-Newsclick.in The cheer and celebrations all around following the PM's announcement, however, do not improve the farmers’ situation or ease their struggles. On the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Prime Minister Modi announced his government’s decision to repeal the three farm laws that were to impact the lives and livelihoods of people -- especially the very small and marginal farmers and the common people i.e. the consumers of farm produce. This is...
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Samyukt Kisan Morcha presents 6 demands in open letter to PM Modi -Sreya Chatterjee
-IndiaToday.in The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has written an open letter to PM Modi, saying that they will end the ongoing agitation only after the Centre discusses six pending demands of the farmers. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to resume talks to resolve six pending demands of the farmers apart from waiting for withdrawal of farm laws in Parliament. In its...
More »Is Gurugram going the Kolkata way? -Kanika Datta
-Rediff.com Militant labour policies compounded a poor security environment for capital in West Bengal and encouraged the business community to relocate. constraining the private sector’s right to hire freely could well be the coup de grace. As with Calcutta/Kolkata, it will probably take a decade for Gurgaon/Gurugram to feel the difference, says Kanika Datta Gurgaon, the city that accounted for a significant amount of Haryana’s GDP long before it became Gurugram, is...
More »Tastier, more nutritious, climate-resistant chana soon, thanks to study led by India’s ICRISAT -Samyak Pandey
-ThePrint.in Scientists from around the world have used genome sequencing to help produce new varieties of chickpea, which are expected to give increased yields at about similar input cost. New Delhi: Research led by scientists from International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India is set to help produce more chickpea or chana, and make it more nutritious and climate-change resistant. The worldwide research project has made it possible to...
More »Dalit Labourer's Hand Cut Off in MP By Employer Over Wage Demands, 3 Arrested
-TheQuint.com Ashok Saket, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste, was admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, and remains critical. In a shocking incident from Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district, a labourer’s hand was cut off by his employer when he demanded his wages, on Sunday, 21 November. The victim, Ashok Saket, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste, was admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in a critical condition. The victim’s nephew Lavkush Saket said that the incident...
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