Written by Jignasa Sinha | New Delhi | Updated: December 11, 2020 8:20:17 am (left) The two washers clean more than 500 items a day; a mini gurdwara on the Singhu border. (Photo: Amit Mehra) A dental camp, medicine stalls, libraries, laundry services and a small temple: Farmers have made …
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The ongoing protest by farmers against the three new farm laws enters on the 16th and farmers’ unions now threaten to block the train tracks. Under its previous plan to block Delhi-Jaipur, the Delhi-Agra highway by December 12, more farmers are likely to join the protests on Friday. Police have …
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Written by Apurva Vishwanath | New Delhi | December 11, 2020 4:15:26 am Farmers shout slogans as they block a road during a protest against new agricultural laws on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border (Photo: AP) Government concessions, offered in an attempt to placate the protesting farmers, effectively dilute key parts …
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NEW DELHI: Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar Y food minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday he asked the media to explore and find out if there are forces driving the farmers protest against new agricultural laws. The observation of the two Union ministers who have led the negotiations with the …
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The number of farmers on the Delhi-Haryana borders is increasing with each passing day, and more from across Punjab and Haryana are heading directly to join the protest in the national capital against the three agricultural laws they consider detrimental to their livelihoods. The turmoil entered the 14th on Wednesday …
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As the 1990s began, India found it difficult to repay the interest on the $ 90 billion in foreign loans that had underpinned a socialist system, causing a balance of payments emergency. Then the country resorted to a series of economic reforms to get out of the crisis. The 1991 …
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Written by Varinder Bhatia | Chandigarh | Updated: December 10, 2020 4:08:42 pm Dushyant Chautala. (Archive) Breaking his silence on the ongoing farmer unrest, Haryana Senior Deputy Minister Dushyant Chautala said Thursday that the Center has accepted farmers’ demand to ensure minimum support price (MSP) in writing and it is …
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By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 10, 2020 1:43:50 pm Johnson’s response sparked anger and joy among people, especially Indians on social media. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday confused the current farmer agitation against farm laws in India with the conflict in India and Pakistan, …
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“We have serious concerns about what is happening between India and Pakistan,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said of the ongoing farmer protests in India. Sound confusing? Well, they all are. The protests of the peasants entered on the 15th on Thursday. Thousands of protesting farmers from Haryana, Punjab, Uttar …
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“This is a conspiracy by other countries,” Union Minister Raosaheb Danve said. New Delhi: Union Minister Raosaheb Danve’s comment that Pakistan and China were fueling protests by farmers across the country has sparked a furious backlash from a Delhi Sikh body calling his views “an insult” . The Delhi Sikh …
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