8.40 am: Seven US leaders , including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, have asked US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take ...
8.40 am: Seven US leaders, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, have asked US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take up the farmers’ protest with his Indian counterpart, reports News18.
8.38 am: Thousands of farmers from western Uttar Pradesh gathered in Noida on Thursday to support the Centre’s farm laws, even as others continue their protest against it for over three weeks now.
“While a majority of us were prohibited entry into Delhi by the police, a 21-member delegation of the union went to the national capital and met with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar,” Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) convenor Thakur Gauri Shankar Singh tells PTI.
8.33 am: Students from Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Punjab University, Jamia Millia Islamia, and Ambedkar University take part in the farmers protest at Delhi’s borders, reports the Hindustan Times. The students say that they’ve joined the agitation to be part of the “revolutionary movement”.
8.30 am: Amid the continuing standoff between farmers and the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today release Rs 18,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi or PM-KISAN scheme. Modi will address nine crore farmers and clarify the Centre’s position on the farm laws, reports NDTV.
For his address, big screens have been set up at every block development centre....
