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Two of the deceased were elderly farmers between the age of 75-80, while the third farmer was 40-years-old; farmer unions allege that the tear gas shells thrown by the state police force led to farmers inhaling toxic gas

Calling the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) a “betrayer of the freedom struggle,” AIKS has asserted that “the RSS has no right to question the patriotism of Indian farmers”

India comes third, after Myanmar and Sudan, in enforcing internet shutdowns in the country according to a report. India also enforced the longest duration of an internet shutdown in 2023 in Manipur.

Farmer protestors in their thousands, from 37 Unions under the umbrella of the Samyukta Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (SKM) gathered at the protest site in the capital, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait says that the protest will not end till the government finds a solution to their demands

Hate crimes against minorities continue to abound as religious minorities, including Muslims, face violence across the country. From vigilante groups to school teachers and principals harassing and perpetuating anti-Muslim hate, Muslims continue to live a dangerous life.

Another death of protesting farmer reported, seventh since the beginning of the protest

The film, inspired by the 2020-2021 Indian farmers protest against the now repealed three contentious farm laws offers viewers a unique insight; it explains how MSP is nothing but a levelling of urban & rural incomes at no cost to the consumer; director, Bedabrata Pain and two others drove over 10,000 kilometres, at the height of the pandemic, through the food bowl of America, capturing the heart-wrenching accounts of American farmers who became victims of the “mind-set of the market” 40 years ago.

On February 17th in Vadodara, Gujarat, an 8-year-old student studying in class 3 was targeted and reportedly abused by his fellow classmates. Reports suggest that similar incidents of discrimination have happened in the school earlier as well.

The last month has seen a strong resurgence of the farmers’ movement in the country. It has also seen an equally repressive push-back by the BJP-RSS regime against farmers, which has led to the deaths of two farmer so far, and many more seriously injured.

Despite all efforts of the Maharashtra government to seek a stay on the acquittal which was refused by the High Court (HC), professor Saibaba was released on March 7. The decade long incarceration of a disabled professor and his colleagues was marked with particular insensitivity by the Maharashtra jail authorities who denied him basic essentials; he had to even go on a hunger strike to push for the removal of CCTV cameras from the toilet and bathing area and demanding reading/writing materials.