International Turban Day, observed annually on April 13th since 2004, is an occasion that celebrates Sikh Identity.
Singh Hikers is a group that has been actively hiking peaks in southern California for the last 6 months. They have hiked all the major 6 peaks in the area, the highest being 'San Gorgonio' standing tall at 11,500 ft elevation. The group comprises doctors, engineers, technology executives, and businessmen from southern California.
The farmers fear the three laws will lead to the abolishment of the minimum support price (MSP) guaranteed by the government on select crops, and leave them at the mercy of big corporates.
Were protesting against the police lathicharge in Karnal the day before; farmers had blocked the Ferozepur Road, Chandigarh Road and Ropar Road near Doraha to prtest police lathicharge on protesting farmers in Karnal on Saturday.
“This all-India convention will witness the participation of representatives of hundreds of farmers’
Protests in New Delhi by farm unions against three agricultural laws enacted by the Modi government last year are full of colourful acts of high symbolism, backed by nearly 200 cultivators from various food-bowl states.
Farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana gathered at Delhi's Jantar Mantar for a 'Kisan Sansad' and demanded that the Centre's contentious Agri laws should be repealed. The protest gained more attention with the participation of celebrities, activists and key politicians.
Despite a severe COVID-19 outbreak and waning international attention, India’s farmers are keeping up the fight.
The protest, led by Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rajewal, on Friday saw farmers camping on the highway for hours, triggering traffic jams that went on for kilometres and made commuters sweat in the scorching summer heat.
Till now, the Central government and the farmer unions have held 11 rounds of talks, the last being on January 22, to break the deadlock and end the farmers' protest.