Politics
Vendors at Singhu border market support farmers de...
January 4, 2021
It has been one month since the farmers have been protesting at Singhu border. One look at the protest site is enough to know that the farmers are well prepared. The protest has disrupted life at Singhu border and neighbouring areas due to blocked roads. The once flourishing mark...
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Vendors at Singhu border market support farmers de...
December 30, 2020
For well over a month now, life at Singhu border has been disrupted as residents of the area find themselves surrounded by thousands of protesting farmers and policemen. Many vendors at the local market are amongst the worst hit as their traditional customers avoid the market...
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Bengal voters divided over BJP
December 29, 2020
Even though the assembly elections in West Bengal are still at least four months away, the dress rehearsals have already begun and the major protagonists have started to play act their respective roles, though with a significant difference this time around. In the 2016 assembly e...
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Bid farewell to farcical Farmers Day
December 23, 2020
For a Prime Minister who is apparently never short of the right word to say in any situation, Narendra Modi has yet to find something appropriate to assuage the millions of Indian farmers who have been protesting against the ‘ground-breaking’ agricultural reforms that his gov...
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Martyrdom Day observed to honour farmers killed du...
December 21, 2020
“The farmers who have sacrificed their lives as part of the ongoing protests have set an example for thousands of others. Instead of breaking our morale or creating fear or worry in our minds about the future, it has reinforced our belief in our fight and that the fight is just...
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International Migrants Day 2020: Covid-19 hits mig...
December 18, 2020
A report by the International Organisation of Migration, a body of the United Nations that looks at international migration issues, says that migrants face a much higher risk of Covid-19 infection than the natives due to a variety of reasons such as a higher incidence of poverty,...
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Google & Facebook face anti-trust heat across...
December 17, 2020
Few had imagined the scenario even five years ago, but the seemingly invincible Big Tech firms Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple are all facing the heat of competition authorities across the globe as government regulators finally wake up to the threats to a fair and free market ...
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A low-key Lokpal remains a toothless anti–corrup...
December 14, 2020
Nearly seven years after the Lokayukta Act came into effect, the much-vaunted anti-corruption ombudsman has failed to make an impact, despite the establishment of Lokayukta in all the states, the state governments and politicians are deliberately weakening the institution by not ...
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Farmers reject government proposal, to intensify s...
December 10, 2020
Nearly two weeks after they began their sit in at borders of Delhi and exasperated with fruitless talks with the central government, leaders of various farmers’ organisations have announced a series of measures to intensify their movement, soon after they rejected latest draft ...
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Bharat Bandh draws nationwide support for farmers&...
December 9, 2020
“Soora so pehchaniye, jo lade din ke het, purja purja kat mare, kabhun na chhade khet (Brave is the one who fights for the rights of the poor/weak. Even if his body is chopped to pieces, he does not leave the battlefield),” says Satnam Singh, a sevadar (volunt...
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