Rail Roko Protest: Protesting farmers have gathered near rail tracks in parts of Punjab
New Delhi:
Farmers protesting against the Centre s new farm laws have gathered near rail tracks in parts of Punjab, Haryana Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka for the rail roko protest. The agitation, which started at noon, will continue till 4 pm and will be peaceful, the farmers have said. Train services have been stopped in several areas as part of precautionary measure. Security has been tightened in Punjab and Haryana, with the deployment of the government railway police and the state police.
Ghaziabad near Delhi where protesting farmers have been blocking the highway since November has also been put under a security blanket.
Updated Feb 18, 2021 | 17:24 IST
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha had last week announced the rail roko agitation to press for its demand to repeal the Centre s new agri laws. Sonipat: Members of various farmer organisations block a railway track during a four-hour rail roko demonstration | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions which is spearheading the protest against the Centre’s agri laws, on Thursday held a four-hour long Rail Roko Andolan .
Meanwhile, the Indian Railways has said that the agitation passed off peacefully and it didn t have any significant impact on the running of trains across the country. Rail Roko agitation passed off without any untoward incident. There was negligible or minimal impact on running of the trains across the country. Train movement in all zones is normal now. Few trains were stopped in some areas but now train operation is normal, the Railways
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PM Modi calls for vaccine data sharing as exports increase
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Krishna N. Das
, Reuters
PM Narendra Modi urged the neighbouring countries to consider sharing data on the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines and explore special visas for medics to move around the region during health emergencies
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NEW DELHI :
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged neighbouring countries to consider sharing data on the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines and explore special visas for medics to move around the region during health emergencies.
As the dominant power in and around South Asia, and with the capacity to be the world s top maker of COVID-19 shots, India has gifted or sold more than 17 million doses to countries including Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.