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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.

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

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

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

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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

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

Delhi Police file plea seeking injunction against Republic Day tractor rally by farmers Farmers sitting on protest near Delhi. Photo: Wikimedia Commons