Nodeep Kaurâs Arrest Brings Plight of Indiaâs Landless Dalit Labourers Starkly to Light
Kaur s incarceration has amplified the cause she stands for: that of a poor and marginalised labour force that has almost no rights and is completely at the mercy of employers.
Nodeep, a member of the Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan, was arrested on January 12 when she participated in a protest held by unpaid labourers near the Singhu border. Photo: Twitter/@meenaharris
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Thanks to the Twitter war between Indiaâs Ministry of External Affairs and Meena Harris, the niece of US Vice President Kamala Harris, 23-year-old Dalit labour activist Nodeep Kaur has become a major topic of news in India and abroad over the last few days â and so has the cause she represents.
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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, 10 February, and the two leaders had a discussion on COVID-19 vaccines as well their efforts to fight the challenge thrown up by the pandemic. However, the press releases from the two countries about the conversation differ in their version of the events.
WHAT DID INDIA SAY ABOUT THE CALL?
An official statement from India’s Ministry of External Affairs said that Trudeau informed Modi about Canada s requirement for COVID-19 vaccines from India. “Prime Minister assured the Canadian PM that India would do its best to support Canada s vaccination efforts, just as it had done for many other countries already,” the statement from the MEA said.
India crew stuck aboard bulk carrier in Chinese waters sign off from Japan
A group of Indian sailors who were stuck in a cargo ship MV Anastasia in China will reach India on February 14, the Union Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday. The crew signed off from a nearby port in Japan.
Since September 20, the cargo vessel was stuck near Caofaedian Port and Chinese authorities did not permit the ship to either dock or change its crew citing Covid-19 related restrictions.
The crew, which were stuck on the ship for last five months, were allowed to sign off from the vessel. The 92,216 DWT bulk carrier was managed by MSC Ship Management, according to shipping industry sources. The owners of the Panama flagged ship, built at STX Dalian, are Greece-based Niki Shipping. The vessel is now anchored at Iwakuni Port, Japan.
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Asia Economic Dialogue 2021 to Begin on Feb 26; To Focus on Post Covid-19 Global Trade and Finance Dynamics
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 2:00PM IST (8:30AM GMT)
Pune, Maharashtra, India:
The Asia Economic Dialogue 2021 (AED 2021) jointly convened by the Ministry of External Affairs and Pune International Centre (PIC) will be held over three days from Friday, February 26 to Sunday, February 28.
This is the fifth AED and the second one organised by PIC, a prominent policy research think tank based in Pune, with the well-known scientist Dr. R A Mashelkar as its President and the noted economist, Dr. Vijay Kelkar, as Vice President.