[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1OpkiS17Gg&rel=0] Autowallahs, Vegetable Vendors, Truck Drivers Extend Support A look at how people from various walks of life responded to the call by farmers … Working class support for Bharat BandhRead more
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Haryana Police Books Farmers on ‘Attempt To Murder’, ‘Rioting’ Charges
Haryana Police has booked state Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni and several farmers on attempt to murder, rioting, causing obstruction in government … Haryana Police Books Farmers on ‘Attempt To Murder’, ‘Rioting’ ChargesRead more
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Farmers’ Will Sit at Delhi Border
Flames emerge from tear gas released by the police to stop farmers opposing the newly passed farm bills from entering the national capital Delhi, at … Farmers’ Will Sit at Delhi BorderRead more
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Delhi Chalo: Amid police face-off, farmers keep up the march
https://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/library/large/2020-11-26/0.72734100_1606378684_farmer-protest-(1).jpg The ‘Delhi Chalo’ (Onward to Delhi) agitation began November 26, 2020, as thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand moved towards … Delhi Chalo: Amid police face-off, farmers keep up the marchRead more
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Punjab Farmers on Dilli Chalo
https://www.newsclick.in/sites/default/files/styles/responsive_885/public/2020-11/farmers_dilli_chalo.jpg.webp?itok=1wFbzPDJ On 21 November, around thirty farmer’s organisations of Punjab allowed the Indian Railways to run its passenger trains in the state, apart from its … Punjab Farmers on Dilli ChaloRead more
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Adivasis Join Workers for Nov 26 General Strike; Tribal Villages to Stay Closed
Raged over “anti-Adivasi” policies of the central government, tribal organisations across states are gearing up to join the national strike called by 10 central trade … Adivasis Join Workers for Nov 26 General Strike; Tribal Villages to Stay ClosedRead more
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Bihar Shows What Happens if Agri-Trade is Left to ‘Free Market’
What the Narendra Modi government recently did through passing laws to deregulate agricultural trade, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had accomplished 14 years ago, in … Bihar Shows What Happens if Agri-Trade is Left to ‘Free Market’Read more
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Meet Padma Bombale, a Maharashtra onion farmer fighting the odds
Her fragile frame may belie reality for she has nerves of steel. Padma Bombale is a farmer from the village of Vetale that falls in … Meet Padma Bombale, a Maharashtra onion farmer fighting the oddsRead more
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Farm Bills will Benefit Big Corporates, Not Farmers
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Every day, 28 people dependent on farming die by suicide in India
At least 10,281 persons involved in the farm sector ended their lives in 2019, accounting for 7.4 per cent of the total number of suicides … Every day, 28 people dependent on farming die by suicide in IndiaRead more