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A section of the kisan parade taken out on January 26, at Nangloi in New Delhi.

Skirmishes with police at some places mar an otherwise peaceful kisan parade in Delhi

Barring some skirmishes between the police and a section of the farmers in Delhi, the Kisan Parade yesterday against the three contentious farm laws b

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On the way to the protest at the Delhi-Meerut Expressway near Ghazipur border ahead of Republic Day, when farmers have decided to hold a kisan parade.

Protesting farmers stay firm

The protesting farmers on Delhi’s borders rejected the Central government’s offer of suspension of the contentious laws and are determined to stay and

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‘If APMC mandis go, MSP will vanish’

Interview with Professor Sukhpal Singh, Principal Economist, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.

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Protein-rich laddoos being distributed during a community initiative in Govandi in Mumbai on October 14, 2019. These laddoos improved the nutrition levels in children, pregnant women and lactating mothers.

Latest NFHS data reveal high levels of anaemia across nation

Data from the latest round of the National Family Health Survey show disturbing trends in indicators such as nutritional levels.

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Tractory rally against the Central government’s agricultural laws, on Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway at Kundli in Haryana on January 7.

Farmers dig their heels in at protest sites on Delhi's borders

Despite several odds and the government refusing to budge, the protest against the farm laws is gaining momentum and the resolve among farmers is grow

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Representatives of farmers' unions interact with Union Minister Som Prakash during their tenth round of talks with the government at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, on January 20.

In tenth round of talks, farmers reject committee on MSP, to discuss government proposal to suspend controversial laws before both sides meet again on January 22

Even as the farmers’ protest completed 56 days on January 20, the tenth round of talks which went on for five and a half hours between the farmers’ un

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The Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait (white dress) talks to mediapersons after the Supreme Court order suspending the implementation of the new farm laws.

Supreme Court stays farm laws, names four-member committee to hear all stakeholders; farmers reject move, to go ahead with kisan parade

Even as the ongoing farmers’ agitation entered its 49th day, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and Justices

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Protesting farmers at the Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in New Delhi on January 11.

Supreme Court to pass order on farm laws today; farmers respect the court's comforting words but won’t participate in a committee

The Supreme Court will pass an order, including considering a stay on the farm laws, on January 12. In the course of a hearing a clutch of petitions r

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Protest against the farm laws at Singhu border in New Delhi on January 10.

Protesting farmer leaders ask the BJP government to desist from resorting to provocative and divisive politics and repeal the farm laws

A Kisan Mahapanchayat scheduled to be addressed by Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana Chief Minister, at Kaimla village in Kaithal district on January 10 ha

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Wives and daughters of farmers practise driving tractors on the outskirts of Amritsar on January 8 in order to take part in the tractor marh to Delhi on January 26.

Farmers to go ahead with the tractor-trolley march to the capital on January 26 as deadlock continues after the eighth round of talks

The eighth round of talks between the Central government and the 40-plus farmer organisations did not yield any result as the government continued to

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Farmers and their representatives at a ‘langar’' arranged by the Delhi Gurdwara Management Committee outside the Vigyan Bhavan during their talks with the government on January 4.

Seventh round of government-farmer talks ends in a stalemate; Reliance Industries clarifies that it has no plan to enter corporate or contract farming

The seventh round of talks between the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the front representing 40 farmer organisations, and the Central government on Janu

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At the press conference by farmers' organisations in Delhi on January 2.

Farmers serve ultimatum to government to repeal farm laws, reject demand for panel on MSP, resolve to intensify protests from January 6

A seven-member coordination committee representing the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on January 2 issued an ultimatum to the Central government to repeal the

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