India News: From basic essentials like drinking water to setting up 800-bed shelters, humanitarian organisation Khalsa Aid India has been working at the farmers p.
120 patients admitted so far at makeshift hospital at Singhu
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Set up by a non-profit organisation, 8-bed hospital is a lifeline for ailing protesters
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Protesting farmers availing of medical facilities at the Life Care Foundation at the Singhu border on Friday. | Photo Credit:
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Set up by a non-profit organisation, 8-bed hospital is a lifeline for ailing protesters
Ever since a makeshift hospital was set up at the protest site on the Singhu border, a total of 120 patients have been admitted as on January 21, said Life Care Foundation, a non-profit organisation that started the hospital.
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JALANDHAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has deferred appearance of Khalsa Aid India team in connection with case registered at Delhi by NIA on December 15, 2020 against Sikhs For Justice under stringent provisions of law, including UAPA and sedition.
Khalsa India director Amarpreet Singh said he was earlier asked to appear on Monday while another person from their team was to appear on Tuesday, but on Sunday he was informed that there was rush at NIA office and would be informed later about his appearance. “I received a call from an NIA official who said that they would call us later,” Amarpreet told TOI.
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Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday slammed the centre for attempting to intimidate farmer leaders and supporters over agency probe summons received yesterday.
Farmer leader Baldev Singh Sirsa and actor Deep Sidhu were among the 40 people summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a case linked to the outlaw outfit Sikhs for Justice. The actor, among the others, has been rallying for the protesting farmers against the agri reforms and asked to appear before the agency in Delhi today.
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The NGO is currently running a 600-bed full-to-capacity night shelter along with the two Kisan Malls which provide various items of daily use, such as inner wears, thermals, toothbrush and sanitary pads to those in need. PTI December 29, 2020 / 08:24 PM IST
Khalsa Aid India, an NGO known for providing aid to people in distress, said the vilification faced by the organisation for helping their own people during the ongoing farmers protest was unprecedented .
Registered separately as a charitable trust in 2013, Khalsa Aid India has been camping from day one of the farmers protest at the two major protest sites of Singhu and Tikri. Initially serving only langars, they shifted attention to the other important needs of the protesting farmers when others too started free community kitchens.