Backstory: If the Media Fails to Read the Farm Struggle Right, Irrelevance Awaits
A fortnightly column from The Wire s public editor.
Avtar Singh Niamian and his friend Gurpreet Singh read the newspaper. Photo: Pawanjot Kaur
Rights16/Jan/2021
The year is barely two weeks old and it has already seen events that have made visible the dangers of the cling film of alternative reality that has come to wrap itself tightly around societies across the world.
The Capitol Hill violence in Washington D.C., US served to highlight the hubris of a president convinced that he could upend history with his tweets. In the end, Donald Trump lost not just his âkingdomâ and the key to that kingdom â his Twitter handle â but the prospect of a possible return to power given a second impeachment. The take-down of Trump, as a creature created by mainstream media and social media â letâs not forget his first delusions of grandeur were incubated on the sets of
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Farmer union tells SC to disband negotiation committee, appoint neutral members who can do the job In an affidavit, it also sought dismissal of a plea file by the Centre seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor march which seeks to disrupt the gathering and celebrations of Republic Day on 26 January FP Staff January 16, 2021 21:50:39 IST Representational image. PTI
A farmer union requested the Supreme Court on Saturday to remove the remaining three members of the committee it had set up to resolve the impasse over the three contentious farm laws, and select people who can do the job on the basis of mutual harmony .
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Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal, Som Parkash begin 9th round of talks with 40 farmer leaders The Supreme Court had on Tuesday stayed the implementation of the three laws and appointed a four-member panel to resolve the impasse Union railway minister Piyush Goyal, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar and BJP MP Som Prakash at a meeting with representatives of various farmer unions over the Centre s farm reform laws, in New Delhi. PTI
New Delhi: The ninth round of talks between protesting farmer unions and three central ministers got underway here on Friday afternoon to break the over-a-month-long deadlock on the three new agricultural laws.