-The Statesman The first case of suicidal death of a farmer in Boudh district has been reported from Khuntapada under Harvanga block. According to the family sources of the deceased farmer Subha Kanta Pradhan, having being deeply frustrated with the crop loss and debt burden Pradhan had been depressed and talking of suicide for a few days. He had consumed poison on Monday and was admitted to the district headquarter hospital at...

-Livemint.com Brussels suggested more burdensome, stringent conditions for the permanent solution than what were agreed as part of interim solution in the 2013 Bali summit Geneva: The European Union (EU) has insisted that India must accept a financial cap on market price support programmes if New Delhi wants a permanent solution for the public stockholding programmes for food security at the Nairobi meeting of the World Trade Organization next week, according...

-The Indian Express Officials pegged the total number of suicides in Marathwada at 1,024 on Tuesday evening, up by 27 since December 1, when the toll for the year stood at 997 suicides. Pune: IN BARELY a week, as many as 27 farmers have committed suicide in Maharashtra’s drought-hit Marathwada region, taking the suicide toll in the area beyond 1000 this year. Officials pegged the total number of suicides in Marathwada at 1,024...

-The Indian Express A major challenge would be coordinating with different agencies, many of which claimed they were in the dark. While the Delhi government introduced a slew of radical measures to curb the capital’s soaring pollution levels, there is still a long way to go before these can be successfully implemented. A major challenge would be coordinating with different agencies, many of which claimed they were in the dark. -...

-Business Standard Proposals are in public domain for consultation with stakeholders, coaching institutes are unhappy with suggestion of a watchdog Like Gopal, the hapless protagonist of Chetan Bhagat's bestselling novel Revolution 2020, thousands of students spend fortunes every year at coaching classes, hoping to get through a premier engineering college. The Rs 2.4 lakh crore unregulated segment could, however, soon be under the watchful eyes of a regulator, if the Ashok Misra committee...