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As 30 crore workers, farmers join July 9 strike against govt.’s policies, will there be media coverage of the shut down?
Centrally recognised trade unions say workers have supported the 17-point charter of demands of the strike, called against Union Government’s policies
Families of slain Rajouri labourers given their exhumed bodies
The men were killed in July, in an “encounter” in South Kashmir’s Shopian, identities confirmed in September, and bodies exhumed in October
SC quashes Gujarat notification extending work hours without overtime pay
The Court said that the pandemic cannot be said to be a public emergency under the Factories Act
Congress MP moves Supreme Court challenging the Anti-Farmer Laws
With several states echoing the need to challenge the newly enacted laws, this is the first legal challenge
Karnataka Bandh: Farmers arrested while protesting changes in APMC, Land Reforms Acts
Following the week after nationwide protests against the three anti-farmer Bills of the Centre, Karnataka’s farmers declared a bandh from 6 AM to 6 PM.
Rally in Canada against fascism and attacks on the rights of famers in India
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh, Indians Abroad for Pluralist India (IAPI) held a demonstration to oppose growing state violence in India in Surrey on Sunday, September 27.
Karnataka Bandh against ‘anti-farmer, anti-worker and anti-Dalit-oppressed’ policies
Famers in the state fight an additional battle against the state amendments to the APMC and land reform Acts
Four states gear up to resist ‘anti-farmer’ bills
As the farmers movement shows its strength, state governments of Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and Maharashtra step in to ensure security for farmers, protect their own powers
Farmers’ stand resolute, block Maharashtra’s expressway
In a strength of several thousands, peasants and organisations block the Ahmedabad express on the National Protest Day.
Highlights of National Protest Day
Here’s a summary glance at the happenings of September 25 – the National Protest Day of the peasants.
What farmer protests? The BJP-led Government was busy honouring Deendayal Upadhyaya
The Government of India, chooses to look the other way, as lakhs of farmers protest agricultural laws they fear will make them slaves
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