Mayuri Banerjee In its 14th Five Year Plan released in March this year, China has pledged to build a Polar Silk Road (PSR) over the period 2021–2025. Following this declaration, just a few months later in September, the Chinese ice-breaker...
In the solidarity statement, US farmer groups expressed respect for the struggles of the farmers and farmworkers and requested the Indian and US government to help the farmers and protect food sovereignty in India. Around 87 farmer organizations, allied agroecology,...
It has been over two months since farmers have been protesting in India against the Indian government’s three controversial agricultural laws. The major protest sites are the Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur borders and recently there has been a visible thinning...
Samkyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said that its teams are planning to organize programs of state-wise mahapanchayats. The Samkyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of over 40 protesting farmer unions, on Thursday announced that “kisan mahapanchayats” will be held across...
The Indian government has warned Twitter that penal action would be taken if the company fails to comply with the government's directive. On Monday, the Indian government asked social media platform Twitter to remove around more than a thousand accounts...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has liked several tweets that were in favor of international pop artist Rihanna for posting on the farmers protest in India. As we have reported earlier, various international figures like Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, and Meena Harris...
Social media platform Twitter has been abuzz ever since prominent international figures like Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, Meena Harris, Mia Khalifa, Amanda Cerny and Lilly Singh have extended support towards farmers protest. They have received support and positive responses from many...
As prominent international figures like Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, Meena Harris, and others brought the farmers protest to the world stage through their posts on social media, the government responded against them and called them “neither accurate nor responsible.” In an...
The Delhi Police has stepped up with the additional deployment of forces and enhanced barricades at the Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur border, where thousands of farmers are protesting against the three farm laws for the past two months. Other than...
Popular international artist Rihanna, author and niece of US Vice President Kamala Harris Meena Harris and teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg posted on Twitter to extend their support to protesting farmers in India against the new agricultural laws. Popular international...
