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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
TopicProtesting farmers

Topic: protesting farmers

By opposing farmers’ stir, AAP is playing to the crowd in urban Punjab. But it’s a slippery slope

Protesting farmers have issued call for nationwide protest outside offices of deputy commissioners and ‘chakka jam’ across Punjab after police action at Shambhu, Khanauri borders.

Protesting farmers pelt stones, smear ink on BJP MLA’s car in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

In a purported video, MLA Umesh Malik was seen claiming that the attackers had affiliation to the BKU. According to the police, a case has been registered & several were booked.

We understand why farmers are at border, govt offer still on the table, says Sitharaman

If any farmer has any question, agriculture minister has never denied opportunities for talks, said Sitharaman, adding that discussion is the only way forward.

Modi govt must hold firm on farm reforms, more than just laws are at risk

Latest reforms are India’s commitment to transition to a more environmentally sustainable & equitable growth model. If he loses the initiative, Modi will be making the same mistake twice.

Neither ‘udta’ nor ‘padhta’ Punjab. Question is how India’s no. 1 state in 2003 fell to 13

Punjab, once India’s richest state, has slipped and fallen behind. MSP and subsidies should continue, but it needs to rediscover its entrepreneurial impulse.

On Camera

Going after campuses is the toolkit of Trump, Netanyahu, Modi. Columbia University is latest

The Right-wing populist’s professed aversion to “anarchism” never applies to actual Right-wing anarchism. Kapil Mishra is Delhi’s Minister of Law and Justice.

Shashi Tharoor & Mahua Moitra lead Oppn’s charge against BJP govt’s Finance Bill 2025. What they said

Countering their criticism, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused the Opposition of focusing solely on flaws while ignoring broader economic progress.

India & African nations to hold 1st joint naval exercise in Indian Ocean. Why it matters

Inaugural edition of AIKEYME will be co-hosted by Indian Navy & Tanzania People's Defence Force, and is scheduled to take place off Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in mid-April 2025.

One prime minister’s 19-month legacy is bigger than another’s Emergency

Shastri’s legacy is unfairly overshadowed by peace he made at Tashkent and a visit that also took his life. Among his contributions were Green Revolution and talent-hunting Dr Swaminathan.