10 am: The challenge for democratic political establishment is to learn to engage with social movements like the farmers’ protests, writes...
10 am: The challenge for democratic political establishment is to learn to engage with social movements like the farmers’ protests, writes Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Surinder S Jodhka.
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9.45 am: The Punjab government gives Rs 5 lakh each to the families of four farmers from Ludhiana who died during the protests near Delhi, PTI reports.
9.30 am: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren says the Centre is under the misconception that only the farmers of Punjab and Haryana were against the three laws, PTI reports. “Farmers across the country, be it Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Northeast or any other place, have the same sentiment,” he adds.
Soren also says that the agitation will spread to other parts of the country if the government doesn’t handle it in an empathetic manner.
9.15 am: Here are some photos from the Singhu border in Delhi, which is the epicentre of the farmers’ agitation.
A layer of fog continues to engulf Delhi this morning. Visuals from Singhu border (Delhi- Haryana).
— ANI (@ANI) January 22, 2021
Current temperature in the national capital is 6.8 degree Celsius as per India Meteorological Department (IMD). pic.twitter.com/jGKdYokJ37
9.10 am: The Centre and farmers will hold the 11th round of talks...
