-Livemint.com The political economy favours the government taking tough measures to protect the consumers — more numerous and more vocal than producers — even if these measures go against the grain of economic sense. India’s decision to Restrict wheat export is disappointing but not a big surprise. Banning exports has been the government’s standard response to any shortage of agricultural commodities, denying farmers the benefit of global prices when these are high....

-TheWire.in "If everyone starts to impose export Restrictions or to close markets, that would worsen the crisis," German agriculture minister Cem Ozdemir told the news agency AFP. New Delhi: Agriculture ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations on Friday, May 13 condemned India’s decision to ban unapproved wheat exports after the country was hit by a punishing heatwave. “If everyone starts to impose export Restrictions or to close markets, that would...

-TheWire.in "We welcome the Indian Supreme Court’s order to reconsider the sedition law, which has been used arbitrarily and widely against peaceful critics," the UN Human Rights said in a tweet. New Delhi: The United Nations Human Rights office has welcomed the order passed by the Supreme Court on sedition and has called for the immediate release of all detained under the colonial law. “We welcome the Indian Supreme Court’s order to reconsider...

-The Telegraph Court expresses 'hope' that the states and Centre would 'Restrain from registering any FIR, continuing any investigation or taking any coercive measures' New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed “until further orders” all pending proceedings under the sedition law across the country, overruling the Centre’s objections by citing the government’s own stated intention to “re-examine and reconsider” the provision. The court also expressed “hope” that the states and the Centre...

-TheWire.in/ Undark.org Under the pretext of COVID-19 safety, employers have tightened Restrictions on live-in domestic workers in India. On a typical humid Sunday afternoon in July, Soni Tirki would be polishing off the chicken and rice that her mother makes every time the 20-year-old returns home. “I sit at ease and enjoy my meal,” Tirki says. “I eat however much I want. Nobody can stop me. Nobody can judge me.” But on this...