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  2. 2024 Indian farmers' protest - Wikipedia

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    Several security force personnel injured [10] 5 deaths [11] 160 protestors injured [12] The 2024 Indian farmers' protest is the second round of continuous protests and road blockades initiated by farmers in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana on 13 February 2024, primarily located at Punjab’s Shambhu border. [13]

  3. 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest - Wikipedia

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    2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest. The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, [25] had been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, [26][27] and politicians from the opposition who said that ...

  4. India police use tear gas on farmers demanding higher crop prices

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    NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Police in India fired tear gas on Tuesday at hundreds of farmers and their supporters during a protest march towards New Delhi to pressure the government to honour a promise ...

  5. India offers protesting farmers support prices on corn ...

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    AMBALA, India (Reuters) -The Indian government has offered guaranteed support prices for pulses, corn and cotton in a bid to break a deadlock with protesting farmers, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal ...

  6. 2020 Indian agriculture acts - Wikipedia

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    The Indian agriculture acts of 2020, often termed the Farm Bills, [1][2] were three acts initiated by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The Lok Sabha approved the bills on 17 September 2020 and the Rajya Sabha on 20 September 2020. [3] The then President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, gave his assent on 27 September 2020.

  7. Climate change makes India's monsoons erratic. Can farmers ...

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    BENGALURU, India (AP) — Each year from June to September, a heavy band of rain makes its way from India's southwest coast to its northeastern borders, quenching farmers' thirsty fields.

  8. 2021 Indian farmers' Republic Day protest - Wikipedia

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    100+. 89 policemen injured [1] Arrested. 200 arrested [2] The 2021 Farmers' Republic Day protest was a protest on 26 January 2021 at Delhi. [3][4] Part of the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, it turned violent when the police and the BJP goons started to attack protestors. The protestors also deviated from the parade to take the parde ...

  9. Rakesh Tikait - Wikipedia

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    Sunita Devi. . (m. 1985) . Children. 3. Parent. Mahendra Singh Tikait. Rakesh Tikait (born 4 June 1969) is an Indian farmer rights activist and national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU). He successfully led the farmer protests in 2020-2021 to cause repeal of three farmer laws implemented by the Indian government.