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Drought Conditions Spread Across India, Farmers Put On Edge
A comparison of the last week of June 2025 and the last week of June 2026 shows a clear increase in drought-affected regions.
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Indian Farmer Invents "Tree Scooter" For Swift Harvest Runs Up And Down
Ganapathi Bhat goes to work most mornings carrying a homemade contraption consisting of a small motor, a rudimentary seat and a set of wheels - all expertly combined to help the farmer swiftly climb tall trees.
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"Need To Set Record Straight": India Slams UK Lawmakers' Farm Row Debate
A debate held in British Parliament on Monday on "safety of farmers" and "press freedom" in India has evoked a sharp response from the Indian High Commission in London
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"Twitter Must Respect Indian Laws": Government Hardens Stance On Accounts
The government on Wednesday expressed "strong displeasure" about Twitter's response to the emergency order to block more than a thousand accounts for alleged spread of provocative content and misinformation on the farmer protests. As a business entity working in India, Twitter "must respect" the Indian laws and follow them "irrespective of Twitter'...
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Editor's Guild On FIR Vs Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande, Others
The Editors Guild of India strongly condemns the intimidating manner in the way in which the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Police have registered FIRs against senior editors and journalists (including current and former office bearers of EGI) for reporting on the farmers' protest rallies and the ensuing violence that took place in the national c...
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How Supreme Court's Committee Will Be Used Against Farmers
It is the farmers and they alone who will decide their next course of action. They deserve our full support and solidarity. But we as citizens should be clear about the orders of the Supreme Court and who they benefit.
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Why Protesting Farmers Are Unable To Trust Government
The third rail of Indian politics has always been agriculture. While the economy has been partly liberalized since opening up to the world in 1991, the process has largely bypassed the three-fifths of Indians who depend for their livelihoods, directly or indirectly, on farming.
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Air India Offers Free Rescheduling For Passengers Held Up By Farmers' Protests
Air India has said passengers affected due to traffic disruption on Thursday amid closure of the borders of the national capital region (NCR) will be allowed to reschedule their flights for free.
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Government Continuously Taking Steps To Benefit The Farmer: PM Modi
Asserting that India was proud of its farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the government was continuously taking steps to ensure the interests of those "who feed the entire country" were protected.
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Agriculture Export Policy To Double Farm Exports Cleared By Cabinet
The cabinet today cleared the long-awaited Agriculture Export Policy that's in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to double farmers' income by 2022. The new policy aims to double the nation's farm exports to $60 billion by 2022 and gives a "greater thrust" to value-added products, promotion and branding of India's produce.
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Kairana, Which Powered Opposition's 2019 Hopes, Offers Clues For PM Modi
Farmers voted overwhelmingly for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2014 general election that swept him to power. He cannot count on them doing so again, as a crash in commodity prices and surging fuel costs stoke anger in the countryside.
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Why The Farmer In Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Is So Angry
The violent protests in parts of Madhya Pradesh and the endemic agitation in Maharashtra point to a deeper malaise affecting Indian agriculture and agriculturists.
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Debt-Ridden Punjab Farmer Jumps Into Canal With 5-Year-Old Son
Jaswant Singh, a 36-year-old farmer from Sahiban village in Punjab, left home on Saturday to take his five-year-old son Jaskaran for a bike ride. Next day, his body was found from a nearby canal. Eyewitnesses have told the police that Jaswant jumped into the canal holding his son in his arms.
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Want RBI to Prepare Road Map for Financial Inclusion: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the Reserve Bank to prepare a 20-year road map for financial inclusion and nudged banks to be considerate in giving loans to the poor as also while making recoveries from them, especially farmers.
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Anna Hazare Set to Launch Protest Against Land Ordinance Today
Anna Hazare today hinted at a bigger agitation if the government does not pay heed to the activist's protest against the Land Ordinance in New Delhi.
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Drought Conditions Spread Across India, Farmers Put On Edge
A comparison of the last week of June 2025 and the last week of June 2026 shows a clear increase in drought-affected regions.
-
Indian Farmer Invents "Tree Scooter" For Swift Harvest Runs Up And Down
Ganapathi Bhat goes to work most mornings carrying a homemade contraption consisting of a small motor, a rudimentary seat and a set of wheels - all expertly combined to help the farmer swiftly climb tall trees.
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"Need To Set Record Straight": India Slams UK Lawmakers' Farm Row Debate
A debate held in British Parliament on Monday on "safety of farmers" and "press freedom" in India has evoked a sharp response from the Indian High Commission in London
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"Twitter Must Respect Indian Laws": Government Hardens Stance On Accounts
The government on Wednesday expressed "strong displeasure" about Twitter's response to the emergency order to block more than a thousand accounts for alleged spread of provocative content and misinformation on the farmer protests. As a business entity working in India, Twitter "must respect" the Indian laws and follow them "irrespective of Twitter'...
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Editor's Guild On FIR Vs Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande, Others
The Editors Guild of India strongly condemns the intimidating manner in the way in which the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Police have registered FIRs against senior editors and journalists (including current and former office bearers of EGI) for reporting on the farmers' protest rallies and the ensuing violence that took place in the national c...
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How Supreme Court's Committee Will Be Used Against Farmers
It is the farmers and they alone who will decide their next course of action. They deserve our full support and solidarity. But we as citizens should be clear about the orders of the Supreme Court and who they benefit.
-
Why Protesting Farmers Are Unable To Trust Government
The third rail of Indian politics has always been agriculture. While the economy has been partly liberalized since opening up to the world in 1991, the process has largely bypassed the three-fifths of Indians who depend for their livelihoods, directly or indirectly, on farming.
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Air India Offers Free Rescheduling For Passengers Held Up By Farmers' Protests
Air India has said passengers affected due to traffic disruption on Thursday amid closure of the borders of the national capital region (NCR) will be allowed to reschedule their flights for free.
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Government Continuously Taking Steps To Benefit The Farmer: PM Modi
Asserting that India was proud of its farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the government was continuously taking steps to ensure the interests of those "who feed the entire country" were protected.
-
Agriculture Export Policy To Double Farm Exports Cleared By Cabinet
The cabinet today cleared the long-awaited Agriculture Export Policy that's in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to double farmers' income by 2022. The new policy aims to double the nation's farm exports to $60 billion by 2022 and gives a "greater thrust" to value-added products, promotion and branding of India's produce.
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Kairana, Which Powered Opposition's 2019 Hopes, Offers Clues For PM Modi
Farmers voted overwhelmingly for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2014 general election that swept him to power. He cannot count on them doing so again, as a crash in commodity prices and surging fuel costs stoke anger in the countryside.
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Why The Farmer In Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Is So Angry
The violent protests in parts of Madhya Pradesh and the endemic agitation in Maharashtra point to a deeper malaise affecting Indian agriculture and agriculturists.
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Debt-Ridden Punjab Farmer Jumps Into Canal With 5-Year-Old Son
Jaswant Singh, a 36-year-old farmer from Sahiban village in Punjab, left home on Saturday to take his five-year-old son Jaskaran for a bike ride. Next day, his body was found from a nearby canal. Eyewitnesses have told the police that Jaswant jumped into the canal holding his son in his arms.
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Want RBI to Prepare Road Map for Financial Inclusion: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the Reserve Bank to prepare a 20-year road map for financial inclusion and nudged banks to be considerate in giving loans to the poor as also while making recoveries from them, especially farmers.
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Anna Hazare Set to Launch Protest Against Land Ordinance Today
Anna Hazare today hinted at a bigger agitation if the government does not pay heed to the activist's protest against the Land Ordinance in New Delhi.
