Protests by farmers in Brussels turned violent Tuesday, as EU agriculture ministers met to ease a crisis that has led to months of protests across the bloc.Hundreds of tractors sealed off streets close to the EU headquarters to protest what they see as excessive red tape and unfair trading practices.One person was arrested for throwing … Read more
BRUSSELS: A major European Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc has been indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how farmers’ protests sweeping the continent influence politics ahead of the June EU parliamentary elections. The member states were supposed to give final approval to the bill on Monday following months … Read more
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) farmer wing Kisan Morcha will hold an extensive awareness campaign about the Narendra Modi government’s policies for farmers’ welfare policies as part of its ‘Gaon Parikrama Yatra’, its chief Rajkumar Chahar said Tuesday. This comes as farmer’s unions are holding protests in the National Capital Region to demand … Read more
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing farmers’ protest leading to chaotic scenes at the Punjab-Haryana border, fifty per cent less diesel and twenty per cent less gas were able to be dispatched to Punjab, government sources told ANI on Tuesday.The farmers have put forth 12 demands before the central government for which they’re marching to Delhi. … Read more
BRUSSELS: The European Union on Tuesday unveils its climate targets for 2040 and a roadmap for the next stage of its energy transition, with the bloc reeling from a farmer revolt against green reforms just months before European elections.In a sign of how politically fraught the issue has become, European Commission chief Ursula von der … Read more
NEW DELHI: Twitter’s Public Policy Director for India and South Asia has resigned to pursue other interests, the micro-blogging site confirmed in a statement. The company has also advertised a position for public policy director – India last week. This comes as the San-Francisco based firm is at the receiving end of the Indian government … Read more