Farm and Forest

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...

AIUFWP writes to the President of India over Farmer protests

In an appeal to the President, they have prayed for the repeal of the three farm laws in the interest of the agriculturists and the forest dwellers

Farmers are being misled about agriculture reforms: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a speech in Gujarat, even as farmers continue peaceful agitation on Delhi-Haryana-Uttar Pradesh borders

Farmers catch trouble mongering infiltrator at protest site, hand him over to police

Identified as a ‘BJP neta’, he was trying to raise 'pro Pakistan' slogans at the protest, when alert farmers caught him

Farmers protest: Toll Plaza concessionaire claims losses, approaches Punjab & Haryana HC

Similar news reports of ‘toll plaza earnings being hit’ have begun to appear in mainstream media over the last few days

Peasants have put the government on the backfoot: AIUFWP

Impressed by the unified struggle of India’s peasants, AIUFWP promised to continue protests on Tuesday.

I am a farmer first and a police officer later: Punjab DIG Prisons quits

Lakhminder Singh Jakhar, Punjab DIG Prisons quits in solidarity with farmers’ protest

Exclusive: An intimate look inside the farmer’s protest

Photojournalist Vijay Pandey has been visiting the various protest sites for many days, and evenings. The photo essay shows the mood on the ground, away from the glare of TV news crews.

Farmers leaders take on fake news

Leaders clarify that all official statements of farmers shall be made from Singhu border headquarters alone

Farmers stopped at Haryana border, leaders question willful use of Section 144

A large deployment of Haryana police personnel barricaded the road towards Delhi citing social distancing guidelines

Rajasthan’s farmers march towards Delhi in preparation of December 14 protests

Farmers groups from Rajasthan as well as Haryana have set out in large numbers, under the leadership of farmers leaders.

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