Modi will hear us now, he will have to hear us now, said Sukhdev Singh, 55, a farmer from the northern state of Punjab.
The body of one protester draped in an Indian tricolour lay in the street after the tractor he rode overturned in one clash, said a witness, Vishu Arora. He died right there, Arora said.
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Indian farmers descend on capital to protest reforms
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1:00Thousands of Indian farmers converged on the capital, New Delhi, to continue their lengthy protest against agricultural reforms that they say will cost them money.1:00
‘SA can’t leave its shift to a low-carbon future to chance’
25 Jan 2021
Building resilience: South Africa is dependent on fossil fuels, but the switch to a more sustainable economy requires protecting people’s livelihoods. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Without international and private finance, South Africa’s path towards building a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy will be “very limited”, according to the chief executive of the National Business Initiative (NBI), Joanne Yawitch.
This is a result of the poor state of the economy, worsened by the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, Yawitch said at the launch of the Just Transition Finance Roadmaps in South Africa and India project. Both are coal-dependent countries.
Modi slams protesting farmers for ‘insulting’ Indian flag
Thousands of farmers enter historic Red Fort complex, hoist flags after clashing with police, who fired tear gas
AFP
January 26, 2021
NEW DELHI:
India will push on with sweeping agriculture reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday, as he criticised last week s deadly riot in the capital following a long-running protest campaign by farmers.
Thousands flooded New Delhi on Tuesday, driving tractors from border camps where they have been holding sit-ins since November 26; but the rally turned into a rampage which left one person dead and hundreds of police injured.
Modi called the farmers assault on a historic fort an insult to the national flag.
Republic Day: Indian police fire tear gas in clash with farmers
Reuters/Singhu Filed on January 26, 2021 | Last updated on January 26, 2021 at 09.55 am
A farmer stands amid smoke of tear gas fired by the police during a tractor rally as farmers continue to protest against the central government s recent agricultural reforms in New Delhi. AFP
The protests threaten to overshadow the annual military parade to mark the 1950 adoption of India’s constitution.
Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades and clashed on Tuesday with police in the capital, who fired tear gas to restrain them, shortly after a convoy of tractors trundled through the city’s outskirts.
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