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Bharat Bandh Today: What Are Farmers Demanding, That Didn’t Resolve In 2020 Protest?

Snehashish RoyFebruary 16, 20240

Farmers across India are once again protesting for guaranteed crop prices, demanding a host of unmet demands. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which is part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), has called for a Gramin Bharat Bandh on Friday, February 16. Farmers have been asked to suspend work for a day to press the government for demands, and traders and transporters have also been encouraged to join the strike. The farmers' protests began in 2020 when they rode on tractors and trucks from Haryana and Punjab to demand the repeal of three contentious agricultural laws that they believed would hurt their incomes. The protests drew international support and triggered nationwide demonstrations. In 2021, the Modi government repealed these laws, which was widely seen as a victory for the farme...

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Farmers’ Protest 2.0: Why Is MSP A Major Demand And How Will It Help In Agriculture Sector?

Snehashish RoyFebruary 13, 20240

Farmers often operate in a buyer's market which can lead to sudden supply increases relative to demand, putting downward pressure on prices. This means that they are price takers, lacking the market power to influence the prices of their produce. Farmers sell at prevailing supply-and-demand determined rates while paying retail prices for everything from seeds, pesticides, diesel, and tractors to cement, medicines, toothpaste, and soap. Farmers sometimes demand minimum support prices (MSP) for their crops, and there could be a clamour for political parties to include a “legal guarantee for MSP” in their manifestos as the Lok Sabha elections approach. While most economists oppose government-fixed MSPs based on cost-plus pricing, sans any consideration to market demand, they largely...

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Sharp Rise in Tomato Prices Amplifies Inflationary Concerns

Himshikha ShuklaJuly 15, 20230

The relentless surge in tomato prices across India has created a significant burden for consumers, who are already grappling with rising grocery bills. With the cost of tomatoes reaching an exorbitant Rs 224 per kg in several parts of the country, households are feeling the strain of escalating vegetable prices. The predicament is further exacerbated by the perceived negligence of the government in effectively addressing this critical issue. The tomato price hike, which began with prices at around Rs 40 per kg in June, has unfolded into a full-blown crisis. In the first week of July, prices surged to an average of Rs 100 per kg, and subsequently skyrocketed to an astonishing average of Rs 200 per kg due to heavy rainfall affecting the supply from various regions. This unprecedented

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Malnourishment Among Indian Women: A Challenge At Hand After 75 Years Of Independence

Pooja YadavOctober 20, 20220

Among developing nations, India has one of the highest rates of malnourished adult women. Add to it the fact that many new mothers in India are adolescents, 75% of whom are anaemic, and that most gain less weight during pregnancy than is healthy (5 kilograms on average compared to the global average of close to 10 kilograms). Food is not a choice. Eating nutritious meals is essential for survival and growth. The right to food is an essential component of the right to life. Given that 1 in 4 Indian women of reproductive age are underweight, the denial of their right to food frequently has at its root the glaring lack of gender parity. Women and girls live under incredibly harmful gender-based social norms every day, which frequently results in them "eating last, eating last, and eati...

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One Nuclear Battle Could Kill 5 Billion People, Reveals A New Analysis; Read Story Here!

Vikas DeshwalAugust 17, 20220

A new study showed that five billion people would die in a modern nuclear war due to global starvation, likely surpassing the losses of deadly explosions. Five billion individuals would pass in current nuclear warfare with the consequence of international starvation -- started by sunlight-blocking soot in the environment -- the potential to remote exceed the casualties generated by harmful outbreaks. Scientists at Rutgers University mapped out the results of six probable nuclear battle plans. The most dangerous potential point is that a full-scale battle between the United States and Russia would brush out more than half of society, they expressed in the analysis posted in the Nature Food bulletin. The calculations were founded on counts of how considerably soot would join the environme...

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China’s Aid To Syria: Biggest Security Threat To Israel 

Vikas DeshwalAugust 4, 20220

According to media portrayals, there are severe problems in Israel's protection location, putting off "warning bells," as Israeli officials reportedly fear the tools will be utilized to improve Damascus's intelligence capacities. Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), while noting an information area called Breaking Defense, expressed Israel's security firm is problematic over the agreement between the two countries. Breaking Defense is a media platform which concentrates on the plan, politics and technology of security. It explores viewpoints and wisdom on news stories that troops, political, and enterprise decision-makers count upon. Israeli authorities who expressed with Breaking Defence stated that while the identical character of the Chinese effects remains anonymous, they are pred

