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Month: January 2021
No surrender: Farmer unions refuse Centre’s proposal to ‘hold’ farm laws
Farmer unions say they will stop at nothing short of a repeal of laws; talks on tractor rally inconclusive Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal from the Bharatiya Kisan Union speaking to media after the talks.
Severe drought in Turkey: Istanbul can run of water in months
Several of the city's aquifers have recorded the lowest volumes recorded in 15 years Shallow groundwater storage as of January 11, 2021, as measured by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow On (GRACE-FO) satellites. Blue areas have more water than usual, and orange and red areas have less. Image: Lauren
Same old story: Ninth round of talks between farmers, Centre inconclusive
Both sides agree to meet January 19, a day after apex court hears application on farmers’ January 26 tractor rally Farmer union delegates during lunch at Vigyan Bhavan January 15, 2021. Photo: ANI / Twitter
Government told Supreme Court south India didn’t protest new farm laws; How true is that?
The five southern states have recorded at least 26 major protests since September 2020. Of them, December saw the maximum 12 protests. Attorney General KK Venugopal recently claimed that the three contentious agriculture-related laws — passed by Parliament at the speed of light — have been welcomed by farmers of all states except Punjab and Haryana: the legislations were perceived progressive by “rest” of the farmers, he claimed. “As far as Karnataka, Kerala, etc are concerned, there is huge support for these laws,” the Centre’s chief legal advisor told the Supreme Court January 12, 2020, reported www.livelaw.in. There has been a perception, going by media reports of
Simply Put: The Matryoshka hand
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Lumpy skin disease: The deadly pandemic that has taken root among India’s bovines
This will have a devastating impact on the country, where most dairy farmers are either landless or marginal landholders and milk is among the cheapest protein source A strange but familiar fear has prevailed over the village of Kammana in Kerala’s Wayanad district since the beginning of the year. It was much like what the residents experienced around the same time last year, when the state reported India’s first novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case. This time the virus is different and so is the host, but the disease is equally contagious, unknown, stealthy and debilitating. “I don’t know how and when three of my five Jersey
They have been vocal for farm laws: Farmer unions reject Supreme Court committee
We never asked for a committee; neither did we ask for the court’s intervention, they said Swaraj Abhiyaan leader Yogendra Yadav on January 12, 2021. Photo: Swaraj Abhiyaan / Twitter
Farmers dig their heels in at protest sites on Delhi’s borders
“Why don’t you join the langar? Do not leave without having your meal. Ladai saari khaney ki hee to hai (The whole issue is about food and survival),” remarked a septuagenarian farmer presciently at the protest site at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border as he urged this correspondent to eat even as he waited for his turn to sit at the community meal, or langar, that was being arranged. Hailing from Michaelganj in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttarakhand, he, like many others protesting for more than 40 days against the three farm laws which they feel would push farmers to the brink of penury, remains resolute in the fight. Standing nearby were Surender Kaur and Harpal Kaur helping with
SC stays implementation of farm laws, forms committee to examine farmer concerns
Delhi Police file plea seeking injunction against Republic Day tractor rally by farmers Farmers sitting on protest near Delhi. Photo: Wikimedia Commons