-The Hindu Over 5,000 violations pertains to distracting ‘part-screen’ and ‘scrolling’ ads The Electronic Media Monitoring Centre (EMMC) of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has reported 13,000 instances of violations of regulatory norms by television channels in 2013-14. These violations came to light after Guntur-based Edara Gopi Chand, an activist with Media-Watch India, waged a three-year battle to expose the poor regulation of content on India’s TV channels. Using the RTI Act, Mr....

-The New Indian Express The financial distress in the rural sector, especially borne by the farMers and reflected in farMer suicides, is a matter of concern for the nation. The rural economy housing nearly two-thirds of the population is vital for the development of the nation as it not only supplies food for consumption but also provides a market for industrial output. The rural people, due to lack of awareness of...

-The Hindu Amidst the din over the land acquisition bill in Parliament, the farMer’s voice was missing. Everybody has an opinion on farMers these days. Be it politicians, policymakers, editors or economists. In fact, ever since the Parliament reconvened for the Budget session on April 20, the deteriorating condition of farMers has clearly dominated discussions. But even as the issue of agrarian crisis, farMer suicides (especially after Gajendra Singh’s suicide in a...

-ANI Chennai: Indian agriculture is at the cross roads, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, father of India's first Green Revolution, has warned. Lamenting on the state of Indian farMers, especially farMers with small land-holdings, Dr. Swaminathan said, "The market economy certainly is not friendly to small farMers. WTO regulations are also hindrance. Even in the United States which is the heartland of the free market economy, farMers are insulated from market shocks through heavy...

-The Indian Express Policy played a major role in helping the state claim no. 2 spot in wheat procurement. Vidisha: For Sandeep Baghel, the spanking state-of-the-art silos about 8 km from the mandi here are symbolic of the sheer transformation in the infrastructure for procurement and storage of grains, from the chaos of the past when farMers like him spent days on end to sell their wheat to state agencies. But the awe...