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India’s Modi says government committed to farmers’ welfare

12 Dec 2020

Gulf Today Report As an army of resolute Indian farmers keeps up its blockade of New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces potentially the trickiest challenge yet to...

India may amend farm reform in the hope of ending protests

09 Dec 2020

Gulf Today Report India’s government will consider amending reforms as farmers launched a national day of action on Tuesday against reforms deregulating the agriculture sector, upping the stakes after...

India farmers intensify protest against new laws with strike

08 Dec 2020

Gulf Today Report A nationwide strike called by thousands of Indian farmers protesting new agriculture laws began on Tuesday as farm organisations called for a nationwide strike after inconclusive...

Angry Indian farmers besiege capital in trucks

03 Dec 2020

Instead of cars, the normally busy highway on the outskirts of New Delhi that connects most northern Indian towns to the capital is filled with tens of thousands of...

Indian govt invites protesting farmers for talks today

01 Dec 2020

India’s government invited protesting farmers for talks on Tuesday, seeking to allay concerns about new laws growers fear could pave the way for the government to stop buying grain...

Time of reckoning after hasty farm sector reforms

30 Nov 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government pushed through Parliament last September a set of three legislative measures, projected as the biggest farm sector reform in India’s history. Two months later it...

Indian government invites protesting farmers for talks

28 Nov 2020

India’s government invited leaders of farmers for talks as thousands of them pressed on with a protest in and around the capital on Saturday against agricultural legislation they said...

VIDEO: Indian farmers clash with police in protest over market reform

27 Nov 2020

Thousands of protesting Indian farmers scuffled with police on Friday during a march to the capital, Delhi, against new laws liberalising procurement that they say will leave them vulnerable...

Uzbek farmer hopes that the sweetest melons will bring good profit amid pandemic

25 Oct 2020

In the giant shed of Uzbek farmer Sanat Kalandarov, a bountiful melon harvest hangs suspended from wooden beams, promising profits through a difficult winter ahead. Kalandarov is practicing a...

Indian wetland gets Ramsar recognition

20 Oct 2020

Home to many rare and endangered species, the Asan Conservation Reserve becomes India’s latest and the state of Uttarakhand’s first Ramsar site. With this new addition, the country’s wetlands tally...

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