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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicFarm bills

Topic: farm bills

Modi govt’s ‘wink’ at farmers & artist ‘McMahon’s Line at Arunachal museum of cartography’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Juggling lessons & protest, children at Singhu border say won’t back down from farm laws fight

The protesters gathered at the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border include several children who have joined the agitation in solidarity with their parents.

Why Rajnath Singh has emerged as a key Modi govt firefighter to address farmers’ issues

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with Amit Shah and JP Nadda, was part of the BJP leadership to brief Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar before his meeting with farmers.

Yogi mingling with Bollywood, India Inc for investments a pleasant change from his divisive politics

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English-speaking protester in viral farmer protest video is Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu 

This is not Sidhu’s first brush with political activism. He had earlier campaigned for BJP MP Sunny Deol during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. 

Worried about 2022, Punjab BJP wants Shah & Nadda to quickly resolve farmer protests

Punjab BJP leaders also urge a crackdown on singers & actors ‘aiding’ farmer protests as they say this will help fizzle out the agitation.

Punjab’s protesting farmers playing into Modi govt’s hands, says state Congress chief

The Modi government has invited protesting farmers for talks on 13 November in a bid to end the impasse. But Sunil Jakhar says Centre’s intentions are suspect.

Why Shambhu railway station is a key protest site for Punjab’s agitating farmers 

Farmers, who have been protesting here since 1 October against the 3 farm bills passed by the Modi government, say their protest will continue until the laws are revoked.

Tracks empty but Punjab farmers protest at stations, Railways insists safety a concern

Modi govt has stopped freight trains to Punjab citing the protests but Punjab & its farmers say they are not on the tracks & that ‘rail blockade’ has led to shortage of essential items.

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When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.