February 4, 2021
Farmers in India are protesting against new agricultural laws, which they say will make it harder for them to make money.
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A tweet by Rihanna is causing a stir in India.
The singer tweeted a link of a news article about months of farmer protests in the country with the caption, Why aren t we talking about this?
That led government officials and supporters of the country s prime minister to call for unity, saying outside influencers shouldn t get involved.
Farmers in India are protesting against new agricultural laws.
They say the laws will make it harder for them to make money.
Motivated campaigns targeting India will never succeed, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday, in comments that came on a day his ministry hit out singer Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg for their support to farmers agitating against the new agricultural laws.
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39 Cases Registered Against Protesting Farmers Between Sept-Dec by Delhi Police, Says MHA
A protester stands at the Delhi-UP border during demonstrations against the Centre s farm laws. (AP)
G Kishan Reddy, Minister of State Home Affairs, said Delhi Police has registered 39 cases against the farmers protesting the recently passed ‘Farm Laws’ between September to December, 2020 at Delhi border.
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The Centre on Monday informed Lok Sabha that 39 cases were registered against the farmers who were protesting demanding the repeal of three Agricultural Laws between September to December 2020.
The three laws are: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. The Delhi police informed the Ministry of Home Affairs that farmers used force and aggressively indulged in rioting.