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Gene-edited rice sparks alarms: Scientists back activists, warn of hidden dangers

Growing apprehensions over the safety and regulation of genome editing in agriculture have reportedly received "validation" from peer-reviewed scientific studies, backed by  civil society advocacy efforts. The Union Government’s...

No call for boycott of milk sales or higher sales price: SKM

Responding to a viral message calling for increased milk prices under the SKM’s name, the farmers’ organisation published a formal statement to dismiss the rumour

Delhi police were complicit with Red Fort rioters: SKM’s letter to Delhi CP

The farmers’ group demanded that the Delhi Police Commissioner cancel the show cause issued against SKM leaders and called for a judicial enquiry.

Farmer Navreet Singh’s death not due to gun-shot injury: Police to Delhi HC

The 25-year-old deceased farmer’s grandfather petitioned the court alleging that Navreet was shot dead by the Delhi Police

Farmers struggle highlights the importance of ensuring laws are based on meaningful consultations: UN High Commissioner 

India’s permanent representative at the UNHCR responds to the oral update by calling the High Commissioner lacking in “objectivity and impartiality”

India’s youth stand in solidarity with annadaatas on Yuva Kisan Diwas

Farmer leaders thank youngsters for showing solidarity; also hail the Punjab & Haryana High Court for granting bail to activist Nodeep Kaur

Will return to sit with farmers at Singhu protest site: Nodeep Kaur

The labour rights activist was released on bail on Friday, added that fellow activist Shiv Kumar’s condition is very bad

18-year-old dies at Singhu border on Yuva Kisan Diwas

Farmers as well as villagers in Punjab mourned the death of the young boy who travelled to the city to join farmers protest

Delhi court protects Shantanu Muluk from arrest in Toolkit case

The court has adjourned the matter in connection with the toolkit FIR against Muluk to March 9

Farmers organisations condemn DAV school for loaded comment against farmers in exam paper

Farmer leaders question the wording of a English question in an examination paper given to class 10 students in a renowned school in Chennai.

Amritsar women present farmer leaders with Jallianwala bagh soil

AIDWA jatha from Amritsar presented farmer organisations with the soil of Jalianwala bagh to Delhi in solidarity with the farmers' struggle.

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In a ‘major win’ for anti-caste activists, a US Federal Court upholds California Govt’s authority to act against caste oppression

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When data is used as a weapon against reality: Deviations in the HCES & CES, claims of poverty line

This Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) is qualitatively different in methodology (including sampling) from the earlier Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) last conducted in 2011-12, and therefore the two are not comparable. So the claim that India’s poverty has declined to below 5% doesn’t hold water: Second, the NITI Aayog has made no effort to even determine an official poverty line, last defined in the Census 2001.