

It must be asked if we cannot further reform the process and also learn from practices that other nations follow that...

27 Oct 2020 6:40 PM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh to overtake India? PR can't fix all our problems

This week has come news that in the current financial year, Bangladesh will overtake India in terms of per capita...

20 Oct 2020 1:35 AM IST

Indias services activity collapses as coronavirus palayses global economy. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | If you do not admit there's a crisis, you can't solve...

The problem is a major one, and it affects not just the Prime Minister but hundreds of millions of people across the...

12 Oct 2020 10:55 PM IST

Serum Institute of India said that trials of AstraZeneca Plcs COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country is ongoing and has not faced any issues. (Representative Image)

Aakar Patel | Several NGOs trying to uplift India might be forced to...

Today India invites foreign investment in arms and ammunition but it restricts investment in health, education and...

29 Sept 2020 12:39 PM IST