NEW DELHI: A set of three laws on farming passed by Parliament in September has prompted thousands of farmers to protest outside Delhi in the past two weeks. Farmers have expressed fear that the new agricultural laws it will eliminate MSP’s safety cushion and discard the mandis, thus leaving them …
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NEW DELHI: As thousands of farmers toil in Delhi borders fortifying the cold winter winds and preparing for a long struggle to press their demands, some regret that seeing their plight, their children no longer wish to get into farming. Hasseb Ahmed, who has been in a sit-in against the …
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India has summoned the Canadian High Commissioner to formally file a complaint against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments on ongoing farmer protests, warning that “such actions will have a seriously damaging impact on ties.” New Delhi told the envoy that “the comments of the Canadian prime minister, some cabinet ministers …
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New Delhi, India – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments on the continuing protests by farmers in India have not been well received by the Hindu nationalist government, calling his comments “unjustified”. “We have seen some misinformed comments from Canadian leaders regarding farmers in India. Such comments are unjustified, especially …
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Some of India’s farmers are among the poorest people in the country, but government policies have long protected them from the ravages of open market prices. That is changing. A set of three laws passed in September aim to deregulate India’s huge agricultural sector. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said …
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Jasbeer Singh, 58, listed the names of places in Haryana where he had to circumvent police barriers before finally reaching Singhu’s state border with Delhi as he traveled from his home in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district, about 250 km away. Shambhu, between Punjab and Haryana, had been fortified with concrete …
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New Delhi: A convoy of at least 10,000 female protesters heading towards Delhi from 14 Punjab districts is led by a female farmer. Harinder Bindu from Bhatinda has been a farmer for no less than 30 years. Bindu has lived his entire life in Punjab with his son, brother, sister-in-law, …
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Police have arrested thousands of farmers as they tried to march towards the Indian capital as part of their Dilli chalo (Go to Delhi) protest against the new legislation passed by the right-wing government which they say will reduce their profits and benefit large corporations. Police in the neighboring New …
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BHOPAL: Madhya pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Wednesday announced a ‘cow wardrobe‘, joining six departments – animal husbandry, farming, panchayat, woods, home and income. It is the first step of its kind in the country. The first meeting will be held at noon on November 22 – Gopashtami – …
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Stock photo of Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao. The state government will present the amendments in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, October 13, which is beginning to make amendments to the GHMC Act and take care of other matters. News18 Hyderabad Last update: October 11, 2020 9:11 am IST Edited …
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