Why Western UP Farmers Are Silent About the Center’s New Farm Laws

Western Uttar Pradesh, where several agricultural protests originated, is relatively silent on the three controversial agricultural laws that have angered farmers in Punjab and Haryana. The reason given by agricultural leaders was that, unlike in Punjab and Haryana, the network of fruit and vegetable markets is not as strong in …

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UP Optician claim threatens banks

Gajendra Sharma, 53, an optician, poses inside his eyeglass shop in Agra. Agra: When business evaporated at Gajendra Sharma’s eyewear store a few miles from the Taj Mahal in Agra during the strict COVID-19 shutdown, he was relieved to learn of a pandemic debt moratorium that would give him a …

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IPL 2020: new venues, new tactics, new experience

4:19 pm GMT Nagraj Gollapudi Near News Editor, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor of ESPNcricinfo Gaurav sundararaman One of the truest clichés of the IPL is that each edition is more open than the last. For example, playoff spots in the last four seasons were determined only on the …

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