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EROMAZe/iStockBy GUY DAVIES and PARTH M.N., ABC News(LONDON) -- For the best part of two-and-a-half months, Jaivir Nain, 36, has been camped out in a truck along with seven other farmers on the outskirts of India's capital city of Delhi.While he is away, the four-acre farm he owns is being run by his family who live off a meager $1,000 a year income. Nain's family are in over $13,000 of debt and they are struggling to take care of the farm in his absence.But for Nain, and the hundreds of thousands of other farmers protesting against a series of controversial new agricultural laws, th...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Farmer Jaivir Nain, 36, has been camped outside Delhi for well over two months. • 9 min read Indian farmers taking a stand ABC News’ Ian Pannell reports on the hundreds of thousands of farmers in India demanding the repeal of new agricultural laws as they fight for a living wage. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images LONDON and DELHI -- For the best part of two and a half months, Jaivir Nain, 36, has been camped out in a truck along with seven other farmers on the outskirts of India's capital city of D...

India’s farmers continue to struggle after months of protests Indian farmers taking a stand Replay Video UP NEXT For the best part of two and a half months, Jaivir Nain, 36, has been camped out in a truck along with seven other farmers on the outskirts of India's capital city of Delhi. While he is away, the four-acre farm he owns is being run by his family who live off a meager $1,000 a year income. Nain's family are in over $13,000 of debt and they are struggling to take care of the farm in his absence. But for Nain, and the hundreds of thousands of other farmers protesting against a...

1596 A screen grab from Myanmar state television broadcast from February 3, 2021, shows General Min Aung Hlaing speaking during a meeting. MRTV/Handout via REUTERS Bangkok, February 4 Before Monday’s coup in Myanmar, the country’s relations with China already were complicated by Chinese investments in its infrastructure and the Myanmar military’s campaigns along their shared border. The coup deposed national leader Aung San Suu Kyi a little over a year after Chinese President Xi Jinping made a show of support to her with the first visit by a head of state from Beijing to Myanmar since ...

“China is Myanmar’s friendly neighbor,” Mr. Wang said. “We hope all sides in Myanmar can properly manage their differences under the constitution and legal framework to uphold political and social stability.” The comments came in contrast to a statement by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who expressed alarm Sunday night at the detention of civilian leaders in Myanmar, including former Nobel Peace Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of what had been her ruling National League for Democracy party. Mrs. Suu Kyi was once a darling of Western diplomatic circles, where sh...