Aam Aadmi Party( AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Balbir Singh is the poorest member of parliament in India with

," said Balbir Singh Rajewal, a senior farmers' leader. The grain market where farmers were meeting on

Hundreds of thousands of farmers gathered in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, the biggest rally yet in a months-long series of demonstrations to press Narendra Modi's government to repeal three new agricultural laws. More than 500, 000 farmers attended the rally in the city of Muzaffarnagar, according to local police. The demonstration in Uttar Pradesh, a predominantly agricultural state that's home to 240 million people, will breathe fresh life into the protest movement,

States were also informed in advance about the availability of doses." Despite giving advance information to states on vaccine availability, if mismanagement and long queues of vaccination beneficiaries are being seen, it is clearly evident what the real issue is and who is responsible for this state of affairs," Mandaviya said in one of his tweets. The tweets came after several states such as Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Delhi complained of vaccine shortage.... Delhi deputy chief minister

NEW DELHI( Reuters)-Indian farmers, protesting against new agriculture laws they say threaten their livelihoods, started a sit-in on Thursday near parliament in the capital, renewing a push for repeal of the laws.In the longest-running growers' protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, tens of thousands of farmers have camped out on major highways leading to New Delhi for more than seven months.On Thursday, police in New Delhi escorted 200 farmers from protest spots on the outsk

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Farmers' leaders would meet on Jan.... 15 to review progress on the government's assurances, Rajewal told a news conference." We will resume our protests if the government moves away from the assurances," said Gurnam Singh Charuni, another farmers' leader. The government will set up a panel of growers and government officials to find ways of ensuring Minimum Support Prices( MSP), as the guaranteed rates are called, for all farm produce, according to the letter seen by Reuters. The government no

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SINGAPORE-Coffee shop operators are looking forward to the resumption of dining in next Tuesday( Aug 10), even though it will be limited to groups of two people per table. Hawkers told The Straits Times that allowing groups of two to dine in without having to check their vaccination status was a good move, as it would be difficult to do this checking without additional manpower or incurring cost.On Friday, the Covid-19 multi-ministry task force announced that people will be allowed to dine at ea

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