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Maldives-India Relations, India Is the “True Friend And First Priority” Of Maldives

Vikas DeshwalAugust 3, 20220

On Tuesday, President Of Maldives Ibrahim Solih reaffirmed the island government's "India-first" approach during his stay in New Delhi. Both nations comforted and stayed aware of the other's protection problems. On his third trip to New Delhi as president, Solih met with Indian PM Narendra Modi, who also hosted a luncheon in his glory. He was also the first foreign head to be accepted by the new Indian president, Droupadi Murmu. In his media information, Solih declared that New Delhi has forever been a "loyal partner to the Maldives, via thick and thin". "New Delhi is nearly always our best responder in times of difficulties and is amongst the most boisterous supporters in terms of good luck, which is why my Government's 'India First' policy is so important to confirm that our longstand

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India’s Ultimate Goal: New Delhi’s Approach To Become ‘Vishwa Guru’, Its Philosopyhy

Vikas DeshwalAugust 1, 20220

For many years, the discussion of India becoming a Vishwa Guru - the coach or knowledge-giver of the world - has been in philosophy. Many take delight in rubbishing this vision. On the other hand, others are understandably heartfelt about creating this transpire. Evolving a 'Vishwa Guru' is mainly considered an idea of a national initiative, and nothing is wrong. Like people, nations also need to have a national aspiration. This is mainly for three reasons: India's distinctive worldview stems from our civilisational culture. Our outstanding triumphs during the last 75 years. Our inherent power is to deliver something that the international society so critically needs. Firstly, our civilisational culture has given us a substantial intellectual foundation with several out

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Human Rights: A Tool Used As Political Weapon Or Welfare Of Human?

Vikas DeshwalJuly 29, 20220

Unilateral sanctions, which are usually noticed as an ordinary and easy-to-use political instrument by some nations, have a tremendously harmful effect on the world's human liberties result, a United Nations special rapporteur has expressed. Almost all human rights, including the freedom to develop and achieve sustainable development goals, will be influenced by unilateral sanctions, Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur on the unfavourable consequence of unilateral coercive actions on the pleasure of human rights, told at the 2022 China Forum on Human Rights on Tuesday. "No top destinations can explain the benefit of unilateral coercive actions which result in reproduced mortality speeds, decreased life yearning and grade of energy, and an expansion in nutrition insecurity, starvation, ...

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Turkey, United Nation Become Mediators Amid Russia, Ukraine Signing Grain Export deal

Vikas DeshwalJuly 25, 20220

Moscow and Kyiv administrators have signed a contract to permit grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the deal would allow easing the international food crisis The neighbouring, warring countries are among the globe’s biggest exporters of grains. Still, Russia’s aggression led to a de-facto blocking of the Black Sea, resulting in Ukraine’s exports declining to a sixth of their pre-war status. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu and Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, autographed the agreement individually on Friday, carefully bypassing seating at the exact tableland and bypassing shaking hands. The signing ritual took residence at Istanbul’s lavish Dolmabahce Pal

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Russia Threatens Further Annexations, Ukraine Obliges With Ports For Trade

Vikas DeshwalJuly 25, 20220

The timing of Sergey Lavrov's interview with state-run Russia TV appears to both pressure Kyiv into demining the harbours and softening the pro-Russian separatist Donbas, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces from US-supplied missiles. His statements came as the US declared it would deliver Ukraine with more long-range weapons. Ukraine will accept another four High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) rocket systems to stop the passage of Russian battalions, obtaining the actual number to 16. Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska too discoursed US Congress on Wednesday, requesting for more air-defence systems to "help us to stop this nightmare against Ukrainians." Lavrov described in the hour-long interview, "Now the landscape has changed. It’s not just Donetsk and Luhansk. And it's

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Poor Design, Role Of FPOs Effects Food Security; Lacks Clarity, Raises Serious Questions

Pooja YadavJuly 4, 20220

To make any policy work better in an expected way, it is very important to have a specified and well-structured design then only one can expect a success rate. However, when it comes to farmers' bills and their design and the poor role of Farmers Producer Organisation (FPO), a collective approach is required. When the concept of FPO was introduced, the makers forgot to clarify certain terms and reliability and what it actually explains. for example flaw within the farmer's Act and FPOs is that basic aspects of contract farming like acreage, quantity, and time of delivery aren't specified which is mandatory for any law regulating it as these constitute the building blocks of the activity that's being legislated. the govt advertisement claims that farmer can withdraw from contract arrange...

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