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Tamil Nadu Man's Body Mistaken For North Indian Worker's, Sent To Bihar
The body of a Tamil Nadu agricultural labourer in his sixties was mistaken for the corpse of a worker from Bihar, and it was sent to the northern state in an ambulance by a state-run hospital in nearby Tiruvallur.
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7 Women Farm Labourers Die, 3 Rescued After Tractor Plunges Into Well In Maharashtra
Seven women farm labourers, two of them aged 18, died and three others were rescued after a tractor-trolley ferrying them to an agriculture field plunged into a well in Nanded district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, an official said.
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Maharashtra Farmer, Farm Labourer Die By Suicide Over Loan Payments: Cops
A debt-ridden farmer and a farm labourer committed suicide over a period of two days in Sillod of Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, which incidentally is the constituency of state Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar, police said on Monday.
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"Crimes Against Humanity": UN On Minorities Doing Forced Labour In China
Minorities have been drafted into forced labour in China's Xinjiang region in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, a report by an independent UN expert has concluded, in what it said could amount to "enslavement as a crime against humanity"
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Nihang's Purported Photo With Agriculture Minister Triggers Row
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Tuesday called the killing of a labourer at the Singhu border a possible conspiracy to defame the farmers' agitation, citing a purported photograph of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Sing
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"Will Go To Singhu, Sit With Farmers": Activist Nodeep Kaur Out Of Jail
Nodeep Kaur, the 23-year-old labour rights activist who was released on bail on Friday following global outrage, told NDTV that she will visit the Singhu border near Delhi where farmers have been protesting against the centre's agricultural laws for three months and join the demonstration.
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"India Is The Place To Be", PM Modi Tells Global Investors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wooed global investors by showcasing the recent agriculture and labour reforms and faster-than-anticipated reflating of the economy and asserted that the government will do whatever it takes to make India the engine of global growth resurgence.
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Pandemic Did Not Stop India From Reforms; US Businesses Can Benefit: Envoy
The coronavirus pandemic has not stopped India from undertaking bold economic reforms, Indian envoy to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, urging the American businesses to take benefits of these "path-breaking" reforms in labour, space and agriculture sectors.
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"They Kept Opening, Closing Files": PM's Swipe At Congress On Defence Projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Congress governments had compromised the countrys defence interests for a long time by -playing around with files- and delaying procurement of fighter jets, arms, ammunition, and strategic equipment.
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Mahatma Gandhi Was Biggest Sympathiser Of Farmers: Sonia Gandhi On Gandhi Jayanti
Calling Mahatma Gandhi the "biggest sympathiser" of farmers, labourers and the working class, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today expressed confidence that the agitation against three recently enacted "black laws" in the agriculture sector will become successful and the peasants will emerge victorious.
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"Against Farmers' Interest": Tejashwi Yadav Slams Centre Over Farm Bills
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday slammed the Central government over the passage of agricultural reform Bills in Lok Sabha, adding that the Bills are against the interest of "farmers, labourers and poor people".
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No Labour Amid Covid, Indian Farmers Use Machines In "Watershed Moment"
India is the world's biggest exporter of rice and the world's second-biggest producer after China. Across the country's grain bowl states of Haryana and neighbouring Punjab, thousands of farmers have been forced by the coronavirus to mechanise planting.
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Top 10 Takeaways From Nirmala Sitharaman's Announcements For Farmers
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced 11 measures aimed at boosting agriculture and allied activities affected by the coronavirus crisis. The measures were part of the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week for the coronavirus-hit economy. The Finance Minister has already unveiled two...
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Siddaramaiah Asks BS Yediyurappa For Special Package To Those Hit By Lockdown
Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Siddaramaiah on Monday urged Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to announce a special package to help farmers, agriculture labourers and also working class in various sectors who are affected by the lockdown.
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Stop Mass Exodus Of Migrant Labourers, States Told Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked state governments to prevent a mass exodus of migrant agriculture labourers, industrial workers and unorganised sector employees from their workplaces to hometowns amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus.
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Tamil Nadu Man's Body Mistaken For North Indian Worker's, Sent To Bihar
The body of a Tamil Nadu agricultural labourer in his sixties was mistaken for the corpse of a worker from Bihar, and it was sent to the northern state in an ambulance by a state-run hospital in nearby Tiruvallur.
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7 Women Farm Labourers Die, 3 Rescued After Tractor Plunges Into Well In Maharashtra
Seven women farm labourers, two of them aged 18, died and three others were rescued after a tractor-trolley ferrying them to an agriculture field plunged into a well in Nanded district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, an official said.
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Maharashtra Farmer, Farm Labourer Die By Suicide Over Loan Payments: Cops
A debt-ridden farmer and a farm labourer committed suicide over a period of two days in Sillod of Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, which incidentally is the constituency of state Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar, police said on Monday.
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"Crimes Against Humanity": UN On Minorities Doing Forced Labour In China
Minorities have been drafted into forced labour in China's Xinjiang region in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, a report by an independent UN expert has concluded, in what it said could amount to "enslavement as a crime against humanity"
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Nihang's Purported Photo With Agriculture Minister Triggers Row
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Tuesday called the killing of a labourer at the Singhu border a possible conspiracy to defame the farmers' agitation, citing a purported photograph of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Sing
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"Will Go To Singhu, Sit With Farmers": Activist Nodeep Kaur Out Of Jail
Nodeep Kaur, the 23-year-old labour rights activist who was released on bail on Friday following global outrage, told NDTV that she will visit the Singhu border near Delhi where farmers have been protesting against the centre's agricultural laws for three months and join the demonstration.
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"India Is The Place To Be", PM Modi Tells Global Investors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wooed global investors by showcasing the recent agriculture and labour reforms and faster-than-anticipated reflating of the economy and asserted that the government will do whatever it takes to make India the engine of global growth resurgence.
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Pandemic Did Not Stop India From Reforms; US Businesses Can Benefit: Envoy
The coronavirus pandemic has not stopped India from undertaking bold economic reforms, Indian envoy to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, urging the American businesses to take benefits of these "path-breaking" reforms in labour, space and agriculture sectors.
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"They Kept Opening, Closing Files": PM's Swipe At Congress On Defence Projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Congress governments had compromised the countrys defence interests for a long time by -playing around with files- and delaying procurement of fighter jets, arms, ammunition, and strategic equipment.
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Mahatma Gandhi Was Biggest Sympathiser Of Farmers: Sonia Gandhi On Gandhi Jayanti
Calling Mahatma Gandhi the "biggest sympathiser" of farmers, labourers and the working class, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today expressed confidence that the agitation against three recently enacted "black laws" in the agriculture sector will become successful and the peasants will emerge victorious.
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"Against Farmers' Interest": Tejashwi Yadav Slams Centre Over Farm Bills
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday slammed the Central government over the passage of agricultural reform Bills in Lok Sabha, adding that the Bills are against the interest of "farmers, labourers and poor people".
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No Labour Amid Covid, Indian Farmers Use Machines In "Watershed Moment"
India is the world's biggest exporter of rice and the world's second-biggest producer after China. Across the country's grain bowl states of Haryana and neighbouring Punjab, thousands of farmers have been forced by the coronavirus to mechanise planting.
-
Top 10 Takeaways From Nirmala Sitharaman's Announcements For Farmers
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced 11 measures aimed at boosting agriculture and allied activities affected by the coronavirus crisis. The measures were part of the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week for the coronavirus-hit economy. The Finance Minister has already unveiled two...
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Siddaramaiah Asks BS Yediyurappa For Special Package To Those Hit By Lockdown
Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Siddaramaiah on Monday urged Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to announce a special package to help farmers, agriculture labourers and also working class in various sectors who are affected by the lockdown.
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Stop Mass Exodus Of Migrant Labourers, States Told Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked state governments to prevent a mass exodus of migrant agriculture labourers, industrial workers and unorganised sector employees from their workplaces to hometowns amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus.
