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(This story was first published in TOI on March 6, 2021) New Delhi: Farmers protesting the Centre's three new farm laws on Saturday blocked the six-lane Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway at some places in Haryana to mark the completion of 100 days of their agitation at the Delhi borders. The call for blocking the expressway, which is also known as the Western Peripheral Expressway, was given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of protesting farmer unions that is spearheading the agitation against the new farm legislation. Here are the top developments from the day: Farmers end blockade at expressway After a five-hour peaceful blockade, vehicular movement resumed on the expressway. The farmers squatted on the roads and blocked the toll plazas at various points on the expressway from 11 am to 4 pm. However, they ended it half an hour before the scheduled time. Farmers held the protest at KMP Expressway near Mandothi village in Jhajjar district. Some … [Read more...] about Farmers mark 100 days of protest against new farm laws, block expressway: Highlights

Blue economy is a transboundary issue that should be addressed collectively at regional and sub-regional levels to better manage ocean resources and ensure benefits for all in the region. ASEAN countries and India shall aim to transform traditional ocean economy to a sustainable, innovative and inclusive blue economy. The use of the oceans has diversified from their classic role as a medium of transport to being a wellspring for economic resources. The economic wealth of the oceans is represented by the staggering variety of living resources (fish and marine vegetation that provide human protein, feed for other species), marine biotechnology (including marine pharmaceuticals, food additives, marine cosmetics, etc., and biofuels), material goods (minerals, placer sand and gravel), goods and services (shipping, inland water transportation, ports, shipbuilding and ship repair, marine information and communication technology, fishing, tourism, other marine manufacturing and trade in … [Read more...] about Blue economy offers ASEAN-India a sea of cooperation opportunities

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New Delhi (CNN) Supporters of a young climate activist arrested in India over a farmers' protest "toolkit," later shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, have called for her release. Delhi police confirmed the arrest of Disha Ravi, who is in her early 20s, in a tweet on Sunday that accused her of being a "key conspirator in (the) document's formulation & dissemination." The document , unsigned and publicly available on an encrypted sharing site, provides a list of ways supporters can help the ongoing protests. "The main aim of the toolkit was to create misinformation and disaffection against the lawfully elected government," Prem Nath, joint commissioner of Delhi police, told a press conference on Monday. "The toolkit sought to artificially amplify the fake news through various tweets which they have created in the form of a tweet bank." Farmers across India have been protesting for months. Here's why Read More Tens of … [Read more...] about Climate activist Disha Ravi arrested in India over farmers’ protest ‘toolkit’

With United Kingdom’s MPs set to debate next week the safety of farmer protesters, the British government on Friday said what happens in India has ripples in the United Kingdom and gets debated as there is a large Indian diaspora, but asserted that the farmers' protest was India's "internal issue" and it was for it to resolve. British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday in response to an e-petition which had crossed the 1,00,000-signature threshold required for such a debate, the House of Commons Petitions Committee had confirmed earlier this week. Asked how he looks at the concerns in the UK over the farmers' protest and if it could impact ties, the new British High Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis, said, "Your verb is the correct one. I look at it. This is an internal issue for India." "I think the foreign secretary (Dominic Raab) said it when he was here 'your politics is our politics' in other words … [Read more...] about Farmers’ protest internal issue of India, for it to resolve: British govt