The government said there no data on the number of farmers who died during the year-long agitation during farm law protests.The Union Ministry s curt reply was that it has no record on the matter and hence the question of providing financial assistance does not arise.
PM Narendra Modi has announced that the laws will be repealed, but farmers have said that they will hold agitations till they are withdrawn in the Parliament.
The High Commission of India in London has condemned false assertions in a distinctly one-sided discussion among a group of British parliamentarians on Monday on the issue of peaceful protests and press freedoms in India, amidst the ongoing farmers stir against three new laws on agricultural reforms. The Indian mission pointed out that foreign media, including British media, had been present and witnessed the events surrounding the farmers protests in India first-hand and therefore any question of lack of freedom of the media in India does not arise. We deeply regret that rather than a balanced debate, false assertions without substantiation or facts were made, casting aspersions on the largest functioning democracy in the world and its institutions, a statement issued by the high commission said, following the debate which stemmed from an e-petition that attracted over 100,000 signatures on the parliamentary website.
Updated Mar 09, 2021 | 19:58 IST
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New Delhi: It was a thunder Tuesday of news as India slammed the UK for a distasteful discussion of Indian Farm Laws in the British Parliament. Also, Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned from his post. Below are the day’s biggest headlines: