New Delhi: Agricultural scientist Dr. Varinderpal Singh refused to accept an award from a Union minister on Monday, in solidarity with farmers protesting against the new laws. Singh is the Chief Soil Chemist at the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana. At an event in New Delhi on Monday, the Fertilizer …
Read More »Farmers were denied Rs 1.9 billion due to sales below MSP in the past two months
New DelhiIf the government’s Minimum Support Price Program (MSP) helped to properly create a minimum price, farmers in the top 11 agricultural states would have earned, on average, nearly Rs 1.9 billion more from selling their produce. According to The cables data analysis from Agmarknet, the government’s price information system, …
Read More »Thousands of people protest in London against India’s farm laws, several arrested
New Delhi: Scotland Yard has reportedly made a series of arrests after warning of enforcement measures before thousands of protesters from different parts of the UK gathered in front of the High Commission of India in central London on Sunday, as shows support for farmers protesting against agricultural reforms in …
Read More »Construction or demolition of SC bars, allows the foundation stone ceremony
New Delhi: On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Center to go ahead with the groundbreaking ceremony proposed for the Vista Central project after the government assured it that no construction or demolition work would take place until the supreme court decides. the pending reasons on the subject. During the …
Read More »Why Justin Trudeau is supporting protesting farmers in India
On November 30, while addressing Sikh participants from across Canada, at a Zoom meeting organized to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “Canada will always be there to defend the right to peaceful protest. “These words were spoken in the …
Read More »The main problem remains that troops must not pile up at the border: from India to China
New Delhi: With the military standoff in eastern Ladakh running into the eighth month, India reiterated on Thursday that the “core problem” with China remained that troops should not be accumulated in the Royal Line of Action (LAC), nor should they be take unilateral measures to alter the situation in …
Read More »Hyderabad wants development, but gets community rhetoric instead
Hyderabad’s municipal elections are the new testing ground for communal rhetoric in a secular city, overshadowing voter concerns and development debates. National affairs, Article 370, Ayodhya and Pulwama have overshadowed the people’s demands for better roads, sanitation and health. More than 40% of Hyderabad voters, in a recent study, said …
Read More »UP Police Reopen ‘Resolved Issue’ To Register First Case Under Yogi’s New Anti-Conversion Law
New Delhi: Hours after Governor Anandiben Patel enacted the controversial Uttar Pradesh Illegal Conversion of Religion Prohibition Ordinance, 2020, the state police filed the first case in Bareilly. But questions are already being asked about the case, which seems tailor-made to justify the swift enactment of the law. In an …
Read More »The Attorney General refuses his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: Attorney General KK Venugopal avoided another controversy over attempts to restrict freedom of expression when he refused to consent to the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan for his tweets criticizing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India (CJI) SA Bobde received a special …
Read More »UP Police Report Contradicts Adityanath’s Claim Of ‘Rise in Love Jihad’
Lucknow: Contrary to the polarizing campaign carried out in the name of ‘love jihad’ by the Uttar Pradesh government and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a ‘special investigation’ launched by the UP Police into the allegations of attraction and forced conversion of women Hindus has turned out to be a wet …
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