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3 Haryana districts in dire straits Updated: Updated: ‘Every second person testing positive for COVID-19 in Sonipat, Panipat and Rewari’ Share Article ‘Every second person testing positive for COVID-19 in Sonipat, Panipat and Rewari’ Though Gurugram tops the table for active cases in Haryana followed by Faridabad, the top three districts in terms of positivity rate in the State are Sonipat, Panipat and Rewari with every second person testing positive for the deadly infection, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s latest weekly statistics for districts with more than 10% positivity rate. Nuh with highest 55.8 % positivity rate for May 4-10 week has dramatically slipped to twelve position with the positivity rate of 32.4% for May 5-11 week. ....
The Indian Farmer Protests: An overview of the world's biggest sit-down protest happening in India right now theasian.asia - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theasian.asia Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Workers Revolutionary Party Indian farmers stage a âRail Rokiâ on the railway lines âTHE CENTRE of Indian Trade Unions vehemently denounces the utterly humiliating and derogatory statement by the Prime Minister against the struggling farmers and their supporters on the floor of Parliament,â said CITU General Secretary Tapan Sen in a major statement last week. He continued: âThe Prime Minister called the struggling farmers demanding repeal of the draconian farm laws and Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 âAndolan-jeeviâ (beggars movement) influenced by âForeign Destructive Ideologyâ (FDI). âUnnerved by the growing support for the farmersâ demands and their determined struggle to achieve their just demands the Prime Minister has resorted to ridiculing âandolanâ itself, the basic right of the people in India and the pillar of a democratic society. ....
At least nine journalists have been targeted by police by arrests, intimidation and criminal charges over reporting and online posts about the ongoing farmers’ protest in India since protests began in November 2020. The protests reached a climax on January 26, with death of protestor Navreet Singh. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn the tactics used to suppress media. ....
Times Now, with headlines announcing that the new laws now had US backing. In fact, the US State Department statement, while cautiously welcoming “steps that would improve the efficiency of India’s markets”, called for dialogue with the farmers and underlined that peaceful protests and freedom of expression are the “hallmark” of a democracy. That it is the foreign media doing investigative journalism in and about India should raise some difficult questions, said Ayyub, the Washington Post columnist. “Why have we not been able to do a single damning expose in Indian publications in the last five years?” she said. “…This is the time to take a stand and take an aggressive stand. Journalism is not even in danger, they have managed to intimidate us into silence, that process has happened.” ....