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Monday, November 10, 2025
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Topic: Farmers

What’s MSP and how is it determined? The issue at the heart of farm protests

The farmers fear that that minimum support price will not be enforced once private mandis come up.

No takers for govt’s offer to amend farm laws, farmers say nothing short of repeal acceptable

Farmer unions harden stance ahead of fifth round of talks with the government, say will talk about the MSP only after the laws are repealed.

In 20 yrs, farmers featured in just around 5% of BJP and Congress’ Lok Sabha questions

Every Indian political party says it stands for farmers. But look at Parliament data — they rarely do.

Covid fear looms at protest site but farmers say ‘Modi’s black laws’ greater threat

Farmers say they don’t fear Covid. Experts feel govt should have taken steps to ensure the agitation didn’t lead to such large gatherings.

Farmers’ unions reject govt offer to set up committee, next round of talks Thursday

Modi government has asked the protesting farmer unions to furnish a list of the objections they have with the three farm laws at the next meeting. 

Kisan march pictures may not show you women farmers, but don’t forget to count their protest

The farmers’ protests in Haryana and Punjab aren’t only limited to men. They are walking for the women guarding the field at home too.

Farmers’ protest a big challenge for Modi. Bigger than demonetisation, GST

Rural distress has been on the rise, stoking farmers’ anger. And politics has added fuel, making it a lethal cocktail.

Farmers chop vegetables for dinner, women make rotis — scenes after chaos at Delhi border

The farmers, who have travelled from different parts of Punjab and Haryana, came fully prepared with trucks full of ration, ready for a long stand-off.

Police fire tear gas shells to disperse farmers at Delhi-Haryana border

Sand-laden trucks, water cannons are stationed and barbed wire have been used for fencing at the Delhi-Haryana border to prevent protesting Punjab farmers from entering Delhi.

Modi govt invites protesting farmers for new round of talks over farm Acts

Move comes 2 days ahead of the ‘Dilli Chalo’ march being organised by Punjab farmers. Farmers’ body says atmosphere not conducive for talks after Haryana makes several arrests.

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Pakistan is bluffing. There’s no proof for $6 trillion mineral wealth claim

The minerals that Pakistan purports to offer to the US are either in quantities too small to matter, of a type that the US does not need, or would be much more easily sourced from other partners.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.