Tag Archives: Society

• China celebrates official end of extreme poverty, lauds Xi 26 February 2021 | Joe McDonald This post has one comment

  The ruling Communist Party is celebrating the official end of extreme poverty in China with a propaganda campaign that praises President Xi Jinping’s role, part of efforts to cement his image as a history-making leader. ...

• White supremacy a ‘transnational threat’, UN chief warns 22 February 2021 This post has 2 comments

  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that white supremacy and neo-Nazi movements are becoming a "transnational threat" and have exploited the coronavirus pandemic to boost their support. ...

• US needs to brace itself for more deadly storms, experts say 18 February 2021 | Matthew Daly and Ellen Knickmeyer This post has no comments yet

  Deadly weather will be hitting the US more often, and America needs to get better at dealing with it, experts said as Texas and other states battled winter storms that blew past the worst-case planning of utilities. ...

• Indian police arrest climate activist for supporting farmers 14 February 2021 | Ashok Sharma This post has one comment

  An Indian climate activist has been arrested for circulating a document on social media that allegedly incited protesting farmers to turn violent last month, leaving one protester dead and about 400 police officers injured during clashes. ...

• Indian protests against agriculture reforms attract new supporters 5 February 2021 | Devjyot Ghoshal This post has 2 comments

  Thousands of farmers in a politically important Indian state on Friday rallied in opposition to new agricultural laws, signalling growing support for a months-long campaign to have the government reforms scrapped. ...

• Indian police to let protesting farmers into New Delhi on Republic Day 24 January 2021 | Reuters Staff This post has no comments yet

  Police in India’s capital New Delhi will allow thousands of protesting farmers to drive through the city after this week’s Republic Day military parade, despite security concerns, a senior official said on Sunday. ...

• Thousands of iPhones looted at Karnataka manufacturing plant 14 December 2020 | India Today Web Desk This post has no comments yet

  After Saturday's violence at Wistron's plant in Karnataka's Kolar, the company said it suffered a loss of Rs 440 crore as thousands of iPhones were looted. The company said this in its complaint to the police and the labour department. ...

• Farmers reject government offer to amend laws, will intensify stir 10 December 2020 | Vishwa Mohan and Neel Kamal This post has no comments yet

  Talks between the government and farmers’ groups agitating against the new agri laws broke down on Wednesday with the unions rejecting the Centre’s offer to amend the legislations. ...

• Protesting farmers call for nationwide strike on 8 December 7 December 2020 This post has one comment

  Thousands of farmers protesting against the Centre's new agri laws for the past 11 days here have called on people to join their 'Bharat Bandh' on Tuesday in large numbers, as police increased deployment at various Delhi border points. ...

• India fails to end deadlock with farmers, talks to resume next week 6 December 2020 | Reuters Staff This post has one comment

  India’s government failed on Saturday to break a deadlock with farmers protesting over agricultural reforms and will meet again on Wednesday, the agriculture minister and union leaders said. ...