Leaders of Quad countries to hold first-ever virtual summit on March 12 - The summit will see the participation of Indian PM Narendra Modi, along with Australian, Japan PM and US President Biden.
The January explosion was set by a remote-controlled device triggered by a local Shia group working with Iran, India’s central counterterrorism agencies concluded
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The bank of cameras camped outside Delhi’s sprawling Tihar jail was the sort of media frenzy you would expect to await a prime minister caught in an embezzlement scandal, or a Bollywood star caught in the wrong bed. Instead, the cameras were waiting for Disha Ravi, a nature-loving 22-year-old vegan climate activist who against all odds has found herself ensnared in an Orwellian legal saga that includes accusations of sedition, incitement and involvement in an international conspiracy whose elements include (but are not limited to): Indian farmers in revolt, the global pop star Rihanna, supposed plots against yoga and chai, Sikh separatism and Greta Thunberg.
Hundreds of thousands of farmers have been protesting new farm laws on the outskirts of the Indian capital city of New Delhi since September 2020. The prominent presence of women in what is perhaps the world’s largest ongoing protest movement, and certainly the biggest domestic challenge facing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, has put a spotlight on the important role women play in agriculture in this South Asian nation; it also marks a milestone in women’s struggle for equality, and their leadership of nonviolent movements.
Women preparing chapati in Singhu, India, Jan. 4, 2021. Protesters have created camps around Delhi using donations and their own organizational skills to help protest new government farm policies. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
